Category: Editorial

Senator Tommy Tuberville We are officially over 50 days into the Trump 2.0 White House, and I can confidently say the Swamp is draining more and more by the second. President Trump campaigned largely on a mission to root out the vast waste and fraud that has entrenched itself in the federal government for decades. The President and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have quickly exposed how bureaucrats in…

What does the Democrat Party stand for? To the editor:Did anyone see the child-like exhibition that the Democrat Congress put on full display for everyone in America and the world to see. They refused to stand or clap for a 13-year-old young man, D. J. Daniel, who has hopefully beat brain cancer and was to receive an honorary Secret Service membership badge. To deny this young man the encouragement that…

Hundreds of billions in wasteful spending To the editor:The largest employment in the United States of America is government employment (most are unnecessary jobs and a waste of taxpayer funds). The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has and continues to identify hundreds of billions of dollars in wasteful spending, not only offshore, but even more domestically. We, the people, have been told that Social Security and Medicare are our largest…

Volunteering benefits everyone Dear Editor,Having recently retired from a 10-year volunteer stint with the Pride of Atmore, I would like to share with our community what it means, and how important it is, to be a volunteer in our wonderful town.Over the past 25 years, I have witnessed a remarkable turnaround in Atmore. An incredible rebirth in community pride, economic growth, and an embracing of the diversity and inclusion of…

Congressman Jerry Carl As my time representing Alabama’s First Congressional District in Washington comes to an end, I have been reflecting on why I ran for Congress and some of the things my team and I have done for south Alabama.I never thought I’d end up running for political office, much less for Congress. I spent most of my life building businesses, growing my family, and doing what I could…