June 13, 2007

The Alabama Constitution calls for the Legislature to meet every year. The session is to last for 105 days, about three and a half months. It…


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May 23, 2007

There is an old saying that when spring is in the air a young man’s interest turns to love, but in Alabama politics a good many people’s interests…


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May 16, 2007

Many of you seemed to enjoy my story about Miss Mittie last week and her legendary prowess as the oracle of Goat Hill. She was such a peculiar…


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May 09, 2007

Whenever I travel in Alabama I am always asked to retell the story of Miss Mittie. It has been two years since this column appeared but by popular…


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May 02, 2007

In observing the ebb and flow of the Legislature during this first session of this four-year cycle, it occurs to me that things are very much status…


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April 25, 2007

This year’s Legislative Session is at the midway point and it was moving somewhat smoother than was originally anticipated. However, the partisan…


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April 18, 2007

This week’s column is a continuation of the two-week series written by former Governor Albert Brewer who is a proponent of a new state constitution.…


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April 11, 2007

This week’s and next week’s columns are written by former Governor Albert Brewer who is a proponent of a new Alabama constitution. For the past…


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April 04, 2007

Our 1901 Alabama Constitution is criticized as being outdated and in need of overhaul. Proponents have longed for and worked for a constitutional…


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March 28, 2007

At the beginning of every quadrennium and the first regular legislative session year there goes out a hue and cry to revamp or rewrite our antiquated…


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