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Municipal Elections/Ranking Criminals
From readers:Would you please remind your readers that any resident interested in qualifying to run for office may do so July 5 through July 19, 2016. Call or visit your local town or city clerk’s...
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Skate Park Shooting/Sheffield Police
It was Friday, June 16th, and a young family was enjoying the skate park at the recreational complex banded by Fairgrounds Road, Chisholm Road, and Cox Creek Parkway in Florence. At approximately 4:30...
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More Shootings/Prince Comments
Yesterday we blogged on a five year-old girl shot at the Florence skate park; police are still seeking the youths believed responsible for the Airsoft attack. We failed to mention there had been...
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Our Bad Boys Being Even Badder
We had only this week been asked a question about Jerry Don Crowden, currently doing 20 years in a state department of corrections facility, when we saw this:Jerry Benjamin Crowden*****A reader has...
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Not So Cool Schools in Tuscumbia & Lauderdale?
The following are two recent comments from readers on local schools:A few years ago, and after many complaints by teachers, a national educational accreditation committee advised the Tuscumbia City...
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Brian Parker Peden: Why DAs Make Deals
Shirley BrannonWe’re always surprised at how little most individuals know about the legal system. Today we’re specifically addressing Brian Parker Peden, a little snot (never saw us use that vulgar...
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Tales of Animal Shelters, Donkeys, & Rats
There isn’t a single human being who’s not familiar with Murphy’s Law; yet some individuals…and some projects…seem to be constant targets of Murphy. The Irishman seems particularly to hate the new...
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Police Turnover Rate & Ho Dogs
Police Turnover Rate and Ho DogsBy: The Midnight RiderRecently we wrote an article for Shoalanda Speaks on the problem of the turnover rate of Police Officers. The article started with a news report...
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Independence Day 2016
Two hundred and forty years ago today, our founding fathers set in motion a chain of events that produced the country we enjoy today. It's doubtful they would know exactly what to make of Donald or...
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Do You Know Where Your Inmate/Architect Is?
A short time ago, a reader asked us about a perennial bad boy currently incarcerated in the Lauderdale Detention Center. It seems the reader had noticed one of our favorite sociopaths making posts on...
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Sheffield: Beale Street or Fallujah
The City of Sheffield: Beale Street or FallujahBy: The Midnight RiderWe were sitting here thinking what we were going to write about this week for Shoalanda Speaks when the idea found us. Looking...
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Rob Carnegie Speaks...But Won't Comment
"In my view there was no wrongdoing on my part in accepting the money." - Rob CarnegieAll isn’t well at the Florence-Lauderdale Tourism office—not that anyone thinks that’s unusual; however, the...
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Those Prison Facebook Blues
From the Alabama Department of Corrections Prisoner Handbook:YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE IN YOUR POSSESSION A CELLULAR TELEPHONE, SIM CARD, BATTERY CHARGER, OR OTHER MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT; OR...
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Dirty Pool/Politics/Parking Deck?
How much did the City of Florence pay for the recently completed parking study? The one surprising finding from the study is that a brightly painted parking deck will bring in more customers. Perhaps...
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Muscle Shoals at its Best
From the Midnight Rider:Ahh, yes, the City of Muscle Shoals. As you know by reading this site, it appears that the City Leaders make it up as they go along. Some things that have come to my attention...
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An Addendum to the Midnight Rider's Take on Muscle Shoals
Yesterday we published a blog by the Midnight Rider in which he mentioned various problems/situations in Muscle Shoals. Leslie M. Shoals has now sent us an extremely interesting take on much of what...
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Marcel & Johnny Mack Do Ashville/Homan Ethics Complaint
Marcel's at the Grove Park Inn, or was. So was Johnny Mack. Neither Mr. Black nor Mr. Morrow nor any of their 13 other fellow legislators paid for this luxurious vacation; everything was paid for by...
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Truly Cigars & Kurt M. Wilson
We have previously mentioned the Florence business Truly Cigars only once before--when it opened in August 2009. On Monday, the owner of the cigar bar Kurt M. Wilson gave an interview to WAAY...
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Tourism Follies/Blue Light Vigil
From a reader:Well, well, well, the two appointing authorities are talking about a possible replacement for Kelley Kelly on the Florence/Lauderdale Tourism board. Kelly resigned after she had deep...
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Franklin County "Why?"/Shorty's Victims
It’s time for the Franklin County edition of “Why?” * Why was Hershel Dale Graham physically able to make the trip from Montgomery to attend his father’s funeral…and back again, yet is too ill to be...
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