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 [...]
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 Posted by Peter, on September 15th, 2007, at 6:28 amAs 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 [...] Posted by Peter, on September 4th, 2007, at 10:43 amThis 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 [...] Posted by Peter, on September 1st, 2007, at 1:25 pmHello, 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 [...] |
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... Tent City at Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, ca 1918 |
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