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   Sen. Marc Keahey, Sen. Cam Ward, Rep. Joe Hubbard, and Rep. John Merrill will be blogging here during the 2011 Legislative Session.  Posted by Cam Ward, on April 30th, 2007, at 8:40 pmWhile I have a couple of bills on the calendar this week I am not going to try and fool anyone into thinking anything other than THE DEBATE in Montgomery this week will be the Constitution Convention legislation sponsored by Rep. Demetrius Newton of Birmingham. Although a lot of us keep up with the [...] Posted by Danny, on April 30th, 2007, at 5:01 pmHouse Minority Leader and GOP state chair Mike Hubbert hits it right on, and there is no pretty way for the Democrats to spin it. The Democrats in the state legislature have dropped the ball pretty spectacularly on their campaign promises, aka their “Covenant for the Future.” The bar was set low [...] Posted by Danny, on April 30th, 2007, at 8:38 am
In case you missed it last week, John Archibald of The Birmingham News wishes more people were outraged at the shenanigans in Jefferson County:
Posted by Danny, on April 30th, 2007, at 8:03 am
From an editorial this morning in The Montgomery Advertiser on the state Senate’s dysfunction and slowdown:
Posted by G, on April 30th, 2007, at 4:55 amBirmingham News – Lawsuits allege that Birmingham suburbs target Hispanics for stops and arrests by police. Birmingham News – Rep Pat Moore (R-Pleasant Grove) seeks to seeks to expand seat belt requirement to back seat passengers. Birmingham News – The Birmingham News urges House to approve measure to allow [...] Posted by G, on April 29th, 2007, at 5:50 amBirmingham News – The Birmingham News attributes lack of movement of measures to return property tax reappraisals to four-year cycle to influence of AEA’s Paul Hubbert. Birmingham News – The Birmingham News views the decision of the State Board of Education to extend current interim chancellor’s contract through October as “a [...] Posted by Danny, on April 28th, 2007, at 9:45 amYesterday afternoon and evening, Representatives Randy Hinshaw and Cam Ward gave us two more Posts from the Legislature. Rep. Hinshaw (D – Meridianville) still trusts the people, and Rep. Ward (R – Alabaster) sees one issue standing out among others on next week’s Special Order Calendar. Posted by G, on April 28th, 2007, at 5:05 amBirmingham News – The Birmingham News says that reports on redecorating offices following huge pay raise feed distrust of legislators. Birmingham News – Commentary by former Chief Justice Roy Moore asks “criminals don’t register their guns, why should we?” Huntsville Times – Riley says he wants legislature to pass [...] Posted by Cam Ward, on April 27th, 2007, at 8:50 pmBelow is a list of bills that are proposed to be debated when the legislature convenes on Tuesday. While the upcoming Special Order Calendar for the Alabama House of Representatives might look like a full plate of debates one issue continues to loom large for everyone watching the legislative debate– the Constitution Reform Act [...] Posted by Rep. Randy Hinshaw, on April 27th, 2007, at 3:15 pmNext week we will consider Rep. Mike Ball’s Initiative and Referendum Constitutional amendment in Constitutions and Elections committee (At 9:00 A.M. on Wednesday not 10:00 as posted, the clerk will change the posting Monday) and on the house floor Rep. Demetrious Newton’s bill to have a referendum on calling a Citizen’s Convention to rewrite [...] Posted by Danny, on April 27th, 2007, at 2:50 pm Posted by Danny, on April 27th, 2007, at 2:48 pmRep. Cam Ward (R – Alabaster) recaps the end of the legislative week in our Posts from the Legislature. Posted by Cam Ward, on April 27th, 2007, at 1:25 pmThis week in the House started off with four bills that were the result of a year long study conducted by the Alabama Commission on Infrastructure. The Commission, which was created primarily by economic development interests in Alabama, was a bi-partisan effort to figure out what can be done to improve Alabama’s clogged [...] Posted by Danny, on April 27th, 2007, at 9:07 am
A bit ago… a county property tax official allowed in coversation that there were three good reasons to be for annual property tax revaluations, and there were three good reasons to be against. I thought that sounded like a great blog post and said, ok, I’m game, why don’t you get back to me [...] Posted by Danny, on April 27th, 2007, at 8:33 am
Former state Rep. Dick Brewbaker (R – Montgomery) is cynical enough to believe that the bill to ban PAC-to-PAC transfers actually helps incumbents and hurts potential challengers. I am cynical enough to believe that if the bill really protected incumbents, it would have passed a long time ago. That said, Brewbaker does support [...] |
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