Questions for Martin Weinberg; DailyKos member and Alabama Judicial Candidate

My friend Martin Weinberg is running for Circuit Court Judge, Criminal Division Place 3 in Birmingham, Alabama. I asked him some questions, first personal and then about the race. Hopefully this helps Martin in his campaign. We would really appreciate comments that could help him with this race.

Personal Questions:
CA: On your website it says that your family ran a department store called "Cotton's" for over 90 years. What does it mean to you and to the community to lose that store?

MW: Wow.  It was really touching when we closed. So many memories of working in there as a kid learning values of hard work. Humility. Community and civic involvement.  Hearing from customers about how much it meant to them that we were one of first stores to give credit.

To African American customers and then how my grandfather told a mob of folks to get the hell out of his store when they told him not to hire a black salesperson. It's a two way street. Folks were loyal to us and that patronage put me through school. It means a lot to me to know how much goodwill we had.