Sen. Steve French, Sen. Zeb Little, Rep. Ken Guin, and Rep. Cam Ward will be blogging here during the 2010 Legislative Session.

A Response to Anon

I’ve never responded to a comment regarding one of my postings. However, the response by the writer whose nom de plume is Anon conveys an elitist attitude that too often permeates the legislative process, an attitude that the special interest’s should receive special consideration. The following are excerpts from Anon’s comments and my [...]

Daily Headlines, Saturday, 2/28/2009

Birmingham NewsBirmingham, Alabama officials unsure about source of mysterious spill into Shades Creek

Birmingham NewsAlabama court orders new sentence for Kerry Spencer in officer slayings

Birmingham NewsTuskegee Airman Col. Harry E. Ford Jr. dies at 88

Birmingham NewsAlabama Gov. Bob Riley launching Web [...]

Unemployment Stimulus Debate

I was working on this post when Rep. Guin’s blog went up on this issue as well. The issue of Governor Riley rejecting the unemployment portion of the stimulus package has created quite a debate in Montgomery, as well as many newspapers across the state. It is not an easy one to understand either [...]

Moore on the Way?

Roy Moore

World Net Daily columnist (and former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court) Roy Moore leads potential gubernatorial candidates in a poll conducted by ccAdvertising. The poll “shows Moore is far ahead of most of the likely competition.” According to the poll, in head to head matchups Moore leads Kay Ivey [...]

Oakman Elementary Funding

On December 10, 2008, Oakman Elementary was destroyed by a tornado. The children have been placed in temporary space in three different areas, a portion of the 1948 structure, portable classrooms on the baseball field and in the high school. The administration, faculty and staff have done a wonderful making the most of [...]

Daily Headlines, Friday, 2/27/2009

Birmingham NewsAlabama on course for generous earmarks in U.S. spending bill

Birmingham NewsState must pay ousted legislator and felon Sue Schmitz $177,000 in back pay

Birmingham NewsAnnual report says Alabama’s community colleges working to regain ethical footing

Birmingham NewsBirmingham, Alabama Mayor Larry Langford, [...]

Small Town Political Gazette

Selma Times-JournalTransparent government important, an editorial

Dothan EagleMike Schmitz announces candidacy for mayor’s race

The Blount CountianWest Blount county considers home rule

First HD 6 Candidate

The Huntsville Times site tells us that former Huntsville City Councilman Glenn Watson intends to run for the HD 6 seat made vacant by the conviction of Sue Schmitz (D – Madison). He’ll run as a Republican.

No date has been set for the election.

Who else will run?

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Rejection of Stimulus Funds?

Many in the legislature are asking questions of whether it is wise for the governor to reject a portion of the economic stimulus funds. The argument several governors have raised is that after four years there would be a cost to the states. At this point I am not sure that it a [...]

Daily Headlines, Thursday, 2/26/2009

Birmingham NewsAlabama Gov. Bob Riley urges ethics law overhaul

Birmingham NewsJust like large cities, small towns are struggling with falling revenues, using a variety of means to cope

Birmingham NewsStimuls money will help avert teacher layoffs in Alabama, Superintendent Joe Morton says

Birmingham News[...]

Small Town Political Gazette

Times JournalZoning saga continues in Sylvania

The News CourierAthens set to receive $ 1 million  federal earmark

St. Clair News-AegisPlasma waste system controversy continues

Moulton AdvertiserDistrict judge Mullican retires

Another Good Ethics Bill Moves Forward

Another good ethics bill has been passed out of committee in the House. Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed Rep. Paul DeMarco’s bill that will undertake some much needed claen up of the State Ethics law. This bill comes on the heels of the bill I passed two weeks ago that gives the [...]

Another productive day in the Alabama House of Representatives.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed 15 general bills that ranged from oil and gas offshore severance tax to computer solicitation of a child to regulation of out-of-state certified public accountants. The diversity of topics is typical for an early day in the legislative regular session.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009 was the [...]

Daily Headlines, Wednesday, 2/25/2009

Birmingham NewsSue Schmitz was convicted of federal fraud charges and removed as Alabama representative

Birmingham NewsBirmingham Community Foundation will spend $200,000 to help needy families avoid eviction

Birmingham NewsAlabama House of Representatives approves bill allowing Jefferson County’s hiring of a county manager

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Small Town News

Small town political gazette – 3/19/10

The Cuillman TimesTim James: ‘Government must live within its means’ - an interview

Cleburne NewsPayne let go as Police Chief in Heflin – something is going on here

Moulton AdvertiserHiker finds campaign signs

The Sand Mountain Reporter - Albertville city website defaced – Have you applied all [...]

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Legislative Dispatch

Change

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 [...]

Ten Minutes in the House, Senate Moves On

Riley and her friend Caroline joined Julie on the campaign trail in Isabella this past weekend.

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 [...]

Purple Dot Connection

MARCH MADNESS

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 [...]


Back in the Day...

Union Avenue in Ozark in the 1920s

Vintage postcard