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Doug Jones addresses Alabama AFL-CIO

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones told members of the Alabama AFL-CIO, “You have a friend in the United States Senate.” The Alabama AFL-CIO was holding their biennial convention in Montgomery at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center. “We need to support the people who support us,” Alabama AFL-CIO President Bren Riley said. “He does not … Continued
October 22, 2019

Letters: The end of the Worley, Reed era of the ADP is near

The Alabama Democratic Party leadership should probably just stop checking the mailbox.  Over the weekend, the ADP, which has been on the receiving end of several harsh letters from the Democratic National Committee of late, received two more devastating letters.  The first came from a group of young, African American Democrats — all members of … Continued
October 21, 2019

Doug Jones says that Worley has “caused a rift” within the Alabama Democratic Party

The Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee met Saturday in Montgomery at the call of Chairwoman Nancy Worley and passed bylaws counter to instructions from the Democratic National Committee on a narrow 80 to 73 vote. U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, warned that Worley’s action have put the state party in danger of losing delegates to … Continued
October 14, 2019

Young Democrats urge all members to attend Saturday’s SDEC meeting

Young State Democratic Executive Committee members, who were there last week at the member-called meeting, are urging SDEC members to also attend a meeting Saturday called by Chairwoman Nancy Worley. On Oct. 5, the SDEC met without the Alabama Democratic Party leadership and passed new bylaws, demanded by the Democratic National Committee. Worley was not … Continued
October 11, 2019

DNC tells Worley ADP to follow the new rules

Don’t even try it, Nancy.  That was essentially the message from Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez in a letter sent Wednesday to Alabama Democratic Party chairwoman Nancy Worley.  Perez laid out that a meeting called last week by a majority of Alabama’s State Democratic Executive Committee was valid and proper, and the means by … Continued
October 10, 2019

Will a final display of arrogance be Worley and Reed’s undoing?

Nancy and Joe messed up.  A few days before a breakaway group of Alabama Democrats held their “official meeting” of the State Democratic Executive Committee on Saturday in Montgomery, Nancy Worley and Joe Reed dismissed the whole affair.  They called it an illegitimate meeting. Said it didn’t mean anything. Chuckled at the silliness of the … Continued
October 7, 2019

Jones says SDEC meeting was “a major step in the right direction”

U.S. Sen. Doug Jones said “this is a major step in the right direction for the Alabama Democratic Party” following a meeting of State Democratic Executive Committee (SDEC) members Saturday in Montgomery. “This is a major step in the right direction for the Alabama Democratic Party,” Sen. Jones said. “This show of support from Democrats … Continued
October 7, 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