David Preston, Author at Bama Politics

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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