Editor's Notes
A fine mess indeed
Jim Cox
     A lawyer is bound by certain ethical and legal "standards of care" as to how he or she is to practice and how to handle clients and cases.
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Alabama Scene
Many legislators slop at community colleges' troughs
Bob Ingram
     The stench rising up from Alabama's community colleges is mindful of a hog pen on a warm summer afternoon. Come to think of it, that is not a bad comparison: The cause of the stench is a bunch of hogs...also known as legislators...slopping at the trough.
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Inside the Statehouse
Democrats trying to break GOP's hold on state courts
Steve Flowers
     With the general election less than three weeks away the airwaves are becoming bombarded with political ads, both positive and negative. Unfortunately you may see more of the latter because negative ads are the most effective.
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Letters Candidates urged to take anti-littering campaign pledge
     Dear Editor, Once again the political season is upon us, as anyone can tell by the masses of campaign signs that have sprung up along the roadsides.
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