Track 1: Legal
The 7-2 decision in the Alabama Supreme Court gives the governor’s task force on illegal gambling a clear edge in the legal battle over electronic bingo.
The court’s decision Thursday (view here) led Gov. Bob Riley and his task force commander, John Tyson, to declare raids will continue. Watch Riley and Tyson comments here.
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Who has the better organization?
Who has supporters with the “fire in the belly” to get to the polls?
The answers to those questions could provide the answer to today’s runoff vote for Birmingham’s next mayor. Right now, political observers expect a narrow margin of victory.
The December 8th frontrunner, attorney turned political activist Patrick Cooper, tells FOX6 [...]
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Dr. Natalie Davis wasn’t surprised at all at Gov. Bob Riley’s upbeat view of state finances.
“He’s typically optimistic, very Reaganesque,” says the Birmingham Southern College professor of political science.
A little posturing may have been playing into the speech as well as the governor suggested to the Alabama legislature that the “doom and gloom” of state [...]
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