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Alabama Power finally 'zaps' the Canary in the Drummond Mine: time to 'dissolve' the BCA…
Bill Britt (4/18/18 Alabama Political Reporter) stated current and former BCA members thought the board’s vote to demand Canary’s resignation was good news for the State’s future and those...
State School Board Races: worthy inquiry to Secretary Merrill?
Recent political Kabuki theatre has some contemplating Gov. Ivey’s dating preferences and Judge Sue Bell Cobb’s campaign hiring practices. How candidates deal with these may be revealing. I also...
Alabama Sheriffs Lawsuit: Outrage v. Issue
Much ink has been spilled these past months to highlight outrageous observed results from our Alabama law enabling sheriffs to transfer ‘inmate food provision’ monies in their favour. These...
Killing Atticus Finch… Really?
Former long tenured aide and campaign manager Chip Hill exclaims we’re “Killing Atticus Finch!” (a.k.a. his old boss Don Siegelman) in the video shilling for ‘kickstarter’ contributions to c...
Reason For The Season
As children Christmas specials became less mesmerizing and parental expectations pressed to show awareness and understanding of maturing into an adult orthodox Christian, this phrase shepherded my att...
Tallassee: Battles for the Armory Sesquicentennial
The 17th Annual "Battles for the Armory" War Between the States Reenactment will be held November 7th, 8th and 9th at Gibson's View Plantation in Tallassee. The event commemorates the 1864 Battles of...
Political Theft by Deception:
Just as the Republicans $1.2 billion Amendment One (2003) proposal of significant increases for individual income tax payers, the sales tax, property tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, etc. FAI...
…, Defense of Ft. McHenry Bicentennial, Fall of Atlanta Sesquicentennial, …
Fifty years prior to the War of 1812, our so-called “French & Indian War” settled the trade dispute between New France and New England in North America where the European ebb and flow of empire...
Some Post Primary Observations… what does it profit a candidate to win an election and lose their soul?
With another $3 million spent on our 2014 primary run-offs last month, I remain a steadfast advocate of abolishing further waste of our taxpayer dollars on all primary elections. Political parties can...
Hubbard Tweets, Gaming the System, Failing as Christian Servants…
Upon receipt of very delayed primary election numbers from Clarion Hotel voting machines providing noticeably skewed tallies (two to one margins where other boxes in the district were close) Speaker...
Another Defining Issue in Alabama's Political Minefield…
I remain a steadfast advocate of ABOLISHING the waste of our taxpayer dollars on all primary elections and the further waste from any absurd run-offs which may follow. Time for parties to pay for...
Grass Roots Activists REexpose The 'Usual Suspects' In Another Attempt To REwrite 1901 Constitution
A group of private citizens from all corners of our State who remain concerned and continue to fight attempts to rewrite the Alabama Constitution may have found an ‘Achilles Heel’ in the current...
Affluenza: our current stop as we 'progress' down the road of MADD policy...
The Ft. Worth Texas AP recently reported a teen from an affluent family was only sentenced to probation for killing four people after he lost control of his father's company F-350 truck while...
"… A Decree From Caesar Augustus For All To Be Taxed"
My first Gazette Christmas column contemplated how many are still haunted by Miss Greer Garson’s voice in the opening narration of the 1958 animated version of “The Little Drummer Boy,” one of...
Gettysburg Address Sesquicentennial: Lincoln's Legacy of Dysfunctional Government
No column I’ve penned generated more mail than this July’s Sesquicentennial of the carnage at Gettysburg - one of the bloodiest (tangibly dysfunctional) results in reforming the federal government...
Loosing Our State Defense Force
I’ve always been amazed and delighted at how many compatriots in the liberty movement volunteer (e.g., donate to cancer patients, food banks, housing, relief to disaster victims, etc.) via PRIVATE...
Obama Asserts "Snowden" Should've Used The Courts
In his August 9th press event, President Obama’s said his decision not to attend the G-20 summit in Moscow next month wasn’t solely related to Russia's decision to grant asylum to Snowden. In...