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Bureau of Pardons and Paroles board proposes scoring guideline changes

The proposed scoring guidelines would add more detailed criteria and alter some point values.
May 27, 2025

Legislative Session begins this week. Legislator abolishes his own county.

The 2020 Legislative Session begins this week. It will be an interesting three and a-half months. There are a myriad of important issues that legislators have to address this year, as always. However, standing in the way of substantive state issues each year is the necessity to address local bills. Our 1901 Constitution is archaic … Continued
February 5, 2020

One vote can make a difference

Some of us who were former legislators, who served our counties in the Legislature a long time, were considered by many to always be their legislator. A good many of my former constituents still call me with questions or problems. Some ask me how to get in touch with their congressman or senator about a … Continued
June 19, 2019

An act of Congress

A good many people wonder why simple, straightforward, no-nonsense, good-government legislation fails to pass even though it appears to have universal and overwhelming support and appeal for many voters and legislators. You will recall old sayings that you heard from your elders when you were young. Old bits of wisdom spouted from the lips of … Continued
May 29, 2019

A special session on prisons is likely on the way

Brace yourselves, another special session is coming. At a press conference Thursday morning, Alabama legislators provided updates on the ongoing prison debacle and encouraged Gov. Kay Ivey to call a special session this fall to allow them to fully address the many issues. Ivey issued a press release later in the day saying she would … Continued
May 17, 2019

Infrastructure: Alabama needs a road program. Wallace and Big Jim knew this.

One of the obvious political changes in Alabama government over the last decades with the Republican takeover of the Legislature has been the reluctance to raise new revenue to fund state government.  Many of the current Republican legislators came to Montgomery in 2010 with a no new tax pledge.  Voting for any kind of tax … Continued
March 27, 2019

Enough with the altruistic falsities, let markets decide

The last three years of legislative sessions have taught us that there is almost always more to the story when it comes to legislation, especially when the Southern Poverty Law Center is involved. Year after year, the SPLC and their allies they have come to the Alabama Legislature with bills that they claim to be … Continued
March 21, 2019