Saturday 5/17/2008 DAILY NEWS DIGEST
Birmingham News Sen. Sessions (R) opposed to immigration provision of supplemental spending bill.
Birmingham News - Embattled Gadsden State Community College president to unexpectedly leave post immediately.
Birmingham News - The Birmingham News comments on the reforms to the state’s juvenile justice system.
Mobile Press-Register - Mobile receives almost $3 million from feds for port security.
Mobile Press-Register - Press-Register says that AEA’s Paul Hubbert has lost all major fights during this legislative session.
Mobile Press-Register - Press-Register urges Governor to veto bill that would provide U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer (D) and other DAs pensions of $120,000.
Huntsville Times - Candidate for 5th congressional district seat says campaign signs being removed illegally.
Huntsville Times - Commentary by David Person on the chances of passage of House Bill 829, which would expand state’s hate crimes statute to protect sexual preference.
Montgomery Advertiser - Democrats looking for gains in South.
Associated Press - Beer battle coming to a head on final legislative day.
Montgomery Advertiser - State’s jobless rate falls slightly in April.
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery mayor says city will offer incentives if Legislature decides to building new State House on Dexter Avenue.
Tuscaloosa News - Alabama sheriffs profiting personally from state’s payment of $1.75 per day to feed jail inmates.
Huntsville Times - Advocates urge North Alabama senators to support tax plan.
Opelika-Auburn News - The Opelika-Auburn News says that attempts to ban smoking in personal automobiles “is beginning to push the line of what’s fair. ”
Renee Culverhouse sold out the students and people. She had a special fiduciary responsibility as a member of the bar.
She used her power as an attorney to manipulate the system for herself.
I don’t understand why the bar association doesn’t police the rich and powerful members of the bar.
Comment by Concerned Citizen — May 17, 2008 @ 7:55 am
Maybe the bar needs a verifiable complaint from some one who has direct, personal knowledge of the alleged malfeasance.
Comment by waltm — May 17, 2008 @ 8:18 am
If the Bar needs that then the Bar is an Arse!!
Concerned Citizen
Comment by Anonymous — May 17, 2008 @ 8:28 am
Concerned Citizen - Do you really think that any organization should launch an investigation into the conduct of its members without any substantive evidence? Anyone should be able to just make up an allegation and then the individual against whom the charge is made is then subject to what could be a lengthy and invasive investigation? I, for one, don’t have any problems with a regulatory organization requiring that a complainant have “direct, personal knowledge of the alleged malfeasance.” Otherwise, such organizations would spend all of their resources investigating complaints based on nothing more than rumor or innuendo.
Comment by Anonymous — May 17, 2008 @ 9:01 am
Dear Anon:
Credible evidence such are newspaper reports should be sufficient to trigger an investigation.
Rich and powerful members of the bar are pretty much expempt.
Most bar members who run into problems with the bar are mostly guilty of being not well connected or prosperious.
David Cromwell Johnson said” everyone wants to jump on the bunny rabbit, only a crazy man jumps on a wildcat!”
Comment by Anonymous — May 17, 2008 @ 2:17 pm
Just noticed the B’ham news story on the recently passed juvenile justice reforms. I find it extremely disappointing that Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb, who did the real leg work getting these changes made, is not mentioned at all while Riley gets mentioned twice.
Which speaks to Anonymous #5’s comment. If the source is the B’ham news, it is not credible.
Comment by Pecan Jim — May 17, 2008 @ 10:11 pm
… and quoting David Johnson on legal ethics doesn’t score you any points either.
Comment by Roy — May 18, 2008 @ 10:43 am
I guess that Concerned Citizen gets all of his facts from the newspaper - and if that’s the case, we can just do away with the judiciary and every other type of entity that regulates or oversees professions. I suppose that the only function of law enforcement would be to follow the directions of the media? For a concerned citizen, CC certainly seems willing to abdicate all responsibiltiy to the media.
While I generally like the coverage provided by our local media outlets (including the Bham News), I’m not yet ready for them to be the sole arbiter of what is and is not legal or appropriate.
Comment by Anonymous — May 18, 2008 @ 10:51 am
VD is nothing to Clap about!
Concerned Citzen
Comment by Anonymous — May 18, 2008 @ 3:23 pm
Thanks, CC. Once again, a substantive contribution to the dialogue.
Comment by Anonymous — May 18, 2008 @ 3:31 pm
I am sorry for that remark. I guess I just read Mayor Langford’s remarks and had to say something. Once again sorry for anyone offended. No it did not add to the dialogue. So sorry.
Hangs head down
Comment by Concerned Citizen — May 18, 2008 @ 3:35 pm
Allow me to introduce myself. In real life I am a passionless fop, an Attorney, and member of all the usual legal societies. I sip cocktails with other equally passionless Lawyers and exchange the usual niceties. I am a member of all the right clubs and I live in a prosperious neighborhood which I will call Mountain Creek.
My secret identity is Zorro, which I assumed after dropping concerned citizen. I found the identity concerened citizen to be to boring.
So much for the introduction, I will now say look out for Zorro!!
Signed,
Zorro
Comment by Zorro — May 18, 2008 @ 4:14 pm