June 10, 2009

On the last day of the Legislative Session I was visiting with some friends in the Senate Chambers on the seventh floor of the Statehouse. When it…


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June 03, 2009

Although the marquee issues, such as the removal of sales tax from groceries, the ethics overhaul, relief for the PACT program and the adoption of…


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May 27, 2009

The 2009 Legislative Session is now history. It was basically a carbon copy of the previous two of this quadrennium. It could be rated a little…


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May 20, 2009

Politics never ends in Alabama. The Governor’s Race every four years is the brass ring and the speculation as to who will run and who will win starts…


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May 13, 2009

As late as 1982, when I was first elected to the Legislature, almost everybody ran as a Democrat. There were only a handful of Republicans and they…


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May 06, 2009

Next year will be a big election year in Alabama with all the constitutional offices and the entire legislature on the ballot. It will be especially…


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April 29, 2009

The federal stimulus spending package is manna from heaven for the Alabama Legislature. Alabama, along with every other state, is facing the bleakest…


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April 22, 2009

The decision by Jim Folsom Jr. to run for reelection as Lt. Governor, rather than seeking to be promoted to Governor, is having a domino effect on…


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April 15, 2009

The bombshell announcement by Jim Folsom, Jr. that he will opt to run for reelection as Lt. Governor, rather than make the plunge into the Governor’s…


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April 08, 2009

Next year will be a big year for Alabama politics. Besides the Governor’s race, all of the other constitutional offices are up for grabs. In…


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