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A Short Morality Tale of I-Phones and Dead Babies
The year is 2025; Russia has just invaded the U.S.:Monday - Russian troops surround the United States and begin shelling innocent civilians.Tuesday - The U.S. president issues a desperate plea for...
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5,000 Posts as of Today!
Today we publish our 5000th post. We hope over the past 13 plus years that you have enjoyed our blog. Here's to the next 5000 blogs. Our content depends greatly on what you the reader asks for. Never...
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Are You Aware of This Hidden PSC Tax?
Before anyone criticizes the country of Ukraine for being corrupt, we suggest they consider the State of Alabama. Yes, there's corruption in all government. Let's thoroughly research the candidates in...
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Libby, Don't Fence Us In...
Just look at this!!! Would you pay three thousand dollars for this at your home? What have we missed? Is the pre-dented look in now? How about the unfinished side facing the street?The work at the...
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If You're Going to be Woke, at Least Make Sense
We hope you recall from last year when someone with access to the Florence Walking Tour changed the script. The most egregious change was a tirade about capital punishment.Apparently this misguided...
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Citizens Gobsmacked & Florence on De-FENCE-ive
Feeling empowered by the F! logo uprising, citizens have now come after the new fence at the Kennedy-Douglass home across from Wilson Park. Consider yourself lucky if you haven't seen this travesty...
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How Much Respect for Lauderdale's Dead?
If you read AL.com, you've noticed that once or twice a month that publication will feature photos of Birmingham area dead who can't be identified or for whom no relatives can be found. Did you ever...
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Eugene Sak Wants Citizens of Florence to "Enhance" His Credit
Eugene Sak is a local property developer. Most recently, he's been representing a hotel management company called PCH. In December of last year, Sak appeared before the Florence City Council to ask...
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Pie Factory Says Figures Don't Lie; Economists Say Liars Do Figure
The old saying is that “figures will not lie,” but a new saying is “liars will figure.” It is our duty, as practical statisticians, to prevent the liar from figuring; in other words, to prevent him...
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Public Urination in Downtown Florence
iRemember the proposed Room at the Table in North Florence? One of the major reasons the city refused licensing was the risk of not only panhandling, but public urination as well. Are those who do it...
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The Shoals Area Comedy Crew
The Shoals Area Comedy Crew? When we first saw the phrase, we assumed it had to do with the Florence City Council.No, it's an interesting group that we had not heard of previously. Apparently the...
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Our Legislature Makes Us Proud...Again
Worried that peanuts don't get proper respect in our state since Mr. Peanut is presumably still dead? You can relax - 12 Republicans have it covered.HB350 is halfway adopted. It certainly looks like...
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Hate Women? Hate Gays? Florence Says Here's Some More Money!!!
Two years ago, the City of Florence attempted to donate 100K to the Salvationist Church to build a bigger, better shelter for the homeless. It met with resistance from many sectors. Now they're at it...
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Look What Tuscumbia Got for 7.5K
Tuscumbia recently commissioned Design Alabama to provide a new city logo. Look at this! The city paid only $7,500.00 for the art and additional ideas to promote the Colbert county seat. Is it edgy?...
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Salvation Army Wealth? Interesting Figures
The U.S. branch of the SA is divided into four territories: Eastern, Western, Southern, and Central. We in the Shoals are obviously in the Southern territory, with the main territorial office being in...
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Sheffield Prepares for Inspiration Landing Rush; Say What?
The City of Sheffield is worried about the coming influx of food trucks to special events at Inspiration Landing. Special events? Would that be some actual work at the site?In case you were also...
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The $1.25 Tree?/Tim James
Over the years, we've mentioned the Dollar Tree in several blogs. Now some readers have asked us about the new pricing system. One of our regular bloggers who lives nearby a DT store tells us that...
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Colbert Commissioner Comments on Job Applicants
Current director of Colbert Animal Control Judie Nichols will be retiring on April 1st. Four individuals applied for the position, and District Two Commissioner Tori Bailey chose to comment on...
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Charles Corey Speegle New Head of Colbert Animal Control
Charles Corey Speegle, currently a Colbert County Deputy, has been selected as the new head of Colbert Animal Control. He will officially take office in April.Colbert County is infamous for under...
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Sentence of Child Porn King Pete Wesson Reduced
William Howard Wesson - everyone knew him as "Pete" and everyone who knew him liked him. No one suspected that the former owner of a Florence sign business had amassed a huge collection of child porn...
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