August 04, 2004
For most of my life Alabama gubernatorial candidates have run on a platform of let's take politics out of the road programs and highway department…
July 28, 2004
Exxon-Mobil Corporation, the world's largest oil conglomerate, could be the savior of our tragic state financial problems. The long running lawsuit…
July 21, 2004
During the entire Regular Session of the Legislature, the general consensus was that the Governor intended to call the Legislators into a Special…
July 14, 2004
Bob Riley became Governor last January by being elected by the narrowest margin in Alabama gubernatorial history. Basically, it was a dead-even race…
July 07, 2004
The most colorful Senator from Alabama may have been "Cotton Tom" Heflin who represented Alabama in the Senate in the 1920's. Fifty years later his…
June 30, 2004
Today marks the midway point of the year 2004. In four months we will know the outcome of the Presidential race. A close election is forecast…
June 23, 2004
An interesting twist in Alabama political history has occurred in only recent years. That is the transformation of our Port City of Mobile from a…
June 16, 2004
Now that the dust has settled on the June 1 primaries we will know who will be coming to the dance in November. Our primaries are too late to have an…
June 09, 2004
The recent indictment of former Governor Don Siegleman is a tremendous plus for one potential 2006 gubernatorial candidate, Lucy Baxley. Lucy's…
June 02, 2004
The 2004 Regular Session of the Legislature adjourned sine die on May 17 and both state budgets have been put to bed for the fiscal year beginning…