{"id":2289,"date":"2020-07-08T12:46:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T18:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theclarion.org\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2020-07-08T12:46:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T18:46:37","slug":"tolliver-seeks-election-for-scottsboro-city-council-place-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/?p=2289","title":{"rendered":"Tolliver seeks election for Scottsboro City Council Place 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nita Tolliver was born and raised in Scottsboro. Her family has lived in Scottsboro her entire life where they value their faith, family, selves and community.<!--more--> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2290 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theclarion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NitaTolliver-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"533\" \/>She attended Scottsboro High School, Class of 1992 and then earned an Associate in Science from Northeast Alabama Community College. <br \/>\nTolliver has worked for the Scottsboro City Board of Education since 2003, serves on the Scottsboro Downtown Redevelopment Authority Board, is a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, the Society for Key Women Educators and is passionately serving as an assistant coach for the Scottsboro Lady Wildcats.<\/p>\n<p>The continued growth Scottsboro is crucial to Tolliver. She believes that by creating opportunities for people of all ages, the city can continue to grow.<br \/>\n\u201cWe need to showcase the wonders of our city, encourage people to make Scottsboro home and create a more prosperous community. This requires increased job opportunities for new families and those who have already made Scottsboro their forever home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tolliver is excited to serve the city that has given her the opportunity to create a great life for her family. She believes Scottsboro will prosper through effort and teamwork. She is capable and ready to lead by listening and working with the community and leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy main priority will be to serve the citizens of Scottsboro with honesty and respect. I will approach each day with the goals of working as hard as I can, for as long as I can, FOR the people of this city that I love so much! I need your support in continuing the growth and success of Scottsboro. Join the team on August 25, #TeamUpWithTolliver\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She is married to Kevin Tolliver, who is employed at Johns Manville. They have two children, Jessica Willis, Tavaras Tolliver and one grandson. She is a member of Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church in Hollywood, Alabama.<br \/>\n\u201cIf you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at TeamupWithTolliver@gmail.com.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nita Tolliver was born and raised in Scottsboro. Her family has lived in Scottsboro her entire life where they value their faith, family, selves and community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2291,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2289\/revisions\/2291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.theclarion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}