Alabama Scene
High number of former legislators become lobbyists
      “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” So said an old World War I British Army song which later was quoted by General Douglas McArthur in a memorable speech to Congress in 1951. It would seem those words could be paraphrased on Capitol Hill in Montgomery: “...
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Editor’s Notes
Every vote does count—just look at Chilton County
      The election is over but I must get in one more lecture on the importance of voting and how every vote really does count. Up in C h i l t o n C o u n t y (where they grow those great peaches), they had a heck of a sheriff’s race. In the Nov. 7 balloting, Maplesville Police Chief Kevin Davis poll...
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Inside the Statehouse
Time for congressional redistricting?
      Last week’s column expounded on the looming 2008 Presidential Race. It is obvious that the apparent GOP frontrunner is Sen. John McCain from Arizona who is considered a moderate by republican standards. However, McCain has veered more to the right over the past year positioning himself for the repu...
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      Too Drunk to Park Is Too Drunk to Drive The Journal and Topics Newspapers of Chicago’s northwest suburbs report police pulled a man over for making an illegal right-hand turn from the left-hand lane, but the man, glassy-eyed and smelling of alcohol, couldn’t park his car, so the police offi...
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