 Posted by Danny, on March 17th, 2010, at 10:54 am  About that Forbes.com story saying that the highest sales tax in the nation is found in Arab, Alabama…
The Arab Tribune says hold on.
According to the Tribune, not only does the town of Arab not have any businesses in the part of the town extending into Cullman County with its higher sales tax, even if it did the sales tax would be 11%, not 12%.
At 11%, that part of Arab would still makes the list of highest sales taxes communities in the U.S. (though, as mentioned, no businesses are there to charge the sales tax). Hayneville and the parts of Collinsville and Piedmont that are in Cherokee County also maintain Alabama’s presence on the list.
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Posted by Danny, on March 17th, 2010, at 10:00 am  Chip Drago of the Mobile Bay Times sends email this way saying:
Victor Crawford in sd33 and Gary Tanner in sd35 have told me they are not running. Crawford’s withdrawal reverses previous statements. Tanner never announced, mulled it for months but had decided against running. also, though qualifying is not over, it appears unlikely that either Raymond Bell or William Carroll will run in sd-33. still it would not shock me to see a 3rd Dem enter the field along with Figures & Herman Thomas.
Thanks for the update, Chip!
Posted by Danny, on March 17th, 2010, at 7:13 am Have a wonderful day. For your enjoyment, here is a St. Patrick’s Day postcard from 1913, almost a century ago.
Are you wearing green?
Posted by Danny, on March 16th, 2010, at 12:49 pm  Republican Chip McCallum, attorney and son of former Vestavia Hills mayor Scotty McCallum, appears to be preparing for a campaign for House District 47, according to this Facebook page.
The seat is held now by Republican Jack Williams of Birmingham.
As always we try to keep up with these matters for you on our 2010 [...]
Posted by Danny, on March 14th, 2010, at 11:55 pm GOP gubernatorial candidate Robert Bentley has a second commercial online. Has anyone actually seen this ad on TV? Until I hear otherwise I am inclined to believed that it’s not on the air right now.
I count what sounds like a couple of folksy pokes at fellow GOP candidate Bradley Byrne.
A quibble… the ad gives credit to Bentley for [...]
Posted by Danny, on March 14th, 2010, at 8:12 pm  If they can make a chocolate powered Formula 3 racer, why not a chocolate powered lawn mower? The boys in the back have had a good time talking about this story from Reuters.
Fueled by leftover chocolate and with components made from carrots, potato starch and flax, the world’s first sustainable Formula 3 racing [...]
Posted by Danny, on March 13th, 2010, at 12:49 pm  U.S. Rep. Bobby Bright (D – Montgomery) “continues to prove his staying power,” according to Chris Cillizza of The Fix at WashingtonPost.com. The Fix removes the district, AL-02, from its rankings of the 20 House races most likely to switch parties in the November election.
Posted by Danny, on March 13th, 2010, at 12:34 pm Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James is hitting the air beginning Monday with a statewide buy for this [...]
Posted by Eddie, on March 12th, 2010, at 11:08 am  Coming in with the second edition of who had a good week in Alabama this week, and who didn’t.
Good Week
Troy King – yesterday the Alabama Attorney General found out he was cleared of a federal grand jury investigation. None of us really know what exactly the grand jury was investigating, but nonetheless has to [...]
Posted by Danny, on March 12th, 2010, at 10:40 am  State Sen. Harri Anne Smith’s campaign has released a poll showing her with a 51%-30% lead over her GOP primary challenger George Flowers. The campaign is obviously pleased, or pleased enough, with the numbers to trumpet them, but is that a bit low for primary numbers for an incumbent running for a fourth [...]
Posted by Danny, on March 11th, 2010, at 3:03 pm Republican gubernatorial candidate Kay Ivey has a new TV spot this week.
I know people who will be cleaning coffee off their computer monitors if they are in mid-gulp when they hear Kay Ivey refer to the Press-Register as liberal. [...]
Posted by Danny, on March 11th, 2010, at 2:26 pm  U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R – Saks) is looking secure in his AL-03 seat, says another political observer, this time Isaac Wood at Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball.
If Segall was not able to best Rogers in one of the best years for Democrats in recent memory, it is hard to imagine him doing [...]
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By Sen. Steve French on March 10, 2010
I wish my friend Hinton Mitchem godspeed and good luck after his retirement from public service. Hinton, on Monday, announced what many had suspected — he will not seek re-election. I remember meeting Hinton for the first time while I was a student at Auburn University. He served the people of his [...]
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By Rep. Cam Ward on March 8, 2010
 Here is a quick preview of the upcoming week in Montgomery. This week will be a standard legislative schedule for the House. We will be in session on Tuesday and Thursday with committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday.
The House will take up a ten minute calendar this week. A ten minute calendar is [...]
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Purple Dot Connection
By Natalie Davis on March 15, 2010
TOP TEN INDICATIONS OF MARCH MADNESS
10. Eric Massa inviting us to ask the 10,000 Navy men he served with whether he is gay.
9. Larry Langford hitting the jackpot 33 times in one day and not remembering it.
8. Ron Sparks being able to make payments on a $500,000 loan with an income of $80,000.
7. Artur Davis [...]
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