Editor's Notes
Like it or not landfills are a necessary evil
By Evan Carden SA Editor
      The issue of having a landfill located in one's county has been a controversial subject as of late. In Conecuh County, residents raised such a stink, the county commission there felt compelled to abandoned its efforts to locate one there. Perhaps the landfill woes currently being experienced in Ch...
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Punish irresponsible parents who allow teenagers to drink
      Over the past year or so we've read repeated stories in the Mobile Press Register of teenage parties in Baldwin and Mobile Counties, parties where drinking was condoned, or at least tolerated, by parents or other adults- often with the grown folks ending up being charged when the events got out ...
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Lots of changes in elected offices
      There's been a great deal of partying going on in local courthouses over the last few weeks with longtime elected officials holding retirement receptions and incoming ones hosting oath ceremonies. Clarke County and neighboring counties are seeing one of the biggest turnovers in recent years in pub...
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Alabama Scene
1894 'Outhouse Inauguration' stands out in state's history
By Bob Ingram Syndicated Columnist
      You might think that after attending or covering every gubernatorial inauguration in Alabama since 1950 that on the eve of yet another one I would be full of stories to tell of those past events. A few highlights stick out, of course, but very few. I am sure we have to have inaugurations to get th...
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Congressional Report
A grateful nation says farewell
By Rep. Jo Bonner First Congressional District
      "He played in the middle of the line. He was a center, a position that seldom receives much praise. But he had his hands on the ball for every play and no play could start without him.
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