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Jim Zeigler

Progressives push to limit your steaks and burgers in “War on Beef”

I am naming the newest attempt to control your life the “War on Beef.” To me, this newest meddling in other people’s lives is proof positive that the international environmental agenda is more about controlling people than about avoiding environmental damage. It is almost unbelievable. Progressives have decided that cows damage the environment. Ten years … Continued

Jim Zeigler

December 13, 2018

Opinion

The real meaning of Memorial Day

You often hear well-meaning people wish you “a happy Memorial Day.” They are likely referring to the Monday off work, the barbeques, the celebrations, and the time with family. While we are all too polite to correct them, happy Memorial Day is not the appropriate greeting. This weekend at church and at the Pelican Reef Restaurant for Sunday … Continued

Jim Zeigler

May 28, 2018

Opinion

Growing up in the “Home o’ Gomer” Sylacauga.

By Jim Zeigler Sylacauga, Alabama’s own Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) has died at 87. People who hear that I grew up in Sylacauga sometimes ask if I knew Jim Nabors growing up. For you yutes too young to remember, Jim Nabors was a nightclub singer who then became famous as Gomer Pyle on the Andy … Continued

Jim Zeigler

December 1, 2017

Opinion

Independence Day, 241 years ago

 By Jim Zeigler,Alabama State Auditor, and Pat Boone, Entertainer  Many of us Alabamians are enjoying a long Independence Day holiday. For State employees and others who are off work Monday, it is a four-day weekend.  My family, like many of yours, will enjoy barbecue, the lake (or beach), fireworks, and the gathering of family and … Continued

Jim Zeigler

July 4, 2017

Opinion

Interstate 65: Alabama’s immediate infrastructure needs

By State Auditor Jim Zeigler I do not need expensive studies and consultants to know that Alabama has immediate infrastructure needs. I experienced a major infrastructure problem Saturday afternoon. While the inadequacy of Interstate 65 from Birmingham to Montgomery — and on all of the Beach route — may or may not be our most … Continued

Jim Zeigler

June 19, 2017

Opinion

As Trump gives one trillion to states for aging infrastructure, please someone other than Bentley serve as the Alabama conduit

By State Auditor Jim Zeigler President Donald Trump is rapidly moving to release one trillion dollars to the states to refurbish aging infrastructure. There will be some competition. The states must submit proposals. The plans for how to spend the money are up to each state to devise, subject to light approval by the Trump … Continued

Jim Zeigler

January 26, 2017

Opinion

Lurleen Wallace portrait still missing from Capitol Rotunda

By State Auditor Jim Zeigler Today, Monday, January 16, 2017, is the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of Lurleen Wallace as Alabama’s only female Governor. January 16, 1967 was and remains a historic milestone for our state. I was there, marching with the Sylacauga High School “Half-Million-Dollar Band.” Freezing cold. Today, sadly, the official portrait … Continued

Jim Zeigler

January 16, 2017

Opinion

Pearl Harbor aftermath illustrates America’s exceptionalism

By Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler “A day that will live in infamy.” Those words to the nation and the world by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt were prophetic. On this 2016 commemoration of the Japanese attack on the U.S. at our Pearl Harbor facility, the world remembers. Pearl Harbor should be cited as a shining … Continued

Jim Zeigler

December 7, 2016

Opinion

Trump Administration will go to others, not Bentley, on Alabama issues

By Jim Zeigler Alabama State Auditor There is one bit of good news: Gov. Robert’s Bentley’s refusal to support Donald Trump. Bentley was an early endorser of Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who also refused to support Trump. Notice that Trump carried both Ohio and Alabama despite the lack of support of either governor. Bentley’s support … Continued

Jim Zeigler

November 28, 2016

Opinion

Follow-Up questions to Gov. Bentley

By State Auditor Jim Zeigler A reporter for WSFA-TV news asked Gov. Bentley a simple, straight-forward question. Bentley’s reply was a Vesuvian eruption. Newsman Michael Doudna asked if Bentley were going to re-hire Rebekah Mason, former senior policy adviser and alleged girlfriend of Bentley. That simple question set off Bentley with his tirade about why … Continued

Jim Zeigler

November 24, 2016