Category: Alabama

Solution for Jefferson County

The Montgomery Advertisor explains what’s needed to address the situation in Jefferson County, Alabama. Stringent ethics laws, with strict disclosure requirements, would help create a more transparent operating climate for government. Better campaign finance laws that make clear the links between the contributions of individuals or interest groups and the politicians who get those contributions […]

John and Monica Conyers

The Post reports on Monica Conyers’ guilty plea here. In the snow-covered parking lot of a McDonald’s in Detroit two years ago, City Council member Monica Conyers met with a waste-management consultant who slipped her an envelope stuffed with as much as $3,000 in cash. The under-the-table payment, made shortly after she cast the swing […]