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Editorials: Legislative Compromise

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  • Friday, May 18 2012 7:20 PM EDT2012-05-18 23:20:53 GMT
    If you text and drive it's a matter of WHEN and not IF you will be involved in an accident. The odds are stacked against you when your eyes and hands are more focused on your cell phone than they are
    If you text and drive it's a matter of WHEN and not IF you will be involved in an accident.  The odds are stacked against you when your eyes and hands are more focused on your cell phone than they are the other motorists on the roadways.

  • Tuesday, May 15 2012 7:20 PM EDT2012-05-15 23:20:31 GMT
    On our editorial suggesting that the governor raise taxes to fund Medicaid, we received these comments: "If the budget is passed at this severely cut rate, the shortage of physicians, hospitals, and clinics
    On our editorial suggesting that the governor raise taxes to fund Medicaid, we received these comments:

  • Tuesday, May 1 2012 7:20 PM EDT2012-05-01 23:20:35 GMT
    If your commute includes I-85 in the mornings I'm sure you've noticed men alongside the roadways picking up trash and road debris and thought to yourself "who would want to do that?"
    If your commute includes I-85 in the mornings I'm sure you've noticed men alongside the roadways picking up trash and road debris and thought to yourself "who would want to do that?"

  • Friday, April 20 2012 7:20 PM EDT2012-04-20 23:20:42 GMT
    For the next sixty seconds I want you to give yourself permission to push pause on whatever you are doing and listen and reflect for a moment. I did this recently after reading an article titled "Top five

  • Wednesday, April 18 2012 7:27 PM EDT2012-04-18 23:27:31 GMT
    Representative Christopher John England (Tuscaloosa) has sponsored a bill in the Alabama legislature that would allow convicted felons of drug crimes to receive food stamps under certain circumstances.
MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) -

Everyone take a deep breath and sit back down.  That's what congressional leaders are doing this week at the White House to resolve and forestall an economic catastrophe.

If you have been in front of a television this week you have seen the drama play out between President Obama and the GOP congressional leaders.

On August 2nd we have $9 billion dollars of government debt due and roughly $1.8 trillion due before the end of the year.  The issue - we do not have this money on hand to pay these debts.  The options - increase the debt ceiling, raise taxes, cut spending or a combination of some or all.

 What we need right now is less partisan rhetoric, less political posturing in front of cameras and more compromise.  Compromise by definition "is the settlement of differences in which each side makes concessions."   

So here is your opportunity and responsibility - elected leaders - to earn the office "we the people" voted you into by finding a middle ground and setting a new course for economic stability.   To do less would be irresponsible leadership and would be viewed as such by most of the voters who put you in Washington.

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