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Editorials June 14, 2007
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Publisher's Comments
Cleaning out and clearing up my notebook
By Jim Cox SA Publisher
      It is time to clean out my notebook and clear my desk of odds and ends that have caught my eye in recent weeks. **** One little jab on the floor of the Alabama Senate got a lot of attention the last day of the session.
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Other Opinions
Needless election? Blame Alabama's crazy constitution
      If you did not know there was an election on June 5 - or didn't care - then you were not alone. Statewide voter turnout was light for the special election, which included no candidates and only two propositions for voters to accept or kill.
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Alabama makes national headlines with 'brawl'
By Bob Martin
      There have certainly been incidents in the past of near fistfights in the hallowed halls of the Alabama Legislature. There was also an incident back in the late 1960s or early 1970s when a fight between two senators was fictionalized by a few members of the capitol press corps.
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Congressional Report
Voters approve bond money for steel mill
By Rep. Jo Bonner First Congressional District
      Last week, Alabama voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment to allow the state to borrow an additional $400 million for economic development, including $195 million for the state-of-the-art steel manufacturing and processing plant ThyssenKrupp plans to build in north Mobile County.
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