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Baldwin County Hand placing a paper ballot into a ballot box

Confessions of the Crossover Voter: Alabama Politicos Owned Up

James Bullard, June 25, 2007

Partisanship in Montgomery had rarely been nastier. So how many Mobile-area Democrats and Republicans had never once voted for the other side? Asked directly, remarkably few could claim it.

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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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Mobile City council chamber with seats and a dais

Peavy Votes for the Budget He Criticized, Then Takes Charge of Rewriting the City’s Playbook

James Bullard, November 30, 2004

Mobile’s newest councilman backed a budget that drains $21.1 million from capital funds, calling the vote a fait accompli, and was promptly handed the city’s new strategic initiative.

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Mobile City council chamber with seats and a dais

Peavy Votes for the Budget He Criticized, Then Takes Charge of Rewriting the City’s Playbook

James Bullard, November 30, 2004

Mobile’s newest councilman backed a budget that drains $21.1 million from capital funds, calling the vote a fait accompli, and was promptly handed the city’s new strategic initiative.

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Local News The Alabama State Capitol building in Montgomery

Mobile Lumber Executive Says No to 2006 Governor’s Race as the Field Keeps Growing

James Bullard, November 16, 2004

Gulf Lumber executive Sandy Stimpson has taken himself out of the 2006 governor’s race, but the line of prospective candidates in both parties is barely any shorter for it.

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