7. U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is on the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame, surely his politics will not impact the voters. Surely, Auburn just forgot to tweet about their former coach while tweeting about their former players (Takeo Spikes, Ed King and Gregg Carr) who made the ballot. Surely.
6. While the Legislature was unable to score on an open net and protect children from their parents’ poor decision-making when it comes to bringing them to live simulated sex shows, Alabama’s citizens are making it clear they are not happy. A planned drag show in a city park in Mobile has drawn outrage but the city council was unmoved, with Councilman William Carroll endorsing children at drag shows in city parks, “Everyone in this city has a right to the city parks and city areas and places.”
5. Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill targeting “woke” companies and their discriminatory Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies. The companies may still go woke, but the state can choose not to do business with them. Ivey said, “No matter how much Corporate America and the national media want to push their social issue of the day on folks, the state of Alabama will continue protecting both our values and our businesses.”
4. Now that the legislative session is over, it is time to start talking about gambling in Alabama again. State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) says the state will continue to lose money to surrounding states until it will regulate gaming in the state. He’s right.
3. Rolling blackouts for summer could be a concern in Alabama, according to U.S. Rep. Dale Strong (R-Monrovia) in a letter to the Tennessee Valley Authority. TVA suffered these last winter and it is very feasible that increased demand could cause a major issue.
2. While a one-cent grocery sales tax cut is happening for groceries, with another penny coming off a few years down the line, the city of Millbrook rushed to raise its grocery tax a corresponding one-cent to capture that money that would have stayed in their citizens’ pockets. It is kinda brilliant.
1. The legislative session is over, no “controversial” bills eeked across the line at the last minute, there were changes to the removal of overtime taxes and distracted driving. The winners of the legislative were the very small contingent of activists (AEA and other liberal groups) and the inept Alabama political media that is incompetent in their actual jobs but very good at reducing Alabama’s super-Republican majority Legislature into a puddle of warm goo on most important issues.
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Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN and on Talk 99.5 from 10 a.m. to noon.
