Tuscumbia Business Licenses/Hit & Run

We had a few readers who informed us that the old Four-Way Motel is not in the City of Tuscumbia. While that may be true, it is in the police jurisdiction. The Alabama Department of Revenue mandates that cities require a business license for establishments within their police jurisdiction. So, yes, at least some city offices knew the facility, be it a treatment center or half-way house, was coming. 

As of today, so far as we can ascertain, the facility has two patients/inmates. Both are non-violent. We keep hearing the word "violent" being applied to these offenders; however, we doubt that this will be the case. 

We do think that the Tuscumbia City Council should have held hearings on the matter - remember, this is in the city's police jurisdiction. If you live in Tuscumbia and are upset, contact your city council members. That being said, we've seen some projects practically fought over by the City of Florence and Lauderdale County, so the Colbert County Commission could have probably stepped in if it had wanted to...if it knew the facility was coming. 

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It hasn't been that long ago that aspiring glamour model Christina Marie Carroll was arrested for a Florence hit-and-run. Now would-be electrician David Lee Borden of Cherokee has been arrested for a similar crime in Leighton. 

After the Carroll crime, we had at least two readers who criticized this blog for highlighting the case. They both admitted the hit-and-run was wrong, but sought to lay some blame on the victim. It does not matter if the victim was responsible for the accident. In both cases, they may have been.

What matters for legal and moral purposes is that the drivers chose to leave the scene of the accident. How hard is that to understand? David Lee Borden chose to leave the scene not once, but twice. He said he "panicked" the second time. So did he have an excuse for leaving the first time? 

At least his mama or some similar family member in whom he confided made him come back to face his despicable actions...