April 05, 2006
An interesting question, which will be answered later this year, is whether the winner of the Republican Primary will ask for an endorsement or…
March 29, 2006
The water war between Alabama, Georgia, and Florida continues to rage after more than a decade. It appeared that a settlement had been reached two…
March 22, 2006
In years of yore in past Governor’s races we would have colorful run for the fun of it candidates, the most notably being the legendary Shorty Price.…
March 15, 2006
This year’s Legislative Session is heading into the final month. The first two months have disappeared without much action or progress. This is…
March 08, 2006
As the campaign season approaches much will be written and said about the Governor’s race. However, there will be a lot of other good races. There…
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…