God, I just cannot wait for those financial disclosure forms to come out next year. Who is bankrolling Ron Sparks? ALFA, AEA or big gambling?
I bet either ALFA or big gambling. AEA will save their money for the legislative races.
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God, I just cannot wait for those financial disclosure forms to come out next year. Who is bankrolling Ron Sparks? ALFA, AEA or big gambling?
I bet either ALFA or big gambling. AEA will save their money for the legislative races.
Governor Bob Riley's head appears on the body of a cartoon spider amid a web littered with dollar signs while a headline flashes "Breaking News: Rileys (sic) gambling hypocrisy revealed!". Welcome to the home page of Rileyswebofdeceit.com, a new website [...]
I've got a stack of about ten books that I'm planning on getting through this month.
But right now, I'm zipping' [...]
We're having a PARTY!!!
As you may have noticed, piggieheart and countrycat have been busily planning a holiday party, slated for late afternoon Saturday, shading into evening, in Montgomery, AL.
If you expressed interest in attending on the previous party threads you should have received [...]
Organizing for America urges everyone in Alabama to send a Holiday card to Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions urging them to move swiftly to make secure, affordable, quality health care available to every American family. Better hurry ... it looks like [...]
Observers close to the situation are expecting Director Trey Glenn of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) to step down at tomorrow’s Environmental Management Commission meeting. The business community, the environmental community, and ADEM staff have all had their dissatisfactions with Glenn, though as one interested [...]
A source close to the Ron Sparks’ gubernatorial campaign confirms what I have heard elsewhere: the Democrat’s campaign for governor is expanding and hiring.
The campaign doubled office space two weeks ago in Montgomery, is in the process of hiring a couple of new positions, and has [...]
As always, this is a crosspost from Congress Matters. This is the most [...]
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 [...]
Sometimes 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 [...]
I don’t know that the Alabama Line will tackle the task of handicapping each state legislative race, and the three Supreme Court races haven’t firmed up enough that it would yet be practical to handicap them individually either. However, undaunted, the Alabama Line is willing [...]
It's been a good month for Congressman Davis, in terms of exposure - earlier this month he addressed the Democratic Governors Association at a luncheon attended by candidates from twelve other states, including Florida's CFO and Democratic candidate Alex Sink.
Thirty-seven governorships are up for grabs next year, and [...]
Politico has a must-read story this morning (also highlighted by Huffington Post) on the barriers Davis faces in his race to become the next governor of Alabama. The reporters did a very good job of explaining the current environment to those outside of the state. An environment where Davis [...]
Alabama gets third accredited law school | Breaking News from The Birmingham News – al.com.
Think of it as slightly better lawyers. Well, that’s not all that great, but they were already putting out product, it’s just that now it’s accredited product. [...] Birmingham News – Alabama’s Troy King now nation’s highest paid attorney general
Birmingham News – Former Huntsville missile defense official sentenced for taking bribes
Birmingham News – Former Southern Union president gets probation from conviction tied to 2-year college probe
Birmingham News – Jefferson County [...]
The Blount Countian – Revenue down, expenses down as county manages thru recession
The Daily Home – Talladega’s water, sewer system riddled with problems
BaldwinCountyNow – Daphne council man questions utility board expenses – Ipods for training purposes?
Cullman Times – Residents oppose Smith Lake mining permits
Arab Tribune [...]
