David Preston, Author at BamaPolitics.com

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David is a small business owner and contributing columnist to BamaPolitics.com. He attended the University of South Alabama and studied political science. He ran for his first and only political office in the city of Daphne, Alabama for city council where he lost by less than 200 votes to a sitting incumbent. David has a passion for all levels of politics, aviation, business development and recruitment, history (his dad drug him to Civil War battlefield for Summer vacation instead of Disney world and six flags) and the Mobile region.

Group Wants to Bring Baseball Back to Mobile

by David Preston on November 22, 2019 in Alabama Local News

A group headed up by one of the owners of the Southern League’s Biloxi Shuckers wants to bring minor league baseball back to Mobile. The group also includes support and investment from legendary Baseball Hall of Famers from Mobile, Alabama Hank Aaron and Ozzie Smith. […]

FBI To Build $1 Billion Campus In Huntsville

by David Preston on November 15, 2019 in Alabama Economic News

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investing over $1 Billion dollars in office space and complexes in Huntsville’s Redstone Arsenal. When all work is completed over 4,000 FBI employees should be stationed out of the new Huntsville offices. Huntsville is known as the Rocket City […]

Poarch Creek Tribe Proposes to Expand Gambling in Alabama

by David Preston on November 13, 2019 in Alabama Economic News

The Poarch Band of Creek Indians launched a website to promote their “Winning For Alabama” proposal to expand gambling operations in Alabama. This plan would also give them exclusive rights to all forms of class three gaming in the state, except for a lottery. The […]

Jeff Sessions Announces Run For His Old Senate Seat

by David Preston on November 8, 2019 in Alabama Election News

Former U.S. Attorney General and former U.S. Senator from Alabama Jeff Sessions announced on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News television show that he was throwing his hat into the Republican Primary to try and get his old Senate seat back that is currently held by Doug […]

Mobile Air Passenger Traffic Grows

by David Preston on November 6, 2019 in Alabama Local News

Mobile Airport passenger traffic grew almost 7.4% in the fiscal year 2019 over the fiscal year 2018. This growth rate is double their normal growth rate for Mobile and over three times the projected growth rate of passenger traffic nationwide. Several factors led to this […]

How To Improve Alabama’s Rural Healthcare Options

by David Preston on October 28, 2019 in Alabama Opinion Editorials

This election season you’re going to hear a lot about rural healthcare and how to solve the ever-increasing crisis of access to healthcare in rural and poor parts of Alabama. It is a crisis that needs to be tackled head-on, however, most of the solutions […]

Five Questions with Kiani Gardner

by David Preston on October 28, 2019 in Alabama Election News

This article continues an ongoing series of articles where BamaPolitics.com will ask questions of the candidates running for federal office in 2020. These articles are designed to give our readers an introduction to each candidate and give you a better understanding of why they are […]

Political Advocacy Group Attacks Poarch Creek Indians

by David Preston on October 25, 2019 in Alabama Economic News

A new non-profit political advocacy group called Poarch Creek Accountability Now has been formed to ‘bring attention’ to an unfair playing field between the Poarch Creek Band of Indians and the rest of the people of the state. Former State Senator Gerald Dial is the […]

Mobile Likely To Assemble Up To 100 Airbus Planes Ordered By Spirit Airlines

by David Preston on October 24, 2019 in Alabama Economic News

Spirit Airlines, a growing ultra-low-cost airline carrier, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for a commitment of 100 A320neo family aircraft with an option of 50 more. The Airbus A320 is assembled in Mobile, AL. This is the first commitment from a […]