 Posted by Danny, on March 11th, 2010, at 1:46 pm
 Alabama is #1 again – on the list of where you find the highest sales tax in the country: Arab, Alabama.
The tiny sliver of this northeastern Alabama city of 7,500 jutting south into Cullman County has the dubious distinction — by far — of the country’s highest local sales tax rate. Here’s the [...]
 Posted by Danny, on February 5th, 2010, at 9:55 am
 Our Sen. Richard Shelby (R) has taken the unusual step of placing a blanket hold on all of Obama’s nominees “in an effort to force presidential action on the Air Force refueling tanker and other matters,” according to FederalTimes.com.
Shelby is particularly peeved about the refueling tanker because a tanker contract worth up to [...]
 Posted by waltm, on December 15th, 2009, at 8:24 am
Since this issue will continue for some time, thought I would post these. While they are contradictory at times, so is life. These are links to scholarly papers, think tank papers and government reports. This list is by no means exhaustive and consists of links to scholarly papers, think tank reports and government reports.. Please [...]
 Posted by Danny, on November 23rd, 2009, at 10:09 am
 Natalie Davis surveys the current political landscape in the nation, in the state, and with the Birmingham mayor’s race and declares it “Thanksiving Just in Time” in her new post here in the Purple Dot Connection.
Check it out.
 Posted by Danny, on November 20th, 2009, at 12:45 pm
 George Talbot’s article in the Press-Register gives us the morning update on the Jesse Jackson / Artur Davis story.
An excerpt:
Jackson said in a statement late Thursday that he called Davis to discuss his remarks.
“I talked to (Davis) today to assure him of my abiding admiration of him as a leader who is engaged in [...]
 Posted by Danny, on November 16th, 2009, at 1:22 pm
 Don’t miss Natalie Davis considering the lay of the land after the recent national elections, and she looks ahead to the Birmingham mayor’s race.
She managed to wiggle the post on to the site at the end of the week before the site got completely uncooperative, and I didn’t want you to overlook it.
In [...]
 Posted by Danny, on November 4th, 2009, at 4:19 pm
 From Dealbook at nytimes.com:
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Wednesday that JPMorgan Chase had agreed to pay $75 million in penalties and forfeit another $647 million in termination fees to settle civil charges that its securities firm had engaged in an “unlawful payment scheme” to win municipal bond business in Jefferson County, Ala.
The county, [...]
 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 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 27th, 2009, at 2:37 pm
 There is a downside to being hot.
Constituents in Bobby Bright and Parker Griffith’s districts are among those targeted by nearly $1 million worth of campaign activities from the Republican National Committee intended to cast doubt on President Obama’s health care proposalsaccording to CNN’s political ticker. The RNC effort will include television [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 20th, 2009, at 10:53 am
Our site’s servers went through some maintenance over the weekend. I think we are on even keel now but let me know if you experience any problems. Let’s catch up a little…
I first saw this at Tim Lennox’s site, but it has been around the intertubes a bit this weekend.
Someone with a [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 8th, 2009, at 3:55 pm
 At a July 4 celebration, freshman Congressman Bobby Bright (D – Montgomery) holds up a t-shirt with the words, “Fire Congress” this weekend. Politico has the story along with this key sentence, “Apparently, [his constituents] are pleased with the job he’s doing — just not the job that Congress as a whole is [...]
 Posted by Danny, on July 3rd, 2009, at 9:52 am
 4th of July… family time, cookouts, fireworks, and this year… tea parties!
If that is your cup of tea then check out this list of ten tea parties around the state to find the one nearest you.
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 Posted by Danny, on June 13th, 2009, at 12:51 am
If you missed State Agricultural Commissioner Ron Sparks with Glenn Beck on Fox News Friday afternoon, here he is. The Democratic gubernatorial candidate handled himself about as well as you could hope in a conversation that included, among other things, brief discussion of a “cow fart czar.”
Segment 1:
Segment 2:
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 Posted by Danny, on April 17th, 2009, at 10:16 am
 If you are still looking for reading on the Alabama Tea Parties…
Stephen Gordon at the Liberty Papers has a report here.
Toxic Culture offers further reflection on the day here.
Update: Pictures and video from the Trussville event are here.
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Daily News
By H on March 12, 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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