 Posted by waltm, on December 19th, 2009, at 5:59 am
 Posted by waltm, on December 15th, 2009, at 6:00 am
 Posted by Danny, on December 10th, 2009, at 1:30 pm
 Rep. Cam Ward has a new post for us, “Charging Windmills,” in the Parlor’s Legislative Dispatch section.
There are a few rough edges yet in the new design of the site, and one of them is that I have not yet gotten the presentation of Legislative Dispatch the way I would like for it [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 16th, 2006, at 7:53 am
Finishing up the review of the Top 10 Most Interesting Questions to Be Answered by the Primary Elections…
#10.
Who is “one and done?”
Let’s review the first-term legislators we mentioned in the original post as candidates to be “one and done.”
The political insiders helping me with the question when we originally asked it [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 16th, 2006, at 7:22 am
Let’s wrap up our look back at the Top 10 Most Interesting Questions to Be Answered by the Primary Elections.
#9.
Will the Democratic nominee for governor win the primary without a runoff?
Baxley and state Democrats are relieved that this is a ‘yes.’ Many of the reasons why this was important to Baxley [...]
 Posted by G, on June 16th, 2006, at 6:40 am
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1150449997313530.xml&coll=2 – Siegelman trial goes to jury after 7 weeks of testimony.
http://www.al.com/opinion/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/opinion/1150449682313530.xml&coll=2 – Editorial suggests state abandon election of judges for appointment process in light of current campaign expenditures.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060616/state.shtml – Alabama’s congressional delegation is economically diverse.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/060616/white.shtml – State Democrats may remove Limestone County legislative candidate from November ballot and from Democratic [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 15th, 2006, at 12:54 pm
I used this question in our Top 10 Most Interesting Questions to Be Answered by the Primary Elections to take note of some interesting primary challengers:
#8.
Who will be the most noteworthy newcomer among primary winners?
Of course, anyone’s answers are highly subjective, and our answer might be different in a couple of years [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 15th, 2006, at 12:17 pm
Next on the list of our Top 10 Most Interesting Questions to Be Answered by the Primary Elections that we want to re-visit:
#7.
Is Republican Attorney General candidate Mark Montiel a contender or a pretender?
There was an additional chapter to this story written about the time the original post came out.
Montiel had [...]
 Posted by G, on June 15th, 2006, at 5:34 am
 Posted by Danny, on June 14th, 2006, at 11:34 pm
Mo Brooks and Hilbun Adams, the third and fourth place finishers in the Republican primary for Lt. Governor, have both endorsed George Wallace, Jr., the second place finisher.
Wallace is still going to have an uphill struggle. Alabama Power et al already provided the resources to get 48% of the primary vote for [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 14th, 2006, at 11:16 pm
The Senate fell a few votes short of getting rid of the estate tax last week. (It’s been a busy week, and I am catching up to some news stories.) In 2009, couples may pass estates worth up to $7 million without any estate taxes interfering with the transfer of wealth. Altogether, 99.7% of families [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 14th, 2006, at 10:50 pm
You just don’t run across many stories as interesting as this one:
Ronald Wayne Blankenship, a candidate in the runoff for the Democratic nomination for Jefferson County sheriff, says it’s coincidence that a man with a criminal past shares his name and birthdate.
It’s strange but true, he says, that both he and a man who [...]
 Posted by Danny, on June 14th, 2006, at 10:18 pm
Terrible story about House District 15 candidate Steven Turner who was going to be in a run-off with Pat Moore before he apparently did himself in. I ache for those close to him who are left behind to deal with their loss. I hate to think of someone so despairing and so [...]
 Posted by G, on June 14th, 2006, at 7:28 am
 Posted by Danny, on June 13th, 2006, at 8:05 am
G gave us another Daily News Digest (the state’s death penalty continues to be in the news and editorials, as does estate tax), but the window of time I had for posting today was closed by a cable-service outage that left me without internet access this morning. Be back tomorrow unless I unexpectedly [...]
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Daily News
By H on March 19, 2010
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Small Town News
By waltm on March 19, 2010
The Cuillman Times – Tim James: ‘Government must live within its means’ - an interview
Cleburne News – Payne let go as Police Chief in Heflin – something is going on here
Moulton Advertiser – Hiker finds campaign signs
The Sand Mountain Reporter - Albertville city website defaced – Have you applied all [...]
Posted in Small Town
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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 [...]
Posted in Legislative Dispatch
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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 [...]
Posted in Legislative Dispatch
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Purple Dot Connection
By Natalie Davis on March 15, 2010
TOP TEN INDICATIONS OF MARCH MADNESS
10. Eric Massa inviting us to ask the 10,000 Navy men he served with whether he is gay.
9. Larry Langford hitting the jackpot 33 times in one day and not remembering it.
8. Ron Sparks being able to make payments on a $500,000 loan with an income of $80,000.
7. Artur Davis [...]
Posted in Purple Dot Connection
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