may not know. his name is allen dixon. and allen dixon passed away a few years now. he is somebody who in his time everybody really liked. he had a nickname in politics. his nickname was al the pal, which was not tongue-in-cheek, not satirical. he was kind of everybody s pal. he was a go along to get along politics and proudly so. he wrote a memoir about his time in politics. he was unsentimental and forward about it. generally speaking, my political career was built on good will and accommodation. good will and accommodation. by all accounts, he was a great guy. tons of friends, and good will and accommodation was a great political strategy for him. alan dixon first ran for elected office. he ran for police magistrate in belleville, illinois at the ripe old age of 21. and he one running for like the kids seat on the police magistrate board or something. he was running for real office. he won that first seat at age someone, and then he spent the rest of his adult life contin
pregnancy. it makes it a felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison for a doctor to perform an abortion. the only exception on the law in any stage of the pregnancy is for a case where the mother s health is in serious risk and includes no exceptions in case of rain or incest. after hours of impassioned debate, the bill passed 25-6 in the senate down there. the bill s sponsor in the house was clear about the ultimate goal with the measure. what they are up to with this bill. my goal is to have roe vs. wade de turned over and that decisionability to be able to sent back to the states. upon signing the bill, kay ivy ran this bill closely resembles an abortion ban that has been part of alabama law for over 100 years. as for the bill itself, it recognizes the long standing abortion law is rendered unenforceable by the court decision in roe v. wade. no matter what one s personal view, we can recognize for the short-term this bill may be unenforceable. emboldened by the 5-
To the Editor: In the mid-1980s, David Murphy, SAD #44 school administrator and Bethel Rotarian, created one of the club’s most beloved projects, the Christmas for Children program. In its 35+- years, thousands of children, and their families, have enjoyed a more joy-filled Christmas thanks, in part, to this program. We have recently wrapped up […]