John Wahl, the chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, speaks before a fundraiser for the party on Aug. 4, 2023. Wahl is now also chair of the APLS. (Stew Milne for Alabama Reflector)
The chair of the Alabama Republican Party is now the chair of the Alabama Public Library Service Board.
John Wahl, who has been chair of the party since 2021 , became chair of the APLS Thursday.
“I hope that I will be known for someone who encourages reading and a love for reading and being a public servant that tries to listen to the people of Alabama and do a good job,” he said in a Thursday phone call.
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Wahl has served on the board since 2022 and cited former state Republican chair Elbert Peters serving on the APLS board before him. J. Elbert Peters was listed as the District 5 member before Wahl in a May 2022 Wayback Machine screenshot.
According to an Al.com obituary, Peters was Republican chair from 1992-1995.
“This is not something that is new or unusual,” he said. “A lot of political boards have partisan positions appointed to them.”