Editorials
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You’d think there’d be no one on Goat Hill who’d say driving while distracted is OK — under certain conditions, of course. You’d be wrong.
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Time for bravery
Go ahead, Alabama Legislature. Be brave. Be fearless. Do the right thing.
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H. Brandt Ayers: Stop the socialists
Join the chorus; lend your voice to the populist protest. Aren’t you angry — and a little bit scared? Then unite with the swelling ranks demanding an end to socialism, shout it out: WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK !!!
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More proof about PACs
Here is another reason to end the money-laundering scheme known as PAC -to- PAC transfers — if another reason was really needed.
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Another blow to state economy?
Alabama’s benefit from winning the Air Force tanker contract would be immense. Industry and jobs would give the Mobile area an economic jolt.
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It’s time for change
Anniston Mayor Gene Robinson stood Wednesday outside City Hall and laid down the law. Like a father disciplining unruly sons, Robinson wagged his mayoral finger at his fellow “willy-nilly” city councilmen.
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Riley’s task in D.C.
Assuming that Gov. Bob Riley wasn’t seeking an escape from the gambling-debate heat in Alabama, we’re hopeful that he’s successful this week in at least one of his Washington ventures.
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Answering the moon shot
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
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Alabama’s congressional delegation faces a Herculean task. Saving 2,200 highly trained north Alabama jobs from the NASA chopping block has leaped to the top of the to-do list.
Drawing the line
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
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In the late 1950s, Alabama and Florida considered sharing the cost of a bridge across Perdido Pass at Orange Beach. That span would link the two states.
Sign up, play and study
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
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If there’s one message that prep football standouts should heed today when they sign their letters of intent, it’s this one.
Willy-nilly leadership
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
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In October, Anniston’s City Council, on a 3-1 vote, took the long overdue step of readjusting business license fees and other city fees, many of which had been untouched for four decades or longer.
They’re worth celebrating
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
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Pioneers such as Helen Keller and Rosa Parks are but two examples of women whose influence remains an indelible part of Alabama history. Soon, the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame in Marion will induct two more to its illustrious group: Eutaw’s Margaret Smith, a midwife who delivered more than 3,000 babies in west Alabama; and Birmingham’s Mary Ivy Burks, who helped establish the Sipsey Wi
$100K spent for good reason: Calhoun County’s smart move
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
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One of the positive by-products of Anniston’s chemical-weapons incinerator is Calhoun County’s level of emergency preparedness.
A better policy policy: More info is always good
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
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Since the hurricanes of 2004, private insurance coverage for Gulf Coast property has become harder to get, and the cost of wind-damage coverage has gone through the roof.

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