May 09, 2013
On the night of the November 2010 elections I was in my regular post as the political analyst for the Montgomery CBS affiliate WAKA Channel 8. Around…
May 02, 2013
As the world turns in Alabama politics, the 2013 Legislative Session is in the stretch run. The waning days will see the final passage of the 2014…
April 25, 2013
As the 2013 regular legislative session winds down, let us review some highlights. One of the highlights was a lowlight. It did not happen on the…
April 18, 2013
As the 2013 regular legislative session winds down, the continuing saga of balancing the beleaguered General Fund Budget will be issue number one. As…
April 11, 2013
The 2013 Legislative Session is heading into the homestretch. Balancing the State General Fund Budget will again be the paramount problem this year…
April 04, 2013
As the legislature wrestles with the crafting of next year’s budget the perennial issue of whether to cut vital services or raise new revenue is…
March 28, 2013
The legislature is approaching the midway point of their 2013 Regular Session. They are grappling with the woes that beset the General Fund Budget.…
March 21, 2013
The continuous merry-go-round opening and closing of Macon County’s VictoryLand is like a circus. It is a comedic side show of political posturing.…
March 14, 2013
The much anticipated BP trial began February 25th in New Orleans. British Petroleum faces billions of dollars in civil claims resulting from the 2010…
March 07, 2013
We in Alabama are only one of a handful of states that do not work off of one unified budget. We have two budgets. We have a General Fund Budget like…