Riley, Davis converse

Proving that a good story can provide almost endless material, the Birmingham News reports today that Gov. Bob Riley and Rep. Artur Davis chatted briefly by phone Thursday regarding their hired help. At issue was Davis’ hiring of fundraiser Gina Bailey McKell during the 2005 campaign season while she was also a full [...]

Suburban divide

As part of a five part series examining issues facing Birmingham, public radio station WBHM recently aired a segment called “Suburbanly Divided.” Produced by Steve Chiotakis, the piece examined the conflicts between Birmingham and the surrounding metro areas. The friction between the ‘burbs and Birmingham city government is nothing new, of [...]

Open For Business

This morning The Birmingham News describes how Alabama holds her own with other states in winning business contracts from the federal government. Over the past six years, Alabama private contractors have done almost $43 billion in business with Washington. Detail of this sort is made more accessible by a nonprofit group [...]

In The Arena

Hello, all. Glad to be here! Mr. Briggs and Mr. Stratton have been very kind to me so far, but those Sta-bil fumes were getting to be a little much. So I’m glad Danny asked me to come up front for a bit.

Here’s something the boys in the back have been chatting [...]

Daily News

Daily Headlines, Sunday, 3/21/2010

Montgomery AdvertiserPrint exclusive: Bingo lawsuits cost state more than $500,000

Montgomery AdvertiserCensus officials, volunteers vow to count all on Gulf Coast

Montgomery AdvertiserCENSUS Q&A

Montgomery AdvertiserCivil rights groups seek changes in 2020 census

Montgomery AdvertiserWhy has PAC reform not [...]

Small Town News

Small town political gazette – 3/21/10

The News CourierAthens goes after delinquent taxes

The Selma Times-Journal - Road closure for ‘greater good’ and related editorial

BaldwinCountyNowResidents gather to discuss Zoning District 14 referendum

Shelby County ReporterWestover mayor discusses progress

The Daily HomeHealth care: Fix it now

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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...

Tent City at Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, ca 1918

Vintage postcard