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Baldwin County The United States Capitol building in Washington

Former Alabama GOP Chairman Says His Own Party Helped Pave the Road to Bigger Government

James Bullard, February 28, 2009

Marty Connors, former chairman of the Alabama Republican Party, argued that Republicans could not credibly attack federal spending without first admitting how much of it they had authorized themselves.

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Local News A shopper at a retail store checkout counter

Mobile’s Sales Tax Receipts Jumped More Than 20 Percent in the Month of the Tax Holiday

James Bullard, November 16, 2006

City figures showed Mobile collected $9.7 million in August 2006 sales taxes, up more than 20 percent from the prior year, in the month of Alabama’s back-to-school sales tax holiday.

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Baldwin County A rural family farm with a barn and open land, the kind of asset central to the estate tax debate

Shelby Pressed the Case Against the Estate Tax, Calling It a Threat to Family Farms and Small Business

James Bullard, June 16, 2006

In June 2006, Sen. Richard Shelby argued that the federal estate tax, scheduled to return in 2011, threatened family farms and small businesses, and pressed for permanent repeal after a Senate defeat.

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