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The BP Settlement Belongs to All of Alabama

  By Thomas Scovill SB267 is a bill proposed by Senator Hightower of Mobile County, to grab the State’s BP settlement money for road projects in Baldwin and Mobile Counties on the Gulf coast. The $1 billion in the State settlement is just one of many settlements. Many individuals, businesses, and local governments have already … Continued
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April 5, 2016
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Doing My Duty As I Understand It

By Thomas Scovill To me it seems that the Common Core anti’s have failed in large part from not being persuasive. Now they have gone to a dangerous new level of maliciously defaming the character of some people I hold in high regard. Is this supposed to be more persuasive? In voicing displeasure for Alabama … Continued
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August 27, 2013
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Federal Deficit Reduction Made Easy

By Thomas Scovill Madison, Alabama If I were Speaker John Boehner, I would immediately have the US House of Representatives pass a bill to raise the debt ceiling from the current $16.394 trillion to $17.061 trillion – then I would go home and enjoy the holidays and await the president’s fiscal year 2014 budget request … Continued
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December 5, 2012

SB13 and ATF Payback Hand Waving

By Thomas Scovill Alabama Political Reporter SB13 is one of several draft bills which have been prefiled for the Alabama legislature to consider during the upcoming 2013 session which begins in February. It purports to require the legislature to pay back the $438 million that voters just approved transferring over the next three years from the Alabama … Continued
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November 19, 2012
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Is Bragging on Job Creation Warranted?

By Thomas Scovill Madison, Alabama In urging voters to support more bond money for economic incentives for business to locate or expand in Alabama, Governor Bentley has bragged that he has created over 26,000 jobs since taking office in January 2011. This is a laudable accomplishment, but how does it compare to the job growth … Continued
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November 9, 2012
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Voter Persuasion in Limestone County

By Thomas Scovill On September 18 voters approved tapping the Alabama Trust Fund for $437 million over three years to support the General Fund. Many of the voters were government education workers and many of those were encouraged to vote yes by their bosses.  Some of that encouragement may have been impermissible. For example, Limestone … Continued
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October 24, 2012