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Two groups have already failed to save the Gov. Patton Home. First, William McDonald and the Florence Historical Board failed. They instigated the group that formed a 15 person committee which failed miserably in its efforts.
The committee suffered one robbery, announced the presence of a werewolf, and after two years ended in a disarray. The second group was anonymous, but apparently failed in its attempts to find a buyer for the old house: Ripples.
Now, it's been announced that a third group has formed:
Since our last article on "Sweetwater," several things have come to light. We'll address only one today. What is the official name of the old home? It's seems not Sweetwater Mansion or the Weeden Home.
On June 17, 1976, the edifice was registered with the Alabama Historical Commission as the Gov. Patton Home. Is that what we should now call it? Should the name be changed? Since this is the official name, that is the name we'll use from this point on.
What is being done to save the Gov. Patton Home? Either very little or quite a lot. We'll let you decide tomorrow.
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One of the most damning charges against Lauderdale County Circuit Judge Gil Self is hiring his son as a law clerk. The County paid the younger Self over 50K for the work he did with the approval of local attorney Jamy Poss who served on the law library board.
Yet according to newly released court documents, last September Self testified that he hadn't asked anyone for approval. So which is it?
As of now, there's no trial date set for Self. All his cases have been assigned to others, but Lauderdale's trial docket has to have been dramatically slowed.
Readers frequently ask us why this or that defendant hasn't come to trial. Obviously, those seeking justice will have a much longer wait.
Remember Roy Moore and his lovely wife Kayla (that was sarcasm)? His Foundation for Moral Law is still alive and kicking and asking for money. Its chief counsel is one Col. John Eidsmore. Colonel of what? Is this man helping to run our military? Heaven help us!
Now Eidsmore has proclaimed IVF is wrong. He's worried that discarding frozen embryos is murder. Never mind the eight million people now alive in the U.S. due to this procedure.
In case there's any doubt, embryos can't grow outside a woman's body. That hasn't deterred Eidsmore who says science is working on implanting human embryos in sheep. Well, we certainly had to look that one up.
Guess what! We couldn't find that. We have found where certain organs may be cloned inside sheep at some point. Now, be honest, if your parent, spouse, or child needed that organ, you wouldn't object at all.
We're pretty sure Col. Eidsmore would object...in his finite wisdom. If you hear of anyone planning on giving money to Roy Moore's subversive group, please tell them not to.
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For all the faults of the Florence City government (most related to its current mayor), it has for years presented its council meetings to the general public in some manner. For the past few years, Facebook users could see the exploits of council president Dick Jordan without having to dress and drive downtown twice a month.
Now some of this has changed. From a reader:
All the city council meetings between August 2023 - January 2024 appear to be completely gone off of Facebook, that is 11 meetings that the public can no longer go back and watch. Those meetings include several important votes such as the Air Bnb vote. By the way, the videos for the work sessions are also gone, so that is at least 22 videos that have been removed from the City Of Florence, Alabama - Government Facebook page.We suggest creating a Facebook page called "Archived Florence Council Meetings." The 22 missing videos, as well as any others, will have a new home. Florence needs the transparency...and a new mayor.
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