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Editorial: Year to Remember

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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.

We are closing the book this week on a year that saw many changes, challenges and opportunities. What a year for our world as we sat witness to a number of epic events. 

The year was underlined with the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. 

Revolutionary change in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya as the people of those countries demanded new leadership. 

The death of Osama bin Laden and the 10 year commemoration of 9/11 bringing together the end of one man's tyranny and the memorial of so many innocent lives lost. 

The 'Occupy' protestors giving voice to the discontentment Americans have only before quietly expressed.

The jubilation of the December 15th U.S. declaration that the war in Iraq was over to the somber memorials of some 460 innocent lives lost this year alone. 

The British Royal Wedding gave us brief pause as we watched the pageantry that could only be the royal wedding while back at home here in Alabama we began picking up the pieces following the devastating April Tornados that took place only days before. 

For the first time in more than a century both houses of the legislative branch of state government came under Republican control, we elected Robert Bentley as governor, dealt with a Bingo trial and enacted an Immigration law. 

As we enter 2012 our first order of business will be to cheer on the University of Alabama in hopes of bringing home to Alabama the BCS Championship for the third year in a row. 

We at WSFA 12 News thank you for sharing your valuable time with us over the past year and we wish you nothing but the best in 2012.

We appreciate and encourage your feedback.

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