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Mr. President: Promote Alabama Jobs By Working With Airbus

by David Preston on September 19, 2019 in Alabama Opinion Editorials

If the tariff policies of President Donald Trump are about protecting American jobs and promoting American businesses and products, then the tariff proposal by the administration that was recently approved by the World Trade Organization on the European Union provides the Federal Government the perfect […]

Kiani Gardner: My Response to Repeal of WOTUS Rule

by Kiani Gardner on September 19, 2019 in Alabama Opinion Editorials

We often hear from politicians and pundits that infrastructure is the only true bipartisan issue. Fair enough – we all rely on roads, bridges, sewer systems. But if the definition of a bipartisan issue is one upon which we all rely, how on earth did […]

Airbus: ‘Hard’ To Invest In Mobile During Trade War

by David Preston on September 16, 2019 in Alabama Local News

On Thursday, September 12, 2019, Canadian aviation news and information site FliegetFaust reported that government officials from Mobile and Baldwin County toured the Airbus A220 manufacturing facility at Mirabel, Canada. Mobile City Councilman C.J. Small wrote in his district email newsletter, “All of (Airbus’) FAL […]

We Want A Divorce, Alabama

by David Preston on September 11, 2019 in Alabama Opinion Editorials

Dear Alabama, We want a divorce. Sincerely, Mobile County and Baldwin County. It’s been a good 200 years, but now it is time for us to go our separate ways. Ever since Alabama was created, we have always been used as your piggy bank, and […]

To Mobile Leadership: Stop Fighting And Get To Work

by David Preston on September 7, 2019 in Alabama Opinion Editorials

When the City Council and the Mayor fight, it’s the citizens that end up the ultimate losers. In December of 2018, Mayor Sandy Stimpson sued the City Council for what he believed to be violations of the governing document of the city of Mobile, known […]

I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project is ‘Dead’

by David Preston on August 29, 2019 in Alabama Local News

On August 28, 2019, the Eastern Shore Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) met to discuss it’s 2020 through 2023 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP). The most significant point of discussion was whether to include the Interstate 10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project in its TIP. The […]

Five Questions With Doug Jones

by David Preston on August 21, 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 […]

Tow Woes Abound in the Port City

by David Preston on August 20, 2019 in Alabama Opinion Editorials

Mobile has a towing problem. If you ask the police administration, they will tell you it started with towing companies overcharging for their services. If you ask the towing companies, they will tell you it started when the police administration started targeting a few companies […]

Mobile Anti-Toll Leaders Should Stop Fussing at the Kid’s Table

by David Preston on August 13, 2019 in Alabama Opinion Editorials

Like most populist movements headed by the Tea Party Movement, the omissions, the misinformation, and the outright lies are starting to metastasize in the anti-toll movement related to the I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project. These untruths and misinformation doesn’t need to stop efforts […]

Let’s Understand the Full Impact of Tourism, Mobile

by David Preston on August 9, 2019 in Alabama Opinion Editorials

It’s time that the city of Mobile stops using a whack-a-mole approach to handling, developing, and managing the different tourist attractions and tourist draws to the city. It seems like this administration hops from one issue to another when dealing with properties in this city […]