 Posted by Danny, on May 31st, 2008, at 4:35 pm
 Posted by Danny, on May 31st, 2008, at 12:35 pm
If I understand correctly, this ad for GOP candidate Craig Schmidtke has been running in Montgomery. Based on email I get, even people who have not seen it are talking about it.
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 Posted by Danny, on May 31st, 2008, at 9:17 am
 The state Republican Party has become quite abuzz with the relatively late realization that AEA is apparently putting a lot of resources into GOP primary races in an attempt to unseat two State Board of Education members. Skip Smithwick is challenging Republican incumbent Stephanie Bell in SBOE District 3, and Paul Christopher is challenging [...]
 Posted by G, on May 31st, 2008, at 7:05 am
Birmingham News – GOP leaders raise concerns over their own candidates’ ties to AEA.
Birmingham News – Specialized vehicle of former Mrs. Wheelchair America stolen and destroyed; she becomes advocate for public transportation.
Birmingham News – Legislature expected to approve education budget, end special session today.
Birmingham News [...]
 Posted by waltm, on May 31st, 2008, at 7:04 am
The Tuskegee News Editorial about recent health care developments in Tuskegee
Sumter Record-Journal article asks “Will Gov. appoint Tax Assessor?, election is Tuesday”
Journal Record Judge cleared after investigation
 Posted by Danny, on May 31st, 2008, at 1:13 am
 It’s awkward when relationships that sour become public spectacle.
The Alabama State Board of Trustees rebuked one of their own, Joe Reed, the #2 man at AEA and chair of the Alabama Democratic Conference, with a resolution that begins…
Whereas, Joe L. Reed has completely and utterly destroyed any and all confidence in his commitment to [...]
 Posted by waltm, on May 31st, 2008, at 12:01 am
2003: Eric Rudolph arrested in North Carolina. He was charged with bombing a Birmingham abortion clinic. He was confessed to this bombing and other bombings. He was later sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
Source: Bhamwiki
 Posted by waltm, on May 30th, 2008, at 8:33 pm
Now for pointers to the candidates for US Senate. These will presented in alphabetic order. The candidates name will be a link to a list of available reports at the Federal Election Commission. Donations will link to a list of individual and PAC contributors. According to this page, the Senate [...]
 Posted by Danny, on May 30th, 2008, at 9:59 am
Left in Alabama is going to Denver as a credentialed blog covering the Democratic National Convention in August. Over 120 blogs in all have been credentialed, and Left in Alabama has the whole list.
They were so eager to be represented there that they had already arranged to have someone there blogging with [...]
 Posted by Helen Hammons, on May 30th, 2008, at 9:36 am
 The indictment against Alabama State Senator E.B. McClain has now been released by the federal government and accuses McClain of personally profiting from his office by getting funds for a non-profit entity called the Heritage to Hope Foundation, Inc (HTHF), also known prior to 2002 as the Christian Resource Center and Community Resource Center (CRC), [...]
 Posted by G, on May 30th, 2008, at 7:10 am
Birmingham News – Senate passes Education budget, health insurance tax breaks for small employers and their workers.
Birmingham News – Nearly one-quarter of Alabama Army National Guard screened following service in war have “behavioral health issues.”
Birmingham News – Incumbent State Board of Education member says opponent for her [...]
 Posted by waltm, on May 30th, 2008, at 7:07 am
Times-Journal Runoff election for constable could be costly for Dekalb County
Times Daily State Sen. Bobby Denton, the longest serving member of the State Senate, has third spinal surgery in a week
Monroe Journal Article about the racial discrimination case filed against Monroe County schools
 Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on May 29th, 2008, at 9:25 pm
I have always hated special sessions. Besides the time it takes away from home it is also a huge waste of taxpayer money in my opinion. While I feel confident we will only take the minimum 5 days required to complete this session, it is still an extra $140,000 that the taxpayers get stuck with [...]
 Posted by Danny, on May 29th, 2008, at 5:24 pm
 The Washington Political Group did another push-button poll on the Republican field in AL-02 last night for the David Grimes campaign. Warm from the oven… They did include Schmidtke and Martin this time.
Q1) Are you likely to vote in the upcoming Primary Election on June 3rd?
Press 1 If Yes
437
Press 2 If no
67
Q2) If [...]
 Posted by waltm, on May 29th, 2008, at 4:35 pm
What follows will be pointers to the pre-primary reports for the AL-05 congressional candidates. These reports cover 4/1/08 to 5/14/08, so check the FEC for updates.
The first mention of the candidates name will be a pointer to a list of reports filed by the candidate’s committee with the Federal Election Commission, any new reports [...]
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Daily News
By H on March 21, 2010
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Small Town News
By waltm on March 21, 2010
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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 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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