 Posted by Hilary, on April 30th, 2010, at 2:50 pm
After being denied running as a Republican for her re-election bid to the Alabama Senate last month, Sen. Harri Anne Smith has a signature drive planned throughout her district Saturday in order to get on the ballot as an Independent.
Click here to see the campaign’s full-page Take Back Our [...]
 Posted by Hilary, on April 30th, 2010, at 1:41 pm
The United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, for the June 1 primary.
The Chairperson of the Alabama UAW CAP Council, Ted Letson, said, “We believe that Ron Sparks is the candidate of the working men and women of Alabama. He has [...]
 Posted by Hilary, on April 30th, 2010, at 8:43 am
In light of all the discussion surrounding Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James‘ “Language” tv ad, I thought I’d take a tip from the comments (thanks, Anon) and add this to the palaver:
Another Republican gubernatorial candidate, Bill Johnson, provides Google translation buttons on his campaign website for twelve languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portugese, Russian and Spanish.
Johnson also flaunts his international bona fides:
Johnson’s travels to nearly 50 countries have given him a unique understanding of working with other cultures. Being fluent in Spanish and having completed an intensive German language program will be a tremendous asset in economic development and selling Alabama in what is an ever-increasing international marketplace.
Just some vis-a-vis for your mise en scene.
Continue reading “The Power of Babel”
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Legislative DispatchBy Joe Hubbard on June 8, 2011 This Thursday will mark the last day of the legislative Session. For some, it was a Session that seemed would never end. For others, it was one that ended much too quickly. It may be early, yet, to write an obit on this Session, but as we approach the finish line, some perspective may be in order.
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AL House, AL Senate, Legislative Dispatch, Uncategorized | By John Merrill on May 24, 2011 As you know, a very important piece of legislation will be presented for our consideration in the House tomorrow in Montgomery – Senate Bill 310 – the “Students First” tenure and fair dismissal reform bill. Like me, many House members have been inundated with phone calls and emails from opponents of this bill, and some have been [...]
Legislative Dispatch | By Cam Ward on May 17, 2011 There are a lot of issues to debate before we begin the final days of this session. In fact, I am quite certain there will be some comments on this post debating many of them. Before we get into the last seven day of the session I wanted to bring up a topic that [...]
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