Birmingham Blues

Kyle Whitmire of the Birmingham Weekly has been following the District 54 saga for quite a while.  I’d love to see him in print every day (or maybe he could start a blog), but writing one article or editorial a week does give one the opportunity to do background research and gain the perspective that [...]

Danny at Doc’s Political Parlor was kind enough to talk to Frank Matthews about this, so the rest of us wouldn’t have to.  Frank’s the Birmingham talk radio host and perennial candidate who came out of Saturday’s State Democratic Executive Committee meeting hollering about “n*ggers and gays” because the committee actually voted to give the [...]

Robin DeMonia of the Birmingham News has a good column today about Rep. Alvin Holmes and his impassioned defense of Patricia Todd and the voters who elected her to the state house.  Here are some excerpts, but be sure to read the whole thing.
Alvin Holmes has fought as hard as anyone to open doors for [...]

The folks at Agape Press are not happy with Patricia Todd’s victory or with the “pro-homosexual” blogs that helped spread the word about her campaign.  Their alarmist rhetoric is designed to widen the supposed rift between blacks and gays.  How Christian of them…
The Democratic Party has always been a hodge-podge collection of misfit toys, but [...]

There really is hope for the party based on a couple of things I observed yesterday.
First, there is the saga of selecting a replacement candidate for House District 70.  The local party endorsed Chris England, an assistant Tuscaloosa city attorney who is also the son of county Circuit Judge John England.  Joe Reed doesn’t like [...]

Once again, WE WON!!! 
We’ve been celebrating and rehashing a bit (no alcohol involved — at least not yet — I still have to drive back to Birmingham).  Most of the meeting was just as exciting as you might expect when a bunch of people get together and use parliamentary procedure to communicate.
Of course, Patricia’s dispute [...]

WE WON!!!!!

The wireless signal works in the lobby but not in the meeting room, which is packed with Todd supporters.  We’re just about ready for the appeal of Patricia’s disqualification.  I think it will be 30 to 45 minutes.  They have to finish the Greene County sheriff’s race appeal first.
I had a tip from Kyle Whitmire of the [...]

I’m beginning to feel like a boomerang.  Nephew Zach and I are heading out early tomorrow morning to attend the State Democratic Executive Committee meeting.  It starts at 10 am and will likely last all day.  Once again, I’ll live blog if I can get a wireless connection.  Otherwise, I’ll post ASAP.
Pam has a good [...]

Wow!  Check out Jeff’s post at Politics In Alabama.  It seems the Alabama Democratic Party never received Justice Department approval for the 1974 amendment to its bylaws that was used to disqualify Patricia Todd and Gaynell Hendricks.
This is an example of real bipartisanship — Jeff was aware of this requirement because he worked on amendments [...]