Stephen Colbert takes his shots at GOP pandering to the South, too
If you’re going to pander to Southerners, get ready to get blasted by a South Carolina boy with a parasol. I do decla-yah!
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While we wait, Ed Still gives insight on Votelaw blog
While’s we’re playing the waiting game tonight, take some time to visit Ed Still’s election law blog, Votelaw. Today, still tested Alabama’s voter ID law, and he picks apart what might happen if the GOP primary goes down to the wire in Alabama.
Day two of the Doonesbury storyline The Birmingham News doesn’t want you to see
The Birmingham News thinks its readers are too timid to be exposed to a comic about transvaginal ultrasounds and abortion, but if you have the fortitude to, say, sit through five or six minutes of The Daily Show, click here.
CSPAN Video from Gingrich and Santorum appearance at the Alabama Theatre
In case you missed it and are dying to see Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich at the Alabama Theatre, this will take one hour, 23 minutes of your life.
Primary Resources: Sample Ballots and Curated Endorsements
Over at Wadeonbirmingham.com, Birmingham blogger Wade Kwon has curated useful sample ballots and links to newspaper endorsements for your consideration (or irritation).
Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em
Birmingham considers an extensive smoking ban that would bar puffing tobacco and e-cigarettes in bars, restaurants and lounges and on most patios.
UAB School of Public Health to host third annual poster and PSA competition
In 2010, the annual public health communication festival known as KoronisFest drew just over a dozen entries, but in 2011 Koronisfest received entries from more than 90 contestants. This year, the festival’s organizers hope to pull in even more public health PSAs and posters.
Politico analyzes odds of Shelby Co. Voting Rights Act challenge
With Shelby County’s court challenge on track to potentially reach the United State Supreme Court, legal analysts tell Politico that the make-up and record of the court makes it “between likely and extremely likely” that it will soon strike down significant portions of the Voting Rights Act.
Hoover to issue a proclamation aimed at Alabama’s immigration law
Hoover has passed a proclamation affirming the rights of all its residents that seems aimed directly at Alabama’s immigration law, HB56. The proclamation also declares that Hoover is not a sanctuary city.
10 things you should know about the proposed Birmingham smoking ban
There seems to be a lot of confusion over what the proposed smoking ban, currently under consideration by the Birmingham City Council’s Public Safety Committee, would accomplish. Here are the ten most important things you should know about the proposed ordinance.
