Ronald King

Ronald King, MD MPH, COL, USA (Ret)

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IAMAW, Passes Strike Vote

By Ronald King Harmony and optimism gave way to discord and strike in the Wiregrass this weekend. Only 48 hours after the 2014 Daleville High School Junior-Senior Prom was held April 25 at the new tornado resistant International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local Lodge 2003, the nearly 3000 members of the IAMAW … Continued

April 29, 2014

Clouse Proposes Budget “Tough” on Crime-Fighters?

By Ronald King, MD MPH COL, USA (Ret) Alabama Political Reporter It is an almost immutable political mantra that the people we elect to office parrot phrases like “no new taxes” or “support our troops” – “I will be tough on crime!” But the latest budget passing out of committee seems to have forgotten the … Continued

February 21, 2014

Intended Consequences?

By Ronald King, MD, MPH, COL, USA (Ret) Although it may not seem so on first glance, the implementation of the 2010 Legislative Double Dipping Prohibition Act (S.B. 3) in Alabama seems to have some unintended consequences. Everyone was excited and happy to finally be able to stick it to the fancy top hat wearing … Continued

November 15, 2013

Generation GOP?

By Ronald King, MD MPH COL, USA (Ret) Alabama Young Republicans, like Stephanie Petolos, chair of the College Republican Federation of Alabama and former president of the University of Alabama College Republicans, have been getting their choke chains pulled pretty hard lately. So hard, in fact, that she has been told to muzzle her opinions … Continued

August 23, 2013