Our Opinion
Thomasville keeping in the spotlight
     We thought Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day and other city leaders there pulled quite a rabbit out of the hat last year when they hosted a Rural Supplier Conference that drew national contractors like Boeing and other governmental contractors as well as governmental agencies like NASA and the U.S. Army
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Alabama Scene
Gubernatorial shots fired long before Labor Day
Bob Ingram
     There is an unwritten rule that general election campaigns in Alabama don't begin until Labor Day weekend.
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From Our Files
     145 years ago The vote of Aug. 5 was detailed for Clarke County. John G. Shorter received 693 votes for governor while Thomas H. Watts received 448. Shorter won but would be beaten the next term by Watts.
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Inside the Statehouse
Good female voter turnout could help elect Lucy Baxley
Steve Flowers
     Among national voters there exists definitive long term voting patterns among demographic groups.
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