Monday 5/12/2008 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
Birmingham News - Alabama sees resurgence in meth labs.
Birmingham News - Battle over Air Force tanker contract evolves into a war of words.
Mobile Press-Register - “The Political Skinny,” the roundup from Mobile, Montgomery and Washington for readers of the Press-Register.
Mobile Press-Register - Press-Register says that there’s “still time to pass public smoking ban,” urges House to approve Senate-passed measure on last legislative day.
Tuscaloosa News - Most proposed immigration bills remain unpassed as session nears end.
Tuscaloosa News - Arkansas joins other states in providing financial support to working poor families.
Tuscaloosa News -The Tuscaloosa News says that the legislature has missed many opportunities for reform this session.
Gadsden Times - The Gadsden Times reviews legislature’s aciton on proposed immigration measures, concludes that this issue is only one of “a long list of priority issues lawmakers all but pledged to resolve in this legislative session, and thus far, have failed to bring to resolution.”
Decatur Daily - The Decatur Daily is pleased to see bill that would have gutted “double-dipping” ban die for this legislative session.
Washington Post - Spider discovered in Jefferson County named after song writer-singer Neil Young.
Huntsville Times - The Huntsville Times says that legislature should give Governor’s tax proposal a fair hearing.
Mobile Press-Register - Former President Carter to build houses in Mobile on Tuesday.
Mobile Press-Register - Work progress on Thyssen-Krupp facility in Mobile County.
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Comment by Danny — May 12, 2008 @ 9:12 am
As if a candidate’s weight is a qualification for REGULATING UTILITIES . . . grrrr. Pick a *political candidate* based upon her record or her platform — pick a *mate* that you like to look at.
Comment by anon — May 12, 2008 @ 11:06 am
Danny: Looking at #1, pls take this junk off of the site. This kind of personal smear is beneath your well-regarded site. Sounds like this clown didn’t get appointed to something by the Gov or didnt get a job at the state party and now has an ax to grind. Get lost.
Comment by pachyderm — May 12, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
[Personal considerations are] more of a qualification than anything she has offered so far. Her TV ads made a big deal about her being “pro-life.”
Earth to Twinkle: The PSC has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with abortion or taxes or any of the other stuff you talk about.
So why does she talk about that stuff? Simple - she has NO QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ACTUAL JOB SHE SEEKS.
She desererves - no DEMANDS - rejection by Alabama voters.
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Comment by Anonymous — May 13, 2008 @ 9:15 am
Regarding comment #1, I do appreciate it when political and policy disagreements are substantive and not personal.
Sorry to be slow in responding. I have been out of the saddle a bit.
Comment by Danny — May 15, 2008 @ 12:34 am