1956: Actor Michael Biehn was born in Anniston
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Forbes.com has a story about the supplemental retirement savings program offered to Alabama state employees offered by Nationwide Financial Services (the Nationwide Insurance folks):
How Nationwide got this exclusive deal says a lot about the often cozy, pay-for-play relationships between public employee unions and business.
Nationwide pays $1 million a year to the Alabama State Employee Association for the right to sell its savings plan to state workers. It’s a great deal for the union, which has gained financial and political clout with the money, and a great deal for Nationwide. It’s not so great for workers.
The article comments on deal details that are “poorly disclosed” and adds that “ASEA President Edwin Jean (Mac) McArthur Jr. has used secretive payments like Nationwide’s to generate much of his union’s $3 million in revenue.”
The full story is here.
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1942: Alabama native Cornelius Paul was among the sailors killed when the USS Grunion was sunk by the Japanese during World War II.
1946: NASCAR driver Neil Bonnett was born.
Source: Bhamwiki
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Retiring Republican Congressman Terry Everett endorses his party’s nominee, Jay Love, to succeed him in the 2nd Congressional District.
And he might run for Governor? He’ll hang on to some campaign money, just in case.
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Many readers already made the connection from our Daily Headlines on Sunday… A salary in the AG’s office that was not commensurate with experience/training is partly what undergirded the recent rumors related to our state’s Attorney General, and the Birmingham News had the story on Sunday - though not in the context of said rumors. The reality as reported in the News was not as outlandish as what I heard in most versions of the story (e.g., “six figures!”).
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Been quite busy around here. We’ll catch up a little now, catch up a little later…
Montgomery Advertiser reporter Sebastian Kitchen almost sorta kinda mentions the Political Parlor in his Sunday column when he refers to us as “a popular Alabama blog.” Thanks, SK!
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The Outlook A look at the cost of running for office in Alexander City
Press Register Candidate enters Fairhope’s 7 way mayoral race
The Selma Times-Journal Editorial comment on recent criminal case
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1949: Baseball player Vida Blue was born.
Source: Bhamwiki
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I am happy to report that H, the formerly fully automated process that created the Daily Headline posts for almost three weeks for us, has undergone a makeover.
H is now new and improved with a little daily human help. The experiment in automation was a good one and, from my perspective, fun to a point, but I was unhappy with the results. The posts were too long for my taste and often had irrelevant links.
With the new H, I think we may see a marked improvement in the relevance of the headlines to Alabama politics and policy.
Working on a few other tweaks… comments and feedback always welcome.
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Times Journal Editorial about referendum question
Greenville Advocate No immunity for FEMA, an editorial
Cullman Times City and former officer sued
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1813: The first engagment of the Creek Indian War of 1813-1814 takes place at Burnt Corn Creek in present-day Escambia County, Alabama. Creek leaders Peter McQueen and High Head Jim were returning from Pensacola, where they had secured supplies and arms from the Spanish and British, when they were attacked by American forces.
1863: William Lowndes Yancey dies at his home near Montgomery at the age of 48. The main author of Alabama’s ordinance of secession, which removed Alabama from the Union, Yancey was one of the leading “fire-eaters” who influenced southern states to secede.
Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Dothan Eagle High hopes for crops after recent rains
The Enterprise Ledger Non-profit kids dental center opens in Enterprise
Journal Record Strike at NTN-Bower plant ends
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1914: Erskine Hawkins, famed jazz musician, is born in Birmingham. His band, the ‘Bama State Collegians, became the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra in the late 1930s after gaining a following in New York and winning a recording contract with RCA Victor. The band’s biggest hit was the immensely popular “Tuxedo Junction” (1940).
1958: Truck racer, Rick Crawford, was born in Mobile
1959: Journalist, Rick Bragg, was born in Piedmont.
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