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Zeigler To Inspect Damage On North Eufaula Avenue

Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) has announced that he will visit the City of Eufaula on Friday, Jan. 30 to personal inspect alleged damage to the North Eufaula Avenue historic median by the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT). ALDOT is working on the median in order to create a four-lane … Continued
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January 28, 2015

Zeigler Files Emergency Motion to Halt Eufaula Road Work

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, January 7 Alabama State Auditor Elect Jim Zeigler (R) has filed an emergency motion asking the court to halt controversial roadwork on Eufaula’s historic First Avenue. Jim Zeigler told the ‘Alabama Political Reporter’ that the Alabama Department of Transportation is pushing ahead on this project to four lane … Continued
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January 8, 2015

Zeigler Tries To Block Eufaula Road Widening

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, January 5, Alabama state Auditor elect Jim Zeigler (R) announced that he filed a request for a last-minute motion to block the controversial “four-laning” of an historic Avenue in Eufaula. State Auditor Zeigler wrote on Facebook, “Workers are expected to start Tuesday paving a six-foot strip the … Continued
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January 7, 2015

What To Do About Alabama’s Overcrowded Prisons

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama houses a lot of dangerous criminals and it is struggling to come up with a plan to lower prison overcrowding without seeing a massive spike in crime.  In a perfect world, we would simply double our number of prison beds. But, with a projected $25 million gap in … Continued
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December 29, 2014

Auditor Candidate Zeigler Speaks in DeKalb County

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter State Auditor candidate Jim Zeigler (R) campaigned in DeKalb County last week with appearances in Fort Payne and Mentone. Zeigler spoke Saturday to the DeKalb Republican Breakfast at the popular Fort Payne Western Sizzlin.  Zeigler told the crowd of about 100 that state government has “wasteful spending, unconstitutional spending, … Continued
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April 17, 2014

House Passes Bill Good for Party/Bad for State

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Last Thursday, the House passed HB350 a bill designed to ensure that audits of public accounts will be used as political weapons for generations to come. In 2013, the leadership of the Republican Supermajority tried to pass the consolidation bill SB122, that would have, among other things, placed the … Continued
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March 19, 2014