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"A Few" Dead Dogs? Thank ALFA
Two years ago, a bill was before the Alabama Senate that would have outlawed puppy mills. If you aren't sure what a puppy mill is, think a big business where registered canines are forced to breed...
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Memorial Day 2019
Perhaps one of the most important things any of us can do to celebrate Memorial Day/Weekend is to think about the coming year. If the U.S. should engage in any military action with Iran, there will...
View ArticleHammer Films Presents: Roy Moore AD 2020
Who doesn't appreciate a good horror film? Yet with Christopher Lee sadly no longer with us, no new films featuring the umpteenth rise of a bloodsucker from the dead had been expected. Good news: Roy...
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Thumbing Their Noses at Sheffield Police?
Regular readers know how much the writers of this blog love animals - especially dogs and cats. Yet these very animals can cause serious injury to humans if not kept up and treated properly.Usually the...
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Another Comparison: Kate Boggus & Christopher Price
We recently compared indicted Kate Boggus with another from Lauderdale County in a similar position. We couldn't help but think about the Florence High School student tonight when Christopher Price was...
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What Was the Point of This Arrest?
Today, a retired county department head was arrested for theft. What did this man steal? Scrap that would have remained untouched in a landfill. Rules are rules, and it seems no county employee is...
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Problems at New Bethel School
This is a GREAT school, 'up on the mountain', in Colbert County. However, last winter's floods washed out a section of county road that parents/buses used to get students to school. Parents from the...
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Who's Your Lawn Boy? Let's Hope It's Not Ryan
We recently blogged about lawn care/landscape workers, tree trimmers, etc. Many of those working in these trades have felony convictions, usually for drugs and theft (no white collar crime here). Our...
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Legislature Takes Up Sex Ed & Divorce
(Sorry to disappoint, but the legislature failed once again.)The most recent legislative session has ended. While induced abortion was basically banned, the legislators didn't see fit to make time for...
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Prince Threatens to Bite Mayor Underwood
Hi, guys. Shoalanda asked me a few questions about the dog situation in Sheffield and I was only too glad to fill her in. In fact, I volunteered to do a blog and to bite whoever needed it starting with...
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Colbert County Commission Twiddles Thumbs as Frankfort Road Slides Away
Is everyone happy with how the new Colbert County jail is coming along? Oh, wait, we forgot. It's not coming along, is it? Well, the commission has other pressing matters.Animal control is serious...
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New Colbert Animal Control Budget?
Commissioner Tommy Barnes took the time to answer our blog on problems with the commission. He has consistently been the only commissioner who has seemed responsive to the citizens' needs in quite a...
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Business Owner Announces Suit Against Sheffield
If you don't want to read the small print, Mr. Joseph Mitchum is demanding $50,000.00 in damages from Sheffield, accusing the town of fraud when the city told him it was supportive of a cigar lounge he...
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More on Sheffield Lawsuit & Frankfort Road
We received some questions concerning the possible lawsuit against the City of Sheffield. Several stated that many more businesses should follow this path. The suit to be filed by Joseph Mitchum is...
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Rapist Gets Visitation Rights in DeKalb County
Yes, rapists who father a child in Alabama have legal visitation rights to that child. Alabama is one of only two states which allow this. Let's see...the state with the harshest anti-abortion law also...
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Just Where Do Rapists Have Rights?/Namaste, Y'all!
We've had one reader ask if Alabama is one of only two states giving rapists rights to the products of their crimes. Our friend believes that as many as 30 other states do the same. Laws differing so...
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FFRF Requests Florence Rescind Grant to Salvationist Church
In February, the Florence City Council approved a grant for $38,500.00 to the Salvation Army Church (Salvationists) to upgrade its homeless facilities/programs. While it's good that the city wants to...
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No, Tim, Curb Crawlers Aren't Innocent
First, in recent weeks we've published some criticism of Tim Melson, our state senator for Lauderdale County. Some has been written by others, and we do not totally share their opinions.If Sen. Melson...
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A Local Parent on Our Schools
I can direct you to numerous parents who have had issues with not just Muscle Shoals school district... but Colbert county and Florence city. Surprisingly I've heard little from Lauderdale county. I...
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Roundabout & Frankfort Road
What's the difference between the Sweetwater roundabout and Inspiration Landing? Neither might ever be finished, but at least the roundabout has been started. On the plus side, the construction site...
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