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Bama Docs

EPA public hearings on coal ash

8/26/2010 11:16 AM

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will be holding public hearings across the country on its proposal to regulate the handling and disposal of coal ash.?? Given that Alabama is dependent on coal for power, and is the home of some waste from ash byproducts, this may be of interest to some. From [...]

Doc's Political Parlor

Small town political gazette ??? 09/05/10

9/5/2010 7:03 AM

Cherokee County Herald – Cherokee County Commission Chairman Salter weighs in on AG ruling Dothan Eagle – Several Wiregrass residents struggle finding jobs Demopolis Times - IAFF seeks pay raises The Daily Home – Federal funds big help to local schools Dothan Eagle – Editorial: In the dark

Red State Diaries

We really can be good at everything

9/1/2010 12:40 AM

The first time I got the feeling was when we rushed 11.It was the 1993 Sugar Bowl, and I was watching my beloved Alabama Crimson Tide take on the leading football force of the era, the Miami Hurricanes, for the national championship. It was the culmination of a dream season defined by fundamentals: a hard- working defense, a determined running game, and a quarterback who did just enough to win. It wasn't flashy. It wasn't attention-grabbing. And it wasn't supposed to have a prayer against Miami's pass-happy Heisman Trophy winner, Gino...

Alabama Bluedot

Thunder Road

9/23/2009 9:50 PM

Today is Springsteen's 60th birthday? Damn! I'm sitting here listening to a 1976 performance of Thunder Road from You Tube - don't know where it was, but it was around that time that I got to see Bruce live at Auburn University. It was just after Born to Run was released and I'm not sure anyone in the South had heard of this New Jersey guy. But I'm a rocker, so I was going to be there.It almost didn't happen - the fire marshal, obviously not a rock and roll fan, insisted that not only could there not be festival seating, but there was NO FLOOR...

Alabama Democratic Party

Invitation to members of the press

5/28/2012 1:33 PM

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Alabama Moderate

Who Used the Term First?

12/14/2009 10:45 AM

In an answer to Don, who commented on one of my blog postings just before comments closed– as they do after a month… I’m going to turn this into a formal request to all of my readers.?? Please Google a question before you ask it.?? Otherwise, expect a long time before I can respond.?? How [...]

Alabama Republican Party

Hillary Supporters: “yes you can” vote for john mccain

8/25/2008 10:55 PM

millions of Hillary Clinton supporters will feel the cold hard reality of the “big brother” Democrat Party, they are realizing that it is not about loyalty, but about winning at all costs. Even if that means turning your back on those that helped you get there. So we say welcome, welcome to the [...]

Birmingham Blues

Your County Government at…Work?

1/28/2009 12:46 PM

Yesterday, the Jefferson County Commission apparently voted to hire a Washington lobbying firm to try to get federal help with the sewer crisis.?? I say “apparently” because you’d never know it by watching this video, which shows discussion (I use the word loosely) of the proposal.?? The, um, discourse broke down into a m??l??e during which a citizen was removed for exercising his right of free speech and — believe it or not — the vote was taken and the meeting quickly adjourned.?? It happened so quickly that...

Daily Dixie

Flashpoint buys out Daily Dixie

5/18/2009 2:11 PM

I actually was excited about blogging again. But then it happened. My contact page went awry and I had to spend an hour fixing it. It wasn’t terribly inconvenient, but it did sour the memory of my blogging times. There were good times, but there were also hours and hours… and hours of administrative necessity. [...]

Flashpoint

HASBAT Congressional Forum

9/2/2010 5:09 PM

The Huntsville Association of Small Businesses in Advanced Technology (HASBAT) hosted a Congressional Forum today featuring Republican Mo Brooks and Democrat Steve Raby.???? The Forum was attended by more than 80 local business people and??covered by the news media including Dale Jackson of WVNN,?? Challen Stephens of The Huntsville Times, and Trang Do of?? WAFF.?? [...]

Left in Alabama

Bill Barnes on Shelby's Turf

9/2/2010 11:43 AM

It was a bold move on the front steps of the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse steps, said one abc 33/40 news reporter. To step in what everyone refers to as Shelby Country and bring the Barnes Campaign here. Why did you do it, asked the reporter? Why not, replied Bill.  I wouldn't expect anything less than that coming from a man who has stood in the line of fire in the Vietnam war, been told repeatedly that he has no chance of winning and it just can't be done, yet managed to win 60 counties in the primaries on $600.00 and...

Legal Schnauzer

Who Really Is Exhibiting Racism in Alabama Judicial Flap?

9/2/2010 11:00 AM

Kenya Lavender MarshallThe investigation and sanctioning of three white attorneys in the 1990s indicate the Alabama State Bar has been practicing racial politics in its handling of the recent Kenya Lavender Marshall case.Marshall, who is black, had her law license suspended, and that caused her to be removed as the Democratic Party nominee for a Jefferson County judgeship. That led the Alabama Democratic Executive Committee (ADEC) to replace Marshall with Elisabeth French, who is black, instead of Nicole Gordon Still, who is white and was...

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