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David Preston, Author at Bama Politics

David is a small business owner who 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.

Huntsville Employer Boeing: Preview For 2019 Paris Air Show

By David Preston on June 12, 2019 | Opinion

The Paris Air Show will be a different kind of show for Boeing this year due to two recent crashes of the Boeing 737 Max plane, the first a Lion Air 737…

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An Airbus A320 sits at the Paris Air Show. The A320 along with the A220 are built in Mobile, AL.

A Preview of Alabama’s Impact At The Paris Air Show

By David Preston on June 11, 2019 | Opinion

I am too young ever to have attended the World’s Fair. I have also never been to a European Airshow either.  I can only imagine that the atmosphere at both is very similar. The excitement…

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Let’s Ride Rails Again, Mobile! Amtrak Set To Resume Mobile-New Orleans

By David Preston on June 9, 2019 | Opinion

On Friday, June 7th, Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker announced that the Southern Rail Commission received a grant from the Federal Government for $33 million.  This…

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Mobile Flyers: Here Are Some Scenarios For Future Orlando Direct Flights

By David Preston on June 5, 2019 | Opinion

Recently Via Airlines announced that they are suspending all commercial flight operations within the state of Alabama. This announcement was a part…

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Rendering of the proposed I-10 Mobile river Bridge.

For Whom Do The Bells Toll?

By David Preston on June 2, 2019 | Opinion

Those Bells you hear? They are tolls that will strangle the golden goose.

Ok so I am mixing metaphors just a little bit, but it does illustrate my point. The proposed tolls by ALDOT on…

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Mobile Civic Center

Questions Regarding The Redevelopment Of The Mobile Civic Center

By David Preston on May 31, 2019 | Opinion

Is releasing the names of the people on a secret committee on a Sunday night, that to this point remained under wraps, transparency?

On the evening of May 12th, the Mobile mayor’s office

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