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Byrne Concerned BP Money May Not Go to Gulf Coast Communities

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Thursday, July 2, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) and Alabama Attorney Genera Luther Strange (R) announced that the State of Alabama would be receiving $2.3 billion over the next 18 years as part of the $18.5 billion global BP settlement deal for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon fire … Continued
July 3, 2015

Senate Debates Building Giant Pork Barrel Project On Gulf

  By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Everyone in Montgomery claims that the General Fund (SGF) is in a state of crisis. The Bentley Administration has even threatened to close up to twenty Alabama State Parks, unless the legislature takes hundreds of millions of more dollars from the people of Alabama. That has not stopped … Continued
June 1, 2015

Zeigler Promotes Elimination of State Agency to Keep Parks Open

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 21 Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) introduced his plan to save the State Parks System by identifying $13 million in savings by defunding the office of the Examiner of Public Accounts. Zeigler announced his plan in a speech to the Tuscaloosa Rotary Club.  Auditor Zeigler said … Continued
April 23, 2015

Zeigler Addresses Tuscaloosa Bamacarry

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Monday, June 21 state Auditor Jim Zeigler (R) addressed an estimated 100 members of BamaCarry at Dreamland Barbecue in Northport. Zeigler announced that he was nicknamed Jim “Wastecutter” Zeigler.  “Today is my 3 month anniversary as your auditor.  It seems like three years.”  “I call this a hysterical … Continued
April 22, 2015

State Parks May Be in Danger

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Wednesday, April 15, after running a campaign touting his successful record of cutting taxes and downsizing government, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) shocked his supporters by proposing hundreds of millions of dollars in tax increases on the people of Alabama without giving the voters any opportunity to vote his … Continued
April 16, 2015