Daily Headlines, Tuesday, 6/30/2009

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Birmingham NewsBirmingham City Council set to OK draft budget with 7% for departments, but increases council office spending

Birmingham NewsJefferson County Commission members say they can’t settle job tax suit

Birmingham NewsADECA seeks stimulus money for 16 Alabama communities

Birmingham NewsJudge Mark [...]

Small Town Political Gazette

The Times Journal – Collinsville could get stimulus funds

The Daily Sentinel - Jackson County Commission tends not to use recommendations

The Atmore AdvanceEscambia County Commission: Clean up or pay up

Daily Headlines, Monday, 6/29/2009

Birmingham NewsBirmingham, Alabama planners seek grant for electric buses, vehicles to link neighborhoods to downtown

Birmingham NewsState Rep. Merika Coleman and Rep. Priscilla Dunn face off in special Democratic runoff to fill state Senate District 19 seat

Birmingham NewsFirst coral snake in 40 years seen in [...]

Daily Headlines, Sunday, 6/28/2009

Birmingham NewsBirmingham, Alabama City Council members remain vexed over Mayor Larry Langford’s budget numbers

Birmingham NewsHOW THEY VOTED

Birmingham NewsJefferson County leaders get hurricane warning from the Alabama’s EMA chief

Birmingham NewsOutside Looking In – Believe it or not, some doubt our smarts

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Small Town Political Parlor

Dothan EagleSeagle calls opponent the Chamber candidate

Greenville AdvocateWorkers try to find work after lumber mill closes

Demopolis TimesCity can not be divided right now – an editorial

Prattville ProgressAll bark? Animal control ordinance has little bite to it – an editorial

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Which GOP Governors Most Likely to Reach the White House?

Bob Riley on a horse

Ken Rudin at NPR.org places Bob Riley 11th (out of 22) on his ranking of Republican governors most likely to reach the White House. Me? I would have put Riley ahead of Sarah Palin and Mark Sanford.

See the whole list.

Honk if You’re Running for Governor

Bumper sticker: Honk if you are running for governor in the Republican primary

Bill Johnson resigned Friday as director of ADECA (”abruptly,” says Charles Dean of the Birmingham News) to run for the GOP nomination for governor. Why choose to get that word out late on a summer Friday afternoon? Is it that important to get the word out before the Red State summer dinner? [...]

Daily Headlines, Saturday, 6/27/2009

Birmingham NewsAlabama senators and representatives for Jefferson County seeking summer session to restore occupational tax

Birmingham NewsHoover draft budget pegs 8.5% drop in revenues

Birmingham NewsFormer Birmingham City Councilman Bill Johnson enters Alabama governor’s race

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

Small Town Political Gazette

Monroe JournalGrim Editorial cartoon

Cullman TimesTimes Editorial: Are students in the city worth more than in the county?

Troy MessengerKeep the numbers in perspective – an editorial about unemployment rates

The Sand Mountain ReporterNew hiring plan in Albertville may get sticky 

Friday Note

Whew… more to post than I can keep up with… Travel is keeping me busy but I will try at least to update the 2010 House Elections Directory today.

I wanted to squeeze out a post or two on Thursday but I am headed for the Appalachian Trail and had to spend the day looking [...]

Daily Headlines, Friday, 6/26/2009

Birmingham NewsAlabama Board of Education considers changes to state’s testing plan

Birmingham NewsNaval officer Jonathan Pohnel, former Boston City Councilwoman Maura Hennigan vouch for generosity of John Katopodis

Birmingham NewsMotorcycle ride to benefit northern Jefferson County volunteer fire department

Birmingham NewsJefferson, County Commissioner [...]

Small Town Political Gazette

The Monroe JournalSalary cuts for Monroe County Commissioners

The Sand Mountain ReporterGreg Price to run for District Judge

The Cleburne NewsLambert winds court case against City of Heflin

BaldwinCountyNowFairhope solons continue to spar over new city position

Daily Headlines, Thursday, 6/25/2009

Birmingham NewsHundreds of Jefferson County workers face layoffs in new round of budget cuts

Birmingham NewsJefferson and Tuscaloosa counties make EPA top 20 list for cancer risk from airborne pollutants

Birmingham NewsSCLC demands action on Jefferson County crisis

Birmingham NewsU.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions [...]

Small Town Political Gazette

Dothan EagleInmates to vote in Dothan city elections

The Randolph  Leader - Wadley gets rid of municipal court – said to be an economy measure

Prattville Progress - Abandoned subdivisions draw ire of Millbrook officials

Governor’s Race Shaping Up

Seal of the Office of the Alabama Governor

Kay Ivey’s announcement today gives the Republicans five candidates vying for the nomination in the 2010 governor’s race: Robert Bentley, Bradley Byrne, Ivey, Tim James, and Roy Moore.

A GOP Senate insider had told the Parlor about eight weeks ago that a GOP state Senator was considering entering the race “in six to eight [...]

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