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January 28, 2010

Editorial: Furlough or not

If the alternative is a layoff, a few days off without pay don’t look so bad.


January 27, 2010

Editorial: High ethical standards for educators

Ethical standards — rigorous standards — should be in place for educators. We can explain why in two words: Andrew Sewell.


January 26, 2010

Editorial: Traffic problems demand attention

It’s only a matter of time before someone dies for a chicken sandwich, a car wash or discounted gasoline.


January 24, 2010

Editorial: Honor the pacts made by PACT

Alabama’s PACT plan has suffered mightily in the economic downturn; the value of the program’s assets fell from a high of almost $900 million at the end of FY 2007 to about $480 million at the end of 2008.


January 22, 2010

Editorial: Unfathomable

The situation is so bad, those in Haiti who would help make things right don’t know exactly where to start, and it’s impossible at this point to determine how much the effort will cost.


January 21, 2010

Editorial: Here we go again

Could this be the year the Alabama Legislature finally bans the campaign contribution laundering strategy of PAC-to-PAC transfer?


January 20, 2010

Editorial: One year and counting for Obama

To be fair, Obama took the helm of a deeply troubled America.


January 19, 2010

Editorial: Rush Limbaugh should be ashamed

Limbaugh is as disengaged as Pat Robertson, who sees the Haiti situation as the results of the nation’s “pact with the devil.”


January 17, 2010

Editorial: The bingo circus

By focusing his rhetoric and clumsy legal maneuvers on Houston County, is Alabama Gov. Bob Riley trying to uphold the law, or settle a score?


January 15, 2010

Editorial: Say what?

Pat Robertson blames Haitian disaster on ‘a pact with the devil.‘


January 14, 2010

Editorial: A series of missteps by Dothan City Commission

Like a flock of lemmings, the full panel sequestered itself in a closed meeting of dubious legality.


January 13, 2010

Editorial: Behind closed doors

Clearly, officials who are troubled by proposed closed sessions of dubious legality should stay out. Others should heed their attorney’s advice and make an earnest effort to understand the laws regarding their service and their responsibilities to the public.


January 12, 2010

Editorial: Distracted drivers

Lawmakers should consider the larger problem of distracted driving, including but not limited to texting.


January 10, 2010

Editorial: Enforcement or harassment?

The electronic bingo flap is based on two oft-confused questions: Is it legal? Should it be?


January 08, 2010

Editorial: A lapse of judgement

Joel Napier failed to realize that the time for a public apology had already passed.


January 07, 2010

Editorial: Gov. Riley’s ill-conceived raid on Country Crossing

The governor’s vindication is showing. If he truly believes that electronic bingo violates the state’s constitutional prohibition on gambling, then all electronic bingo machines are illegal, regardless of any legislative subterfuge.


January 06, 2010

Editorial: Location, location, location

When determining which candidate would be the best choice to lead the police department, Dothan officials must be careful not to draw a line in the sand over geography, but instead weigh each candidate’s strengths and weaknesses as professional law enforcement officers and administrators before applying the location factor.


January 05, 2010

Editorial: Anthraz hoaxes should be prosecuted vigorously

On Monday, the FBI reported at least seven recent anthrax scares across Alabama. Envelopes containing white powder were sent to the offices of various members of the state’s congressional delegation in Mobile and Montgomery, as well as federal courthouses in Anniston and Birmingham.


December 16, 2009

Editorial: Fallen idols

Oh, how far the mighty can fall. And, oh, how we lesser mortals like to watch (and help) them do it.


December 15, 2009

Editorial: A class act

When the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide snatched an expected SEC championship win from the jaws of the Florida Gators, many Tide fans pokeed fun at Florida quarterback Tim Tebow’s tears of disappointment.


December 10, 2009

Editorial: A wager is a wager, governor

Gov. Bob Riley, who has targeted electronic bingo, made a wager with Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist on the outcome of the SEC championship.


December 09, 2009

Joe Reed’s waning star

Joe Reed is an anachronism.


December 06, 2009

Editorial: Transparency works

Officials usually trot out the rationale that applicants deserve privacy because their current jobs may be endangered by the disclosure that they’re looking for another job. That’s a specious argument; employees are usually protected from such overt retribution, although an employer determined to fire a worker will usually find a way to do so.


December 03, 2009

Editorial: Gov. Riley’s conspicuous absence

The absence of the governor, with state police in tow, goes a long way toward validating that position.


December 02, 2009

Editorial: Free game tickets for lawmakers are problematic

The responsibility for behaving in an ethical manner rests with the elected officials.


December 01, 2009

Editorial: AIDS entrenched in Alabama

HIV has primarily become a behavioral issue, and changing one’s behavior to mitigate the risk of infection can have a significant impact on the spread of the disease.


November 25, 2009

Editorial: A bloated salary in cash-strapped two-year system

Hold onto your hats: Alabama’s new chancellor of postsecondary education, Frieda Hill, will receive salary and benefits exceeding $350,000 annually.


November 24, 2009

Editorial: Fort Bragg media ban is a wrong move

If a politician ‘goes rogue’ and no one is there to report it, does she make any noise?


November 22, 2009

Editorial: Explain to us your opposition to electronic bingo, Gov. Riley

How can you flatly state that electronic bingo is illegal on the grounds that the devices are slot machines without including the state’s largest gambling hall? The omission is glaring, and the people of Alabama have not missed it.


November 20, 2009

Editorial: Lawmaker ‘nonprofits’ don’t pass smell test

An audit might have shed a bit on light on the increasingly suspicious spending. But there were no audits, although annual audits of the groups are required by the law that created the pork stream.

Might anyone be surprised that the state’s Examiners of Public Accounts had no knowledge of the organizations?

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