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Editorial: Protecting the innocent

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By Collin Gaston - bio | email

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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) -

It dawned on me as I listened to a powerful speech this week given by Jessica Brookshire, founder of K.A.R.M.A. (Kids Against Ridicule, Meanness and Aggression) that the focus of this week's bullying editorials albeit important have been on parents engaging their children before their kids do something drastic and the encouragement of lawmakers to approve legislation next year to help get this bullying issue under control. 

The missing pieces of this puzzle are these words spoken by Jessica today directed to the bullied children watching, listening or reading this editorial now.  "We hear you, we know what you are going through and we are coming to your rescue."  You are not alone in this fight. Have hope.

Growing up we all heard the adage "sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me."   Tell that to a child that has been called words like ugly, stupid or worthless and then ask them if they hurt. 

Let's make 2012 the year of protecting the innocent in Alabama where children can live and learn in a healthy, safe and productive environment.

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