March 01, 2006
There is a popular longstanding political saying that is repeated often in Montgomery during each Legislative session that “nobody’s life, liberty,…
February 22, 2006
For those of us whose passions are Alabama politics and college football, February 1st is Christmas Day all over again or maybe even more exciting.…
February 15, 2006
In last week’s column we compared the 2006 Governor’s Race to a horserace. Alluding to horserace jargon we compared the four face cards to horses and…
February 08, 2006
In many ways people who love horseracing and those who love to follow politics are similar. I guess that is why political races are compared many…
February 01, 2006
One of the major issues surfacing in the Governor’s race is the annual reappraisal of property taxes. Prior to Gov. Riley’s administration property…
January 25, 2006
The cloud hovering over the gubernatorial campaign of Don Siegelman is not the only one looming in this year’s primaries and election. There are huge…
January 18, 2006
When the gavel fell to start the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature last week it began without one of its most stellar members. House Rules…
January 11, 2006
The State Senate has been nothing less than a boiling pot for the first three years of this quadrennium and this final year it will reach a zenith of…
December 28, 2005
As 2005 comes to an end we will review the top political events of the year in Alabama. At the beginning of the year it was speculated that four face…
December 21, 2005
While we have been strolling down memory lane for the past four months reliving past Governor’s races, the field has been formulating for next year’s…