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 Posted by Danny, on February 20th, 2010, at 11:29 am Charley Grimsley’s name will be on the ballot as a candidate for the nomination of Treasurer as a Democrat in good standing. A subcommittee of the State Democratic Executive Committee made the determination [.docx] yesterday by a unanimous vote with one abstention Left in Alabama has an account [...] Posted by Danny, on February 10th, 2010, at 9:59 am Here is some follow-up to the Radney Rule challenge of Charley Grimsley’s candidacy for state Treasurer. Bottom line: the Executive Board of the State Democratic Executive Committee is tentatively scheduled to meet the afternoon of February 19 to meet Charley Grimsley’s request for a show of cause hearing. Here in .pdf [...] Posted by Danny, on February 9th, 2010, at 3:27 pm Mike Hubbard announced at the state GOP’s Red, White, and Blue Dinner Friday night that keynote speaker Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota brought a check for $100,000 from an anonymous donor. (Hear the audio here.) Turns out the anonymous donor was Texas homebuilder Bob Perry and that the ALGOP had asked him for the [...] Posted by Danny, on February 3rd, 2010, at 4:12 pm Charley Grimsley, Democratic candidate for the Treasurer’s office, is having his candidacy challenged based on the state Democrats’ Radney Rule. From Associated Press:
Posted by Danny, on January 14th, 2010, at 10:13 am A forum for GOP gubernatorial candidates will be held tonight at the Trussville Civic Center, at 6:30 pm, sponsored by the Republican Women of Trussville. State Sen. Scott Beason (R – Gardendale) will [...] Posted by Danny, on January 6th, 2010, at 1:14 pm Sen. Larry Dixon (R – Montgomery) this morning made the long-expected announcement that he would not seek re-election to the SD 25 seat that he has held for almost 30 years. Former State Rep. Dick Brewbaker (R) has previously announced his SD 25 candidacy and released a statement this morning praising Dixon [...] Posted by waltm, on January 6th, 2010, at 7:40 am According to the Anniston Star, (article may require a free login or change url), K.L. Brown (with 46% of the vote) will face Jay Dill (19% of the vote) in a a run off on February 16, for the Republican nomination. The winner will face Democrat, Ricky Whaley, and Independent, [...] Posted by Danny, on December 23rd, 2009, at 4:54 pm Everybody wonders if Bobby Bright will follow Parker Griffith across the aisle. According to politico.com, Bright plans to stay a Dem:
Related Articles: Posted by Danny, on December 23rd, 2009, at 4:06 pm A reader writes in email:
Posted by Danny, on December 23rd, 2009, at 3:46 pm Congressman Parker Griffith (R – Huntsville) responds to the release from the Alabama Democratic Party accusing him of downloading “sensitive voter identification data that was the property of the Alabama Democratic Party.”
Posted by Danny, on December 23rd, 2009, at 3:34 pm Speaking of who may be running for AL-05 (as we were), according to the Huntsville Times site at blog.al.com, 2008 GOP nominee Wayne Parker “said the turn of events makes him ’seriously consider’ another run.” Count Parker in the category of Republicans who are not so excited about, in Treasurer Kay Ivey’s words, [...] Posted by Danny, on December 22nd, 2009, at 2:39 pm The state Democrats released a statement today [.doc] which said, in part:
Posted by Danny, on October 1st, 2009, at 2:33 pm The Political Parlor has learned that AEA’s polling arm has polled for state Sen. Harri Anne Smith (R – Slocomb) her viability running for re-election in 2010 as a Republican, a Democrat and an independent. One insider who was familiar with the broad numbers of the poll asserted that Smith “would have a very good chance [...] Posted by Danny, on September 28th, 2009, at 12:47 pm Sen. Hinton Mitchem hands in his resignation as Senate President pro tem in February, 2009 State Sen. Hinton Mitchem (D – Union Grove) has talked to Marshall County GOP Chair Jean Brewer about switching parties, Ms. Brewer confirmed to the Parlor today. “It’s not official [that he will switch],” she said. The eight-term Senator was elected [...] Posted by Danny, on September 22nd, 2009, at 4:32 pm |
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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