Too much confusion over election lawsThursday, July 17, 2008 THE PROCESS of qualifying as a candidate for public office shouldn’t turn into a version of the famous "Who’s on first?" comedy routine. Yet a story in the Press-Register about candidate filing snafus in southwest Alabama brings to mind Abbott and Costello – not Lincoln and [...]
Sports can boost economyThursday, July 17, 2008 RELATIVELY MODEST investments in sports and recreation facilities are paying economic dividends for Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. Gulf Shores has a $4.6 million expansion of its Sportsplex still in progress, and it has already reached deals for two large events: a three-year extension of the state high [...]
Jay Qualey, a language connoisseur from South Alabama, dropped by the greasepit at Wade’s Dixieco with a couple of examples of misused spell checks. The first was from a book "A Wolf at the Table" by Augusten Burroughs. One passage read: "I looked again at my mother, searched her face for certain evidence — the [...]
Voter registration drive set for todaySaturday, July 12, 2008 Staff Report There will be a meet-the-candidates and voter registration rally today at Figures Park in the Toulmanville community of Mobile from 3 to 5 p.m., according to a news release. The event is part of an ongoing voter registration drive that the release states is [...]
WHERE TO VOTESunday, July 13, 2008 Three polling places — Elberta Civic Center, Foley Civic Center and Magnolia Springs Wesleyan Church — will be open for voting in the school board race Tuesday. Only District 5 voters who vote at those three polling sites will be allowed to vote. For the two statewide races on [...]
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