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If you talk, you walk. Really?

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Acting Finance Director Bill Newton does not work for Gov. Robert Bentley. He does not work for himself. He works for the taxpayers of Alabama and, as such, is wrong to prohibit state officials from speaking to the media in Alabama. That would be media that is trying to … Continued
December 23, 2015

A real Grinch who ruined Christmas dreams

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter ‘Tis the season, right? Spread joy. Show kindness. I’m afraid political candidates like Donald Trump are trumping the reason for the season. His hate-filled rants and absurd demands cannot be a good influence on our nation’s standing in the world or even on his supporters. I have a shameful … Continued
December 9, 2015

Be Thankful for What You Can

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Be thankful. It’s Thanksgiving, so be thankful. For family. For friends. For good things that have happened. We’re thankful. We are. But we’re not thankful for Donald Trump. Or Ben Carson. Or Marco Rubio. We’re not thankful for them. We’re not thankful for Jeb Bush or John Kasich or … Continued
November 25, 2015

Hug a veteran, really hard

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter I was ready to go to Canada. Well, I thought so, anyway. I didn’t want to go to Vietnam, that’s for sure. I was conflicted, though. I thought, I should serve my country if called. But I don’t know if that was a war that was worth calling our … Continued
November 11, 2015

Debating the debates of the debaters

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter OK. I’m probably biased. I come at this from the left. I’m giving that up at the outset. But it’s like two different presidential elections out there. You have the Democrats, generally calm in their debates, constructive, mostly sane. And you have the Republicans, about as whacky as grown … Continued
November 4, 2015

What should I write about?

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Well, I confess. I don’t know what to write about this week. I could write about Gov. Robert Bentley’s divorce settlement. Everybody knows about that already, and what can I say? A 50-year marriage on the rocks for . . . what? Well, we really still don’t know, and … Continued
October 7, 2015

It’s time, Mike Hubbard, to quit.

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Back in 2008, I covered the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul for the newspaper I worked for then. Mike Hubbard was chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, not yet Speaker of the Alabama House. As part of the swag delegates receive at such events was a medal with … Continued
September 30, 2015

So who’s really politically incorrect?

  By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter As if the corruption cloud raining on Mike Hubbard isn’t enough . . . as if the unanswered questions surrounding Gov. Robert Bentley’s destroyed 50-year-marriage isn’t enough . . . Along comes Jim Zeigler, Alabama’s state auditor. Yeah, it would be fair to ask how Zeigler ever was … Continued
September 23, 2015

I now pronounce you … nothing.

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Well, I guess same-sex marriage did destroy traditional marriage. At least in Alabama, where homophobic probate judges refuse to sign marriage licenses for men who love men and women who love women. The Supreme Court of the United States leaves little doubt: Same-sex marriage is the law of the … Continued
September 16, 2015

Awesome success, at failure

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter One truth we’ve learned about Alabama lawmakers in 2015 after a regular session and a special session to write a state General Fund Budget (SGF): They’re very successful. Successful. At failure. They couldn’t fail any better. After passing an unworkable SGF in the regular session that Gov. Robert Bentley … Continued
September 9, 2015