‘Alabama’ Archives
Alabama HD-73 Candidate Joe Hubbard Hits the Airwaves
Democratic candidate for Alabama House District 73, Joe Hubbard is up with his first television ad, which begins airing tomorrow, and is called "Say Anything", Hubbard obviously wants to diffuse some of what is being said about him by those who oppose his candidacy, and bringing humor to your initial ad buy is an effective way to accomplish [...]
Alabama Politics Caption Contest
It's time for another Alabama Politics Caption Contest. Post your ideas for a caption in the comments...
David Grimes’s Meaningless Pledge
You may remember hearing about the "Clean Campaign" pledge signed by the nominees in the 73rd district Alabama House race, Democrat Joe Hubbard and Republican incumbent Rep. David Grimes. If you didn't hear about it, here is some footage from the press conference, The full text of the pledge is here. When this happened, I was [...]
Over 1.4 million acres of Alabama Land Owned by Foreigners
The Mobile Press-Register points out a new USDA report indicates that Alabama is the state with the 5th largest landholdings by foreigners. Alabama has more foreign-owned acreage than California, which is 3 times as big. Over 1.4 million acres (about 5.1%) of Alabama land is foreign-owned. The county-by-county breakdown is interesting [...]
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