 Posted by Danny, on June 30th, 2006, at 8:44 am
We want and expect our politicians and public servants to be their very best, but we need systems of accountability in place for when they are not acting in the public’s best interest. I hope that is an obvious statement, but consider…
- Right now lobbyists may spend $250 per day on an Alabama legislator without [...]
 Posted by G, on June 30th, 2006, at 6:22 am
 Posted by Danny, on June 29th, 2006, at 12:01 pm
The average middle-income Alabamian has received a tax cut totalling $1,815 per family member from 2001 to 2006, thanks to Bush administration tax policies. But the added share of national debt burden for that family is $8,797 per person. According to today’s news release from Alabama Arise that cites a new report [...]
 Posted by G, on June 29th, 2006, at 6:46 am
 Posted by G, on June 28th, 2006, at 6:24 am
 Posted by Danny, on June 27th, 2006, at 5:28 pm
Folk are talking about Hugh McInnish’s “Draft Sessions for President” resolution that McInnish plans to introduce to the state GOP meeting next month. My take is that Sessions has almost zero chance of winning a national election, the GOP believes that, and so he would have almost zero chance of getting the nomination. [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 27th, 2006, at 12:28 pm
Wheeler at Alablawg has interesting follow-up comments on Troy King’s response to the ABA report on Alabama’s death penalty system – particularly on why there was only one prosecutor on the ABA assessment team.
Related:
AG Troy King Responds to the ABA
 Posted by Danny, on June 27th, 2006, at 9:38 am
Money in politics is like water: it will seep through any crack or hole it can find. Plug one, and it will work on another. If you believe there is too much money flowing into elections (can you argue otherwise?), that means we must be diligent in plugging the holes that allow huge [...]
 Posted by G, on June 27th, 2006, at 6:15 am
 Posted by Danny, on June 26th, 2006, at 12:07 pm
Attorney General Troy King responded in an Op-Ed piece in the Tuscaloosa News to the American Bar Association’s report that said, “Alabama should put a moratorium on the death penalty because the state’s system is riddled with problems.”
The ABA has established 79 standards by which a state’s system can be evaluated, and [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 26th, 2006, at 7:36 am
Our faithful contributor G, always on top of his game, sent me email about the recent report from the state Department of Education that said “51.6 percent of all Alabama K-12 students are now classified as living in poverty” and that I mentioned here Saturday. He wanted to point out that the [...]
 Posted by G, on June 26th, 2006, at 6:15 am
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/115131365867570.xml&coll=2 – Alabama ranks second in southeastern U. S. in automobile miles driven per capita.
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/115131342067560.xml&coll=3 – “The Political Skinny,” The Mobile Press-Register’s weekly roundup from Mobile, Montgomery and Washington.
http://www.al.com/opinion/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/opinion/115131334467690.xml&coll=1 – Editorial calls for House of Representatives to extend U.S. Voting Rights Act.
FROM TODAY’S ANNISTON STAR:
Editorials
Red State revenge
In our opinion
06-26-2006
It seemed such [...]
 Posted by G, on June 25th, 2006, at 7:14 am
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1151227462107380.xml&coll=2 – Amari receives endorsement from former opponent in PSC runoff race.
http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1151227532107380.xml&coll=2 – Commentary reviews history of US utilizing cheap immigrant labor to build strong economy, urges leaders to create a path to citizenship for those who have labored to build country.
http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1151227013107380.xml&coll=2 – Rep. Artur Davis defends efforts to extend Voting Rights [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 24th, 2006, at 9:59 am
Today’s Birmingham News (emphasis added):
51.6 percent of all Alabama K-12 students are now classified as living in poverty – an increase of almost 1 percent from 2003-04. More troubling, the increase follows a decade-long trend of growing poverty.
51.6% of our state’s children live in poverty? And it has only gotten worse for a [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 24th, 2006, at 9:09 am
Catching up on recent and not un-important news…
Ready for this?
Although Alabama has half the population of Georgia, it sentences four times as many people to death.
That’s pretty staggering. Per capita, Alabama has 8 times as many people sentenced to death as Georgia does?
Some Alabamians, no, most Alabamians want to take a break in [...]
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Legislative Dispatch
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 February 2, 2010
Under the “B” … June 1
I’ve tried to follow BINGO rules and BINGO raids. I’m not sure I understand the law, nor do I get the motives of many of the principal players. I bet many of you know a heck of a lot more about this than I. But one thing I am [...]
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