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Who in the Name of Paul Revere is Teaching History at UNA?
In the past few months, we've seen the Statue of Liberty referred to as a gift from France in gratitude for U.S. assistance in World War II, a U.S. Senator commenting that we fought communism in World...
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Did Coach Tommy Lie?
On the eve of the Capitol riots, there was a meeting of 15 bigwigs at the Trump International Hotel, complete with photos posted on social media. There may have been a second meeting at the White...
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Addressing Which UNA Faculty Member?
We once saw a Facebook post by a male who said he knew more about suffering through pregnancy and an induced abortion than any woman. We feel some intruders into local social movements feel similarly...
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Why No Press Release for Hubs?
It was only two weeks ago that Project Say Something announced UNA employee Katie Owens-Murphy was no longer on that organization's board. Today we received a tip that Brian W. Murphy had similarly...
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Walkabout Jesus Needs to Take a Hike
Pictured is Daniel Wayne Rusk who has been "preaching" at UNA students for some time now. On the left is a shot of him at the memorial amphitheatre and on the right is a mugshot from a Madison County...
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Florence: Making Muscle Shoals Look Good
For years, readers have accused this blog of vilifying the City of Muscle Shoals while whitewashing Florence. In reality, over the years we've had very few complaints about the Lauderdale county seat....
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Did Public Statement Get Florence Employee Fired?
S.D. is a recently terminated City of Florence Employee. We sincerely doubt that any infractions she committed merited firing, but nevertheless she was. She's not happy.In September of last year, S.D....
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An Answer to UNA's Harassing Preacher?
Our blog on the Walkabout Jesus itinerant preacher at UNA produced a great deal of response. Readers' answers to this problem ranged from simply ignoring him to reprisals that might be illegal. What...
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A Shoals Gasoline Mafia?
Our regular blogger J. Redmon regularly visits clients in Morgan County where gasoline prices are consistently lower than in the Shoals. Here's some of his recent reports to us:January 26: Gas prices...
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Who Understands the New Florence City Council Math?
In case you arrived late to this circus, here's a program to identify the monkeys:1. The City of Florence owns half the former ECM Hospital property on Marengo Street. Lauderdale County owns the other...
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Watchdog Group Calls Andy Betterton "Useless"
Since last fall, there have been several groups/Facebook pages that have sprung up criticizing Florence city government, especially Andy Betterton and Dick Jordan. All but one of these groups seem to...
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Shoals Doesn't Rate a Large-Scale COVID Clinic?
Monday will see large-scale vaccination clinics coming to the following cities: Anniston, Birmingham, Dothan, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa. For the geographically impaired,...
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Still No Arrests in Larimore Home Arson
This month marks two years since the state fire marshal concluded the fire that destroyed the Larimore home was arson. At that time, the remains of the structure were determined too far gone to save...
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New Minimum Wage? Worth It?
$15.00 Minimum WageBy Dr. G. Brooks First, let’s start by saying this. This is not a Republican issue or a Democrat issue, or a Biden issue or a Trump issue. This is a Business and Economical issue...
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The Good, the Bad, the Inspiration...
Our blog team member Sheffield Shelly has pointed out that her hometown has an updated website thanks to its new mayor, Steve Stanley. Here's the link:City of SheffieldThat's in the "Good" column. In...
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Shoals "Woke" Dis the Yokels
Certain elements regularly accuse others of racism, whether deserving of such criticism or not. One would think these same individuals would wish to see all areas of the Shoals and the state equally...
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Move to Relocate Monument to Pope's Tavern
In the past, we have supported the relocation of the Confederate memorial to the Florence City Cemetery; however, there's a new movement afoot that may catch traction. Should the city move the...
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Rating Napping Nancy on His First 100 Days
Napping Nancy? That's apparently what several city hall employees call Florence mayor Andy Betterton. Our take is that Handy Dandy Andy should work half-days until he regains his stamina after COVID....
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West Florence Project/What If?
From an astute reader:In 2017 the largest private development deal in more than 50 years occurred in the area of West Florence. A new housing, gated, community was constructed for students attending...
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When You're a Special City Councilman
Seen recently on Facebook:Inquiring minds just wondering. Why do all the Florence City council people have florenceal.org email addresses on the Florence City web site but Dynasty Dick Jordan has his...
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