Columnists, Opinion, Steve Flowers
The 2013 regular legislative session begins this week. There are a myriad of issues that must be dealt with during their four-month journey.
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Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Steve Flowers
May 23, 2012
The two prominent political trials in Alabama in the past few years have boiled down to one paramount issue, “Is it bribery or is it politics?” In the...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Steve Flowers
May 16, 2012
All of the horses are in the barn for the fall derby. They are resting awaiting the opening gun. The official start of the fall campaign begins on Lab...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Steve Flowers
May 9, 2012
On the morning of the March 13 Alabama GOP Primary, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore rode his horse to the polls to vote. As the day wore on it ...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Steve Flowers
May 3, 2012
Alabama may be on the lower end of the financial spectrum when it comes to the per capita income of our population. However, our public employees have...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Steve Flowers
April 25, 2012
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the devastating tornadoes that struck the state on April 27 of last year. The tornadoes that ravaged the s...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Steve Flowers
April 18, 2012
Last month’s bingo gambling trial ended as expected. All six of the defendants were found not guilty by a Montgomery federal jury. The first trial las...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Steve Flowers
April 11, 2012
Last month’s Republican Primary was exciting because for the first time in decades we were relevant in the presidential contest. When our March 13 pri...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Steve Flowers
April 4, 2012
In the days leading up to our March 13 Republican Primary it began to appear more and more like we were going to have a spectacular horse race in our ...
Columnists, COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT, Opinion
by Steve Flowers
March 28, 2012
The 2012 Legislative Session is in its seventh week and they are no closer to finding a solution to the daunting financial dilemma facing the General ...
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