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September 30, 2009

Orange Beach’s Ed Borman & Ezell McLain among vets onboard Honor Flight

Mullet Wrapper: By Angela Bateman Two Orange Beach residents were aboard the second trip for Honor Flight—South Alabama. Ed Borman and Ezell McLain were among the 92 veterans and 40 volunteer guardians that flew to Washington, DC. The day’s events included visiting the World War II Memorial, where they were met by US Senator Jeff …

Lockhart - Atlanta Fed President Speaks In Mobile

Envision Coastal Alabama co-sponsored the Coastal Economy Outlook with the University of South Alabama Center for Real Estate Studies, the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance and the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce today at the Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center. Dennis Lockhart, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of …

CA.TV Interview: Cam Marston, Generational Insight

CA.TV took a brief moment time from one of Mobile’s remarkable young professionals, Cam Marston.
CA.TV: Tell us about Generational Insight and what you do.

Support Camp Rap-a-Hope (Just Vote)

Camp Rap-a-Hope is a camp held each summer for children with cancer from Lower Alabama and the surrounding area.

Please make sure to vote for Camp Rap-a-Hope to receive $25k from The Christie Cookie Charity Giveaway: http://www.ilovechristiecookies.com/contest/form.asp

Forward to your friends to vote: http://www.ilovechristiecookies.com/contest/sendToFriends.php

Or contribute …

September 29, 2009

Chicago Daily Observer: Richard Shelby switched parties after the 1964 Civil Rights Act. What?

“What’s Race Got to Do With It” - Don Rose, Chicago Daily Observer, Sept. 22, 2009

“Yes, southern states are otherwise conservative, but there’s an indisputably strong racial component. They turned Republican after the 1964 Civil Rights Act, as Lyndon Johnson predicted, and Democratic senators such as Richard Shelby switched parties.” - http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/whats-race-got-to-do-with-it,68413

Despite …

Mobile’s “Paul the Junkman” on A&E’s “Hoarders” Monday 9pm

From our favorite Scottish-Gulf-Coast reporter, Tiffany Craig:
Paul Hamman owns the county’s junkiest property on Redstone Drive East in Semmes. We’ve followed Hamman’s story for two years including the fact that he was charged with criminal littering and thrown in jail for all that junk in January….

Dom Soto: Power Vacumn

POWER VACUUM
The balance of power in the healthcare debate is shifting as the Senate Finance Committee began marking up legislation this week that Democrats once hoped would serve as a vehicle for bipartisanship. But so …

The Case For God By Karen Armstrong Reviews Praise

Read the just released book’s first pages here from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Case-God-Karen-Armstrong/dp/0307269183#reader

Robertsdale Fair The Real Thing In Baldwin County This Week

Press Register Guy Busby took this picture for his story in today’s Baldwin Press Register found at www.al.com.

Ken Burns PBS National Parks Series Touches Coastal Florida

Hearing how John Muir and a series of Presidents of the United States created national parks like the Grand Canyon is inspiring documentary making. WSRE portrays Pensacola Beach National Seashore in a parallel show inspired by the Ken Burns series.

http://www.pnj.com/article/20090929/NEWS01/909290320/1006/RSS01

September 28, 2009

CA.TV Interview: Peter Gounares, U.S. House District 1 Candidate

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Peter Gounares is running in the 2010 Republican primary for U.S. House District 1 against Jo Bonner.

Coastal Alabama Win Streak Intact

September 27, 2009

Regina Benjamin’s confirmation may be stalled because of gag order

GOP vows to stall nominees over ‘gag order’  By Ryan J. Donmoyer Bloomberg News
WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans vowed to block President Obama’s nominee for surgeon general and other health officials unless the government drops what they said was a “gag order” barring health insurers from lobbying their Medicare policyholders on the health-care overhaul.The …

Captain Munnerlyn, former Happy Hills resident, moving up the ranks in the Carolina Panthers - A Mobile Success Story

Charlotte Observer  (Excerpted)
By Charles Chandler cchandler@charlotteobserver.com
Posted: Saturday, Sep. 26, 2009
Rookie cornerback Captain Munnerlyn quickly captured the attention of his new Carolina Panthers teammates in training camp when he faced off with Steve Smith. Munnerlyn, 5 feet 8 inches tall and 186 pounds, was assigned to play press coverage near the line …

Bronner predicts ‘brutal’ state budget - Tuscaloosa News

By Patrick Rupinski Staff Writer Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 3:30 a.m.

TUSCALOOSA | The state’s top financial guru says Alabama’s government will face severe economic challenges during the next two years. ‘It will be extremely brutal down in Montgomery this next year and the year after that,’ said David Bronner, chief …