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In the wake of last week's partial closure of the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore and the moving of 617 inmates to other overcrowded prisons in the state of Alabama we received an email Monday that the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles had scheduled 80 parole hearings this week. Two residents convicted from Escambia County were on that list. Our first thought with the looming prison crisis and adding inmates to already overcrowded facilities, is that this would be a good time for a parole hearing. If we had to bet, we...
Impeach is defined as “to charge with a crime or misdemeanor” or it also means “to cast doubt on.” In the hurried hyper-partisan House Impeachment inquiry against President Trump, the House failed to make any criminal charges or even connections unlike the bipartisan impeachment of Bill Clinton with eleven criminal charges citing specific statutes. The two articles of impeachment passed without a single Republican vote were purposely nebulous. The two articles, “abuse of power” and “obstruction of congress,” were obviously made broad, so fever...
The first district Congressional race is probably the best race in the state in this year’s March 3rd Primary. The winner of the March 31st GOP Primary runoff will go to Congress. The famous first district is a Republican congressional seat and has been since Jack Edwards won the seat in the Southern Goldwater landslide in 1964. The bulk of the district population is in the two county gulf coast counties of Baldwin and Mobile. It being the only gulf coast district in the state, they do have some local issues like red snapper fishing, and t...
Last week, tens of thousands of Americans took part in our nation’s most important rally for the unborn, the March for Life. I am so proud of the large number of Alabamians who traveled all the way to Washington to participate. Sadly, it is mostly ignored by the mainstream media. But, this year’s rally received unprecedented support, as President Trump became the first sitting president to attend and address the group! President Trump’s pro-life record is truly unmatched among presidents. He has been front and center in the fight. He has block...
Every morning I wake up and my phone alerts me to CNN’s ‘5 things to start your day’. I usually read through it and make mental notes on things that I find important or pressing. Next, as I stretch, I say the words “Hey Google, good morning,” at which point my home assistant greets me as warmly as a robot can, turns on my bedroom and living room lamps, informs me of the weather forecast for the day, and fills me in on the top news stories hitting FOX and Bloomburg. (See, I cover all my bases...
A Jay woman who was a passenger in a truck pulled over last Thursday in Milton for a missing tail light now faces a felony drug charge. Julie Marie Mertens, 27, was riding in a blue Ford pickup traveling northbound on Avalon Boulevard in Milton when a deputy observed a missing passenger side tail light, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff's office report. The deputy stopped the truck at the intersection of Kingry Road and Starwood Court and made contact with the driver, Robert Bankick. A...
I personally think the state of Alabama needs a lottery, but I can tell you right now I will not vote for the bill Rep. Steve Clouse of Ozark says he will introduce when the Legislature goes into session on Feb. 4. I like the lottery concept because I see the people from Alabama flocking to Century every week to purchase lottery tickets. They also buy other items at the convenience stores. Every state that surrounds Alabama has a lottery and I'm sure those counties that border Mississippi,...
We tip our hat to the Escambia County (Ala.) Sheriff's Office for following up on tips that have led to another sex offender put behind bars. The latest culprit was 32-year old Danny Hayes of Brewton who was charged with two counts of violating the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act. Hayes apparently was working at a house in East Brewton that was less than 2,000 feet of a daycare center. Granted, Hayes was trying to be employed and earn a living, but he should have known better. We know he was given instructions from the court and...
Current First District Congressman Bradley Byrne is leaving his safe congressional seat to take a shot at the U.S. Senate this year. The Mobile First Congressional District has had quite a legacy over the last century. Alabama’s First District has always been primarily made up of Mobile County. Historically, the rural southwest Alabama counties north of Mobile have been a part of the First. Washington, Clarke, Monroe and Escambia do not amount to much of the population. Baldwin and Mobile, which are now essentially one county, have been tied t...
Amid all the impeachment hysteria and angst waiting for Attorney General Barr to expose deeply embedded government corruption, good news is often lost; especially since the main stream media has no interest in any good tidings in the era of Trump. The economy is still roaring and setting employment and stock records; and even long stagnant wages are finally rising. Despite regular dire predictions of death and war, President Trump has our enemies at bay and has not started any new conflicts. But perhaps his greatest policy legacy passed little...
For three years now, the American people have been forced to endure the efforts by Democrats and the liberal mainstream media to impeach President Trump and remove him from office in the face of his clear electoral victory in 2016. They have tried everything, from a needless Special Prosecutor investigation, which resulted in nothing, to an Adam Schiff-coached whistleblower who admitted he had no firsthand information and relied on news articles by that same liberal media. The farce produced just two articles of impeachment, neither of which...
Let the party begin. The U.S. Senate trial kicked off this week on the impeachment of Donald Trump. They should probably turn this into a reality TV show. The only difference would be that the viewers already know the outcome, because the Republican Congress is not going to kick Trump out of office on the eve of the 2020 elections. I never was a fan of the show 'Survivor' but I knew people who watched it every week trying to figure out who would get kicked out next. I already know the answer to...
“The gas has no money” is what Century's CPA Robert Hudson said Tuesday night when asked why the town's natural gas system was three years behind on payments. The question and answer came up as the Century Town Council voted to use about $219,000 from the Local Option Sales Tax to pay off debts in the gas, water and sewer departments. We remember back in the day when the natural gas system in Century and Flomaton were the 'cash cows' for the respective municipalities. When other departments needed money, that gas department had plenty. Tho...
