 Posted by Danny, on July 31st, 2009, at 1:29 pm
The GOP’s Alabama State Victory Plan – 2010 is an internal party document that outlines a plan to increase GOP voter turnout in 2010, specifically in seventeen targeted legislative districts. Seven targeted districts are in the state Senate, and ten are in the state House.
The document (pdf) has some mislabeled tables, but here are [...]
 Posted by H, on July 31st, 2009, at 6:15 am
 Posted by Danny, on July 30th, 2009, at 3:43 pm
 State Sen. Kim Benefield (D – Woodland) was introduced to most of us in one of the most intriguing stories of the last election cycle.
In 2006, Senate Republicans were again trying to form a coalition with dissident Democrats to wrest control of the Senate from the Democratic majority. The Democratic Senate Majority [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 30th, 2009, at 3:30 pm
 U.S. Representative Parker Griffith’s victory in having RNC radio ads pulled that that he found “false and misleading” may have been short-lived. According to Sara Sendek, Regional Press Secretary for the Republican National Committee, the ads are now running on the stations that had temporarily removed them.
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 Posted by H, on July 30th, 2009, at 7:30 am
 Posted by Danny, on July 29th, 2009, at 11:51 am
 Al LaPierre worked out a plea bargain and will testify against his co-defendants Larry Langford and Bill Blount.
Let AL.com remind you of the charges:
[Birmingham Mayor Larry] Langford, Montgomery investment banker Bill Blount and lobbyist Al LaPierre are charged in a 101-count indictment accusing them of mail fraud, bribery, money laundering and conspiracy in [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 29th, 2009, at 11:31 am
 The Ron Sparks gubernatorial campaign has not filed a statement with the Secretary of State office showing his candidacy’s principal campaign committee, according to the Secretary of State website. Alabama law requires a candidate to file the statement within 5 days of raising (or spending) $25,000 for the candidacy. Fundraising [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 29th, 2009, at 10:15 am
 U.S. Representative Parker Griffith (D – Huntsville) has challenged a radio ad from the Republican National Committee for its “false and misleading statements,” including its implication that the Congressman supported the federal Stimulus Bill. A release from the Congressman’s office says that Cumulus Broadcast, owner of five stations in north Alabama, is refusing to [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 29th, 2009, at 8:03 am
 In the Political Parlor’s Legislative Dispatch section, Rep. Cam Ward passes along a grim picture of the education budget situation as seen in the numbers from the Legislative Fiscal Office.
 Posted by Danny, on July 29th, 2009, at 7:51 am
 State Sen. Hank Sanders states publicly this week what you already read in the Parlor: he “reserves the right to run.”
For the Alabama Senate. For the U.S. Congress. For the state line. It’s all in this week’s column, Senate Sketches, that he writes for his constituents.
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 Posted by H, on July 29th, 2009, at 7:05 am
 Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on July 28th, 2009, at 1:54 pm
The Alabama Legislative Fiscal Office just released some numbers that should be a grim reminder of how bad the economy is impacting Alabama’s Education Trust Fund. Here is a snap shot of their numbers below-
The Education Trust Fund (ETF) budget for FY 2008 was $6.72 billion and after 9% proration the ETF budget for FY [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 28th, 2009, at 7:45 am
 Though Alabama and Alaska are close only on alphabetical lists, some of our newspapers had Sarah Palin on the mind. The 2008 GOP VP candidate stepped down as Alaska’s governor Sunday.
Here are some stories published around the state today.
Tuscaloosa News – We haven’t seen the last of Sarah Palin
Anniston Star – [...]
 Posted by H, on July 28th, 2009, at 7:10 am
 Posted by Danny, on July 27th, 2009, at 3:27 pm
 What we have been hearing for a couple of months is now official: Supreme Court Justice Patti Smith will not run for re-election.
We know Republican Kelli Wise intends to run from her seat on the Court of Criminal Appeals. It’s easy to imagine that Democrat Deborah Bell Paseur will jump in. [...]
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Daily News
By H on March 13, 2010
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Small Town News
By waltm on March 13, 2010
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Legislative Dispatch
By Sen. Steve French on March 10, 2010
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 [...]
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By Rep. Cam Ward on March 8, 2010
 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 [...]
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Purple Dot Connection
By Natalie Davis on February 2, 2010
Under the “B” … June 1
I’ve tried to follow BINGO rules and BINGO raids. I’m not sure I understand the law, nor do I get the motives of many of the principal players. I bet many of you know a heck of a lot more about this than I. But one thing I am [...]
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Back in the Day...Noble Street at Night, Anniston, 1944
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