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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   Sen. Steve French, Sen. Zeb Little, Rep. Ken Guin, and Rep. Cam Ward will be blogging here during the 2010 Legislative Session.  Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on March 8th, 2010, at 9:55 am 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. Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on March 3rd, 2010, at 7:53 amQuietly members of the House are growing more and more concerned about the status of the budgets. Today will be our 16th legislative day out of 30 possible meeting days for this session. Usually by this time the House has passed either one or both of the budgets. Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on March 1st, 2010, at 2:39 pmBefore we get into all of the heated debate this week on gambling, budgets, and the likes I wanted to pause for a moment to remember a dear friend. Rep. Warren Beck’s sudden death really hit a lot of people in Montgomery like a lightning bolt. Warren and I were elected at the same [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on February 27th, 2010, at 2:20 pmWe are now at the halfway point of this legislative session in Montgomery. The much anticipated debate over gambling never materialized in the Senate last week despite the loud protests from both pro and anti-gambling forces on the front steps of the State House. As many of us suspected, the proponents of gambling [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on February 22nd, 2010, at 10:03 amWe are now about to begin another week in Montgomery. The much anticipated debate over gambling never materialized in the Senate last week. As many of us suspected, the proponents of gambling just did not have the votes to push for a vote in the Senate so it was delayed until further notice. [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on February 16th, 2010, at 10:53 pm Often times the legislative session seems to dominate all the headlines in our state political talks. Taking a bit of a break away from the session I had a great opportunity to enjoy the American Village’s 10th Anniversary celebration on Monday. The American Village is one of those rare places in Alabama that, if [...] Posted by Sen. Steve French, on February 13th, 2010, at 4:17 pmOn Thursday, Republicans tried unsuccessfully to get the gambling issue brought to the Senate floor for quick debate and for certain action. Using the “let’s vote on the issue” mantra, the surprise tactic by the Republicans forced democrat leaders to show that gambling forces don’t have the votes for their proposed constitutional amendment in the [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on February 11th, 2010, at 7:47 amThis week in the legislature has been somewhat uneventful with the exception of some committee activity on high profile bills. Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on February 9th, 2010, at 9:31 am
Spent some time campaigning this weekend before heading back into session again After a weekend of campaigning it is back to work in Montgomery again. As I have been moving around my district I am getting more and more questions about the gambling debate. It appears that I spoke too soon last week when I [...] Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on February 5th, 2010, at 9:09 pmI am very pleased that Senate Republicans joined with the Senate Democratic Caucus this week to pass a major piece of our legislative agenda. SB 52, sponsored by Senator Lowell Barron, will end the abuse that we have seen of the awarding of no-bid contracts. During Governor Riley’s seven years in office, he has awarded [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on February 4th, 2010, at 7:59 amI often hear a lot of talk about the bubble of Montgomery. From time to time I am reminded about this and it could never be more glaring than the current debate regarding gambling. As the news media and political ads have taken to the air debating Governor Riley’s raid on Victory Land and Country [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 27th, 2010, at 4:23 pmDuring each my last eight years in the House I have a routine where I like to move all of my bills early in the session. My reasoning for this is that somewhere around midway through the session the process gets snagged on some issue like gambling, sales tax on groceries or some proposed tax [...] Posted by Sen. Steve French, on January 27th, 2010, at 4:17 pmThursday, the Senate will begin its 4th day of debate on a road construction bill that proposes to spend $100 million a year for 10 years in addition to the regular road program and any federal stimulus plans. The billion dollars for this extra road program would come from the state’s savings account which is [...] Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on January 25th, 2010, at 7:52 amOne of the differences between the Alabama Senate and House are in the Rules regarding debate and the ending of debate. The Senate is regarded as a more deliberative body and allows unlimited debate. Senate Rule 39 provides: ”No member shall speak more than twice on any question under debate and none shall, without leave [...] |
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 OnHere 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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