Last week the legislature saw a lot of legislation surrounding the issues of ethics and transportation. This week we move on to another hot button topic for Alabama citizens- guns. State Representative Jeremy Oden has sponsored for the second year in a row legislation to allow for short barreled guns to be owned in [...]
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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 Sen. Zeb Little, on January 22nd, 2010, at 4:36 pmI had my third Town Hall meeting last night in my district over the last eight days. Roads, jobs and schools dominated the discussion. I heard complaint after complaint about the terrible conditions of State and County roads in the Town of Colony. I also heard from many who had either lost their [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 22nd, 2010, at 1:54 pmThe House finished our second week of work with a couple of notable pieces of legislation passing. Rep. Jeff McLaughlin passed his bill to pass PAC to PAC transfers. Jeff has passed this bill out of the House every year I have served there and it always gets re-worked once it goes to the [...] Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on January 21st, 2010, at 1:45 pmThe Senate has adjourned on the 3rd legislative day after listening all morning to Republican Senators filibuster our Highway Jobs Bill. Shortly before the Senate adjourned, I asked the Republican Senator who was filibustering if they had an alternate plan. He confirmed that the only other proposal they had was one to borrow the money [...] Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on January 21st, 2010, at 11:16 amAt this very moment, Republican Senators are fulfilling a pledge that they made on Tuesday to filibuster today to block passage of the Senate Democratic Caucus plan to create jobs and improve our roads and bridges. Senate Bill 121 will invest $1 billion dollars in road and bridge construction and create approximately 30,000 new jobs [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 20th, 2010, at 6:35 amThe House had a typically productive day yesterday. I say typically because this early in the session is primarily devoted to legislation that has previously passed the chamber. Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 18th, 2010, at 2:44 pmThe second of legislative sessions tend be some of the more boring. Everyone is glad to see each other again on the first week of the session and by week two that fun has worn off. Since only resolutions can be passed in the first week it makes for a somewhat more ceremonial [...] Posted by Sen. Zeb Little, on January 15th, 2010, at 9:52 pmThe Democratic Caucus began this session right where it left off last session–working hard for Alabama families. Last year, the Senate Democratic Caucus had great success in passing our agenda. We passed a $50 million dollar tax cut, doubled the size of our nationally recognized Pre-Kindergarten program, increased the Children’s Health Insurance program (”CHIPS”) by [...] Posted by Sen. Steve French, on January 15th, 2010, at 3:17 pmIn a largely partisan vote, democrat legislators in the Senate and then in the House quickly proved their loyalty to AEA (and to their large PAC) by nullifying the State Board of Education’s (SBOE) attempt to pass a “teacher Code of Ethics”. The SBOE this summer asked the Legislative Council to approve a rule change [...] Posted by Rep. Ken Guin, on January 13th, 2010, at 11:30 amThank you for the opportunity to blog during the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature. I enjoyed the experience last year. It was my first time to blog. Each year the House and Senate alternate giving the Democratic response to the Governor’s message. The following my response on Alabama Public Television to the Governor Riley’s State [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 13th, 2010, at 7:18 amGovernor Riley gave his last State of the State address last night to a packed crowd in the old House Chambers of the Capitol. He pushed some of the same themes that he has been discussing over the last few months. It was a good speech and I agreed with most of his proposals [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on January 10th, 2010, at 11:09 amI just finished attending a legislative summit on education in Hoover. There was some great statistics and budget numbers offered at the conference that I wish more legislators could hear. While think there are wildly different ideas on how to address the problem I think there is little doubt that we do have some [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on December 31st, 2009, at 1:57 pmTis the season. I’m not one to come up with poems of catchy jingles but I do have some New Year observations. Christmas is now behind us and the presents are all unwrapped some political campaigns have to be feeling good while others are hoping 2010 is better to them. Santa Claus was good to [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on December 19th, 2009, at 10:57 pmIn a few weeks we will start the next session of the Alabama Legislature. There will be a lot of debate and discussion surrounding this session but before we get there let’s all remember to appreciate our friends and family this holiday season. The joy of Christmas and the Holiday Season are upon us. As we [...] Posted by Rep. Cam Ward, on December 10th, 2009, at 12:28 pmSometimes when I discuss this issue I feel like Don Quixote because I have been charging at this windmill for so long. Still I have always felt this is an important issue to our state so here goes my pitch. It’s no secret that Alabama’s road projects over the years have gone to areas of [...] |
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... Union Avenue in Ozark in the 1920s |
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