Even though there are more Baptists than Methodists in Alabama, historically Methodists have held more of the prominent political posts in the Heart of Dixie. If you look closely at these leaders’ lives, a good many of our leaders have been sons of Methodist ministers. The most famous Methodist minister in the state over the past 50 years has been the Rev. John Ed Mathison of Montgomery. He has been the confidant and counselor to a great many of Alabama’s leaders, as well as being the greatest inspirational and dynamic speaker of our time. Joh...
You may not have known his name, but the most dangerous man in the Middle East has finally received justice for a lifetime of brutality. Before being taken out by an American airstrike, Iranian General Qasem Soleimani was a Major General in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and commander of its extra-military, clandestine Quds Force. He left his stain on this world by organizing, training and leading terrorist groups across the Middle East and beyond. The blood on his hands included that of at least 600 Americans and thousands more. Cons...
After more than a week of the Chicken Little press squawking about Iranian missiles falling from the sky, the whole charade was a dud. The terrorist Iranian regime and their proxies were certainly an imminent threat to American forces and interests in the Middle East, their neighbors, and their own people; but the possibility of World War III only lived in the fevered imaginations of the leftist Democrat/Media complex cheering for President Trump to meet his Benghazi. Never mind Iran has been at war with America for forty years, consistently...
Should the Flomaton Town Council have agreed to pay former Police Chief Bryan Davis $6,634.62 in overtime and back pay? I'm not sure, but I do think the council made the right decision Monday night by agreeing to pay him instead of fighting his claim in court. Davis was making $56,000 per year when he resigned his position as Flomaton's police chief. Monday night it was stated that Davis had filed a $90,000 claim against the town, but was willing to settle for the $6,634.62. Mayor Dewey...
As the 2020 election cycle grows closer and closer we've been asked about several important dates involving everything from absentee ballots and voter registration to how someone enters the November General Election as an independent candidate separate from the Republican or Democratic Party. Right now there will be no local elections on Escambia County, Alabama's March 3 primary ballots. Right now there will be no contested local elections on the November General Election ballot. First off, we found out that Feb. 14 is the last day to...
When you are pushing for a cause, doesn't it make you cringe when the cause you are pushing for gets slapped in the face and while you won't admit it, you have to take a step backwards and recalculate your strategy? Well, the gun control nuts are scratching their heads after a 71-year old man shot and killed a would-be mass killer inside a Texas church on Dec. 29. I've read multiple reports about the shooting from multiple sources. I came to the conclusion that an armed gunman opened fire...
We give a shout out to Flomaton head foot- ball coach Doug Vickery for his efforts to see that his players have every opportunity to suc- ceed at their next adventure after high school. It's easy to pile high school coaches with praise when they when championships. Everywhere they go people are patting them on the back, probably paying for their coffee in the morning and buying their lunch. People love winners. It's easy to congratu- late winners. As we interviewed Da'Shun Odom this week about him signing a football scholarship with Hutchinson...
The national debt of our country now stands at a staggering $23 trillion. By failing to act, we are placing an unearned and undeserved burden on our children and grandchildren. That is why I voted no when Speaker Pelosi rammed the $1.4 trillion 2020 spending bills through Congress in December. We are spending too much money in the funding bills that Congress passes every year. But, these annual bills that get so much attention are just a part of the problem. Most Americans do not know that around 61 percent of federal spending is on autopilot....
Our presidential primary in the Heart of Dixie is less than two months away. We vote on March 3, 2020. President Donald Trump will be the GOP nominee. It is a foregone conclusion that Trump will carry Alabama in the November General Election. One of the most intriguing revelations will be which Democratic presidential candidate will win the Democratic Primary in Alabama in March. Longtime Democratic kingpin, Joe Reed, who heads the Alabama Democratic Conference will have a lot to say about the outcome. It will be interesting to see how former...
President Trump cutting off the head of the Iranian snake in Iraq is a seismic event that will certainly shake geopolitics in the Middle East; and it’s about time. However, almost all the reporting and everything uttered by Democrats about the American drone strike that killed top Iranian General Qassim Suleimani and some other Iranian proxies is idiotic and plain wrong. The lunatic hyperbole ranges from “it was another unconstitutional act” to Colin Kaepernick calling it racist imperialism and some moronic actress apologizing to Iran and beggi...
A New Year should typically bring new hopes and optimism, but we are also upon a new decade. A century ago, the 1920s became the “Roaring 20s!” After a bloody world war to end all wars, Americans were eager for good news. Similar to today, the 1920s were decade of incredible technological innovation and unparalleled prosperity. Americans were rushing out to buy automobiles, radios, and refrigerators. With air travel developing, we were more connected and more mobile than ever before. Inventors were busy bringing us the pop up toaster, the ins...
We enter 2020 as an election year but for some reason I don't feel the excitement. In about 2 months Alabama voters will be going to the polls to vote in the 2020 primary elections. That date is March 3. Florida's primary elections will be held on March 17. What happened to June primaries? My bet is that the people in Alabama wanted to be ahead of the curve in the presidential election cycle. Many times after a Super Tuesday in March the presidential candidates had been set. Alabama wanted to...
