Is they getting nervious, talking about those Republicans? They are finally letting Former Alabama Governor come home.
The political beacon has learned that Former Gov. Don Siegelman will be released from prison, after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals granted him an appeal bond. We will bring you more on this as it develops.
Stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Attorneys have until May 23 to file Siegelman and Scrushy appeal briefs
The political beacon has learned that a federal court has given attorneys for former Gov. Don Siegelman and HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy until May 23 to file briefs in the appeal of their 2006 convictions. The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday issued the filing deadline. Prosecutors have 60 days after May 23 to file a response. Defense lawyers have 45 days after that to file a second brief. Siegelman and Scrushy have been in prison for almost nine months. Siegelman was sentenced to seven years and four months, and Scrushy was sentenced to six years and 10 months.
Move out in 60 days
At the end of the spring semester, dozens of students and families renting homes from the University of South Alabama will have to move out. Earlier this month, the school sent notices to those living in 19 homes in the Hillsdale community. USA says it is getting out of the single family housing rental business. Soon all the u-s-a rental homes will be torn down. The Political Beacon has discovered that once the homes are torn down, the land will be used for the new Jags football team field house and storage facility. Some students are highly upset over this move by the USA board.
What are Commissioner Mike Dean and State Rep. Spencer Collier doing for South Mobile County?
Grand Bay area residents are worried that they been lied to over and over again by their elected official. Commissioner Mike Dean who represents the area on the Mobile County Commission has been promising the citizens of the Grand Bay area that he will do whatever he can to fix their bad dirt roads, but has the commissioner delivered on his promises? The answer is no!
Commissioner Dean has promised over a period of time that the County will do what it can to fix the bad dirt roads. Because of those bad dirt roads Grand Bay area residents has lost their children school bus transportation to school, mail service and their garbage pickup could be next. Would commissioner Dean want to live like that, I don’t think so. Now Commissioner Dean is blaming the problem on the State, and advocating that it is a private road and the state has give the county permission to perform work on the road with allocated funds. Dean says as long as it comes with its own funding, he's all for it.
As county commissioner, Dean and State Rep. Collier need to work together to solve this issue with its residents on whatever level it takes to make sure that the citizens in South Mobile County receive its share of tax dollars to repair their roads and improve their community living conditions.
Commissioner Dean has promised over a period of time that the County will do what it can to fix the bad dirt roads. Because of those bad dirt roads Grand Bay area residents has lost their children school bus transportation to school, mail service and their garbage pickup could be next. Would commissioner Dean want to live like that, I don’t think so. Now Commissioner Dean is blaming the problem on the State, and advocating that it is a private road and the state has give the county permission to perform work on the road with allocated funds. Dean says as long as it comes with its own funding, he's all for it.
As county commissioner, Dean and State Rep. Collier need to work together to solve this issue with its residents on whatever level it takes to make sure that the citizens in South Mobile County receive its share of tax dollars to repair their roads and improve their community living conditions.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The beginning of school system job cuts and confusion in Satsuma over area students
The City of Satsuma just north of Saraland says no to transfer of students to former Shaw High School and the Mobile County school board at its Tuesday night meeting approved possibly cutting 54 positions -- ranging from carpenter to social worker to assistant superintendent -- in the system's central office as a result of an expected budget crunch.
Satsuma City Councilman E.L. Phillips said that if their middle school students from his community are bused to Shaw High in northwest Mobile next year, his city may follow Saraland in splitting from the system at last night meeting. "We're going to keep our kids, with or without you," Phillips told the school board members last evening in Satsuma at Robert E. Lee Elementary School. Phillips said he also believes the system is being punished. Satsuma Mayor Billy Bush also spoke against busing. The mayor urged the board not to bus kids to former Shaw High School as well.
School Board member Hazel Fournier said that she was offended by a Satsuma resident comment, that the City of Satsuma would change if their kids were bused to Shaw High School. All of this comes when the system needs unity the most with an unbalanced budget. The system needs to come together and balance the budget that will provide a decent education to our children and provide them with the resources they needed to do so. Hazel Fournier have represented the Satsuma area and northwest Mobile County on the Mobile County School Board for about 18 years, Saraland which was also a part of Ms. Fournier district before they split from the Mobile County School System in 2006 has started its owns local city school system. Is Ms. Fournier doing enough on the School Board and at Central Office to represent her district? The school board has $51 Million dollars sitting waiting to be allocated to district for new school construction, which means she should seek funding for a new middle school for that area and its students do that they would remain in their communities. Saraland broke away because they felt their area students were being left out.
Supt. Nichols is doing good job in my sense by starting to eliminate some of those positions at the Central Office, most of positions are not needed, and some of those duties needs to be put on those do nothing that is sitting there collecting tax payers dollars and hindering our children educational process. But I do disagree with the plan to cut administrators and teachers position we need them in our schools. I strongly believe that the school board and Dr. Nichols need to sit down and examine all the non-sense spending and not to overlook it, but take action on it and I believe it will save the system millions of dollars. The board needs to speak up and stop protecting the wasteful spending and expose the wasteful spending.
The system could have made repairs to the former Blount High School to house those students in North Mobile County area instead of leasing it to another source, just temporarily at least. That would be closer that busing those students all the way out to Shaw High School campus. Time will speak for itself on the board decision on effective leadership. Every school board candidate this year is touting change, new ideas and effective leadership for our system and children, the question is will they really deliver on that promise.
Satsuma City Councilman E.L. Phillips said that if their middle school students from his community are bused to Shaw High in northwest Mobile next year, his city may follow Saraland in splitting from the system at last night meeting. "We're going to keep our kids, with or without you," Phillips told the school board members last evening in Satsuma at Robert E. Lee Elementary School. Phillips said he also believes the system is being punished. Satsuma Mayor Billy Bush also spoke against busing. The mayor urged the board not to bus kids to former Shaw High School as well.
School Board member Hazel Fournier said that she was offended by a Satsuma resident comment, that the City of Satsuma would change if their kids were bused to Shaw High School. All of this comes when the system needs unity the most with an unbalanced budget. The system needs to come together and balance the budget that will provide a decent education to our children and provide them with the resources they needed to do so. Hazel Fournier have represented the Satsuma area and northwest Mobile County on the Mobile County School Board for about 18 years, Saraland which was also a part of Ms. Fournier district before they split from the Mobile County School System in 2006 has started its owns local city school system. Is Ms. Fournier doing enough on the School Board and at Central Office to represent her district? The school board has $51 Million dollars sitting waiting to be allocated to district for new school construction, which means she should seek funding for a new middle school for that area and its students do that they would remain in their communities. Saraland broke away because they felt their area students were being left out.
Supt. Nichols is doing good job in my sense by starting to eliminate some of those positions at the Central Office, most of positions are not needed, and some of those duties needs to be put on those do nothing that is sitting there collecting tax payers dollars and hindering our children educational process. But I do disagree with the plan to cut administrators and teachers position we need them in our schools. I strongly believe that the school board and Dr. Nichols need to sit down and examine all the non-sense spending and not to overlook it, but take action on it and I believe it will save the system millions of dollars. The board needs to speak up and stop protecting the wasteful spending and expose the wasteful spending.
The system could have made repairs to the former Blount High School to house those students in North Mobile County area instead of leasing it to another source, just temporarily at least. That would be closer that busing those students all the way out to Shaw High School campus. Time will speak for itself on the board decision on effective leadership. Every school board candidate this year is touting change, new ideas and effective leadership for our system and children, the question is will they really deliver on that promise.
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