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 Posted by Danny, on March 18th, 2010, at 2:53 pm An out-of-stater tries to get a handle on the Alabama bingo issue for stateline.org, and writes it all up:
Posted by Danny, on March 18th, 2010, at 7:03 amIn this 60-second commercial, State Sen. Harri Anne Smith (R – Slocomb) plays just about every issue card in her deck to convince you of her conservative bona fides. I don’t have specific numbers though I hear it’s a “heavy buy” and that she intends to stay on TV through the [...] Posted by Danny, on March 18th, 2010, at 12:43 amA massive event! An important event! The Bridge Crossing Jubilee is truly important, truly massive. And it is just a part of the National Voting Rights Celebration which is even more massive and [...] Posted by Danny, on March 17th, 2010, at 10:54 am About that Forbes.com story saying that the highest sales tax in the nation is found in Arab, Alabama… The Arab Tribune says hold on. According to the Tribune, not only does the town of Arab not have any businesses in the part of the town extending into Cullman County with its higher sales [...] Posted by Danny, on March 17th, 2010, at 10:00 am Chip Drago of the Mobile Bay Times sends email this way saying:
Posted by Danny, on March 17th, 2010, at 7:13 am Posted by Danny, on March 16th, 2010, at 12:49 pm Republican Chip McCallum, attorney and son of former Vestavia Hills mayor Scotty McCallum, appears to be preparing for a campaign for House District 47, according to this Facebook page. The seat is held now by Republican Jack Williams of Birmingham. As always we try to keep up with these matters for you on our 2010 [...] Posted by Danny, on March 14th, 2010, at 11:55 pmGOP gubernatorial candidate Robert Bentley has a second commercial online. Has anyone actually seen this ad on TV? Until I hear otherwise I am inclined to believed that it’s not on the air right now. I count what sounds like a couple of folksy pokes at fellow GOP candidate Bradley Byrne. A quibble… the ad gives credit to Bentley for [...] Posted by Danny, on March 14th, 2010, at 8:12 pm If they can make a chocolate powered Formula 3 racer, why not a chocolate powered lawn mower? The boys in the back have had a good time talking about this story from Reuters.
Posted by Danny, on March 13th, 2010, at 11:16 pm This sharp postcard from the 1920’s looks south on Union Avenue in Ozark. You can see two cars (one of them a convertible), a fellow in the foreground, and three pedestrians farther down the street. If I really study the sign on the [...] Posted by Danny, on March 13th, 2010, at 12:49 pm U.S. Rep. Bobby Bright (D – Montgomery) “continues to prove his staying power,” according to Chris Cillizza of The Fix at WashingtonPost.com. The Fix removes the district, AL-02, from its rankings of the 20 House races most likely to switch parties in the November election. Posted by Danny, on March 13th, 2010, at 12:34 pmRepublican gubernatorial candidate Tim James is hitting the air beginning Monday with a statewide buy for this [...] Posted by Danny, on March 12th, 2010, at 10:40 am State Sen. Harri Anne Smith’s campaign has released a poll showing her with a 51%-30% lead over her GOP primary challenger George Flowers. The campaign is obviously pleased, or pleased enough, with the numbers to trumpet them, but is that a bit low for primary numbers for an incumbent running for a fourth [...] Posted by Danny, on March 11th, 2010, at 3:03 pmRepublican gubernatorial candidate Kay Ivey has a new TV spot this week. I know people who will be cleaning coffee off their computer monitors if they are in mid-gulp when they hear Kay Ivey refer to the Press-Register as liberal. [...] Posted by Danny, on March 11th, 2010, at 2:26 pm U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (R – Saks) is looking secure in his AL-03 seat, says another political observer, this time Isaac Wood at Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball.
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ChangeI 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 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. Back in the Day... Union Avenue in Ozark in the 1920s |
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