Posted on February 10th, 2010 by Rick Journey
A spokesman for the Tim James campaign calls a poll showing Republican rival Bradley Byrne leading the primary field “way off.”
Brett Hall emailed reporters a statement Tuesday. Hall says the Public Strategy Associates results “bear little resemblance to other opinion surveys recently conducted.” Read the campaign statement here.
The PSA survey was conducted by Austin, Texas-based [...]
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Posted on February 4th, 2010 by Rick Journey
Bradley Byrne says job creation, not gaming, is the number one issue in Alabama.
The Mobile Republican is campaigning on his jobs plan in the Birmingham metro today.
Still, he admits the current electronic bingo debate is a dominant topic on the trail.
This morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama, Byrne declared “gaming is not the answer [...]
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Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by Bob Howell
By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor – Montgomery, AL
Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim James responds after a bill to spend $1-billion over ten years for highway and road construction did not make it up for a vote in the Alabama Senate.
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Statement by Tim James concerning defeat of the Senate Democrats’ attempt to raid the [...]
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Posted on February 2nd, 2010 by Bob Howell
By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor – Montgomery, AL
Here’s Republic gubernatorial candidate Tim James release regarding President Obama’s proposed cuts for NASA’s budget and how it will impact Huntsville and north Alabama:
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Tim James, Republican candidate for Governor of Alabama, today outlined his six point plan for jobs and economic opportunity for the Tennessee [...]
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Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Bob Howell
By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor, Montgomery, AL
Republican Tim James reflects on President Obama’s State of the Union Address. Here’s his release:
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Barack Obama and the Democrats talk ad nauseum about George Bush and the Republicans as somehow to blame for the missteps and bad news happening now. It may play with the liberal [...]
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Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Rick Journey
Republican Bradley Byrne adds to the chorus concerning job creation.
His campaign sweeps through Birmingham today, first at Cooper Construction Company, next at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law.
Bryne says “more than 225,000 of our fellow citizens (in Alabama) are without work. Families are hurting. We can’t wait on Washington, or depend on any other outside [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Bob Howell
By Bob Howell – WSFA 12 News Anchor, Montgomery, AL
Here are the specifics of the Tim James plan to save the state hundres of millions of dollars.
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Tim James, Republican candidate for Governor of Alabama, today presented a six-point plan to save taxpayer dollars and yield immediate results as the state budget faces a mid-fiscal year [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2010 by Rick Journey
Job creation for Birmingham will be a priority for new mayor William Bell, scheduled to be sworn in this afternoon.
This morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama, council members Jay Roberson and Kim Rafferty pointed at the growing worries about economic development in the city.
“Regionally, we’ve got to cooperate on certain projects to create jobs,” [...]
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Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Rick Journey
Republicans seeking the nomination for governor begin the week with competing news conferences.
Already, Rep. Robert Bentley has come out with his pledge to not accept an annual salary as governor until Alabama reaches full employment.
Bentley couples that pledge with introducing the Reemployment Act of 2010. The bill would provide a tax deduction for businesses that [...]
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Posted on January 22nd, 2010 by Rick Journey
The Artur Davis campaign starts Friday with new numbers from its polling team, Anzalone-Liszt.
In an email to supporters from Davis Strategy Director Jon Paul Lupo, the campaign claims new strength in favorability ratings. The email states:
“Artur Davis favorability rating of +22% positive to negative is an all time high, and over 66% of voters who [...]
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