We passed the Senate Tourism committee today on a unanimous vote. There was even a nice write-up by Phillip Rawls on the AP wire. While certainly welcome news, it was not at all unexpected; we passed the same committee last year. We never expected opposition in committee, and (cross your fingers while knocking on wood) [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Hostage
Once again, the Senate is being held hostage by one Senator who is not getting his way. That sure didn’t take long, did it? This is essentially what happened last year, only now it’s a different Senator throwing a tantrum over a different bill. You can hardly blame Phil Poole. He didn’t design the system. [...]
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The Gourmet Beer Bills 2009
We now have bills in front of the legislature. The House Gourmet Beer Bill is HB373, sponsored by Representative Thomas Jackson, who has been our bill sponsor in the House on each occasion. The Senate Gourmet Beer Bill is SB132, now sponsored by Senator Singleton as our former Senate sponsor, Senator Parker Griffith, was elected [...]
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Cross Your Fingers
As you’re hopefully already aware, today begins the 2009 Session of the Alabama Legislature. We have a part-time legislature that only works a few months each year, so our window to get bills passed is fairly small. As always, I am hopeful. We have made progress every year since we began working on the ABV [...]
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