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Montgomery mayor’s race can’t end soon enough

Rarely has an election day been more anticipated than Tuesday’s mayoral election in Montgomery.  Not because voters are excited about the candidates. Not because Alabama’s capital city is anxious to elect its first black mayor.  Mainly, people are tired of David Woods and Steven Reed.  Tired of the bickering. Tired of the weirdness. Tired of … Continued
October 8, 2019

Montgomery runoff elections are today

Voters in Montgomery go to the polls today to elect a new major in today’s runoff mayoral election between Montgomery County Probate Judge Steven Reed and businessman David Woods. There are also city council runoffs in three seats. The polls will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. “There already is great interest … Continued
October 8, 2019

A white mayor isn’t the answer for Montgomery; neither is a black mayor.

A black mayor will ruin the city of Montgomery.  I know this to be true because I read it in Facebook comments. See, what will happen, according to Al O’Neil, is that the blacks will “revert back to more violent activities because they think they have a mayor that will condone reckless behaviors.” And the … Continued
September 20, 2019

Montgomery mayor’s race should be about real problems, solutions. Instead it’s about racism.

As it turns out, there wasn’t any funny business with the Montgomery municipal elections last week.  Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill held a press conference on Thursday to say as much. There were some oddities. Some things didn’t go exactly right. There were a few individual cases of alleged fraud witnessed — all of … Continued
September 6, 2019

Merrill says there were irregularities in Montgomery elections

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill met Thursday with the Alabama Political Reporter and the rest of the capitol press corps about the August 27 Montgomery municipal election. Merrill said that the Secretary of State’s office has received twelve credible complaints of alleged irregularities in the August elections for Mayor and City Council. Reporters asked … Continued
September 6, 2019

Steven Reed, David Woods advance to runoff for Montgomery mayor

Montgomery voters went to the polls Tuesday and as most observers expected, Steven Reed and David Woods received the most votes and will advance to the runoff election. Reed is the probate judge of Montgomery County. Woods is a prominent businessman and broadcaster who owns three television stations including Montgomery’s Fox affiliate. From early in … Continued
August 28, 2019