Republican Do Nothing Legislatively
March 6, 2013
D
onald Trump’s be coming their nominee
as a Republicans have
themselves to blame for his
presidential possibility. It
started on the night a group
of them met to oppose the
newly elected AfricanAmerican
President
Barack Obama while he
was enjoying and attending
the several parties throughout the nation capital in
honor of his election.
The next day or shortly
thereafter Senate republileader
Mitch
can
McConnell came out and
said they would do every-
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thing they could to see
that
newly
elected
President Barack Obama
failed as president of the
United States of America.
I had never in my life
heard such opposition
against an incoming president and considered it not
only a violation of constitutional obligation but as
well racist.
Further it
showed our many troops in
harm’s way would not get
the support they needed
through their commander
in chief, the president,
through legislative action.
For almost 8 years the
has
not
republicans
stepped up to do anything
in support of President
Barrack Obama. Further
they have ignored many of
the invitations to visit the
White House.
We are blessed
in
President Obama we elected a smart intelligent professor of constitutional
law, a former Illinois State
House of Representative
and United States Senator
who used the powers
invested in him to use
presidential orders to get
many things done by pass(Continued on page 4A)
Trump Taking Back America:
He should talk about
America’s founding history
F
irst we are asking
Donald Trump where
did the people who occupied the 13 Colonies come
from? Were they original
founders of America?
Were they immigrants to
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Native Indians occupied
land? Was America founded on confiscated native
Indian Land?
Hopefully Mr. Trump
can answer the several
questions asked above as
inquiry of America’s founding. Historically the founding was as a result of taking
from someone else and
making the taking more
secure by bringing in slaves
to strengthening the nation
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President Barack Obama and Senator Mitch McMconnell.
in development and commerce from 1619 through
1865 using free slave labor.
The founders of America
discovered that native
Indians would not conform
to a slave life style, it was
decided to move native
Indians out of the south
(The March of Tears) to the
Oklahoma Territory with
black slaves occupying
their land picking developed cotton fields and
building massive plantation
homes to oversee slave
farm slave labor; creating a
National GDP propelling
America to a powerful
nation achieved by displacing Indians from fertile land
and creating free slave labor
making cotton “the king.”
The Louisiana purchase
was from the French, who
feared America’s power
would eventually move to
take the land from them,
because they had lost Haiti
as a result of a slave rebellion and had been weaken
and decided to sell.
As I write this partial
true story of the founding
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of America…I ask Donald
Trump How can he say he
wants to “Take America
Back”? We ask him to
remember the 13 colonies.
We ask him that the
Amendments to the Constitution are powerful and
suggest he read them thoroughly for accuracy he
needs to support his view of
our America that was taken
from the Natives of this
land and the institution of
slavery. The Constitution
and its amendments make
us all inclusive Americans.
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A Mother’s Desperate Plea
T
Cynthia Ward Davis, mother of Kharon Davis
he Fifth Amendment of
the United States Constitution states that “no one
shall be deprived of life,
liberty or property without
due process of law.”
The Fourteenth Amendment ratified in 1868 uses
the same eleven words
called the “due process
clause” to describe a legal
obligation of all states.
Unfortunately,
due
process of law does not
seem to be the case for
young Kharon Davis (see
pictured above) who has
been confined in the
Houston Jail system for
the last nine (9) years.
According to official
reports,
this
young
African-American
man
was charged with capital
murder on June 9, 2007
and has been held at the
Houston County jail without due process of a
speedy trial.
Although Mr. Davis has
been accused of a capital
crime, he has yet to be
proven guilty in a court of
law. In the eyes of the law
Mr. Davis is innocent until
proven guilty. Only a trial
can settle the matter of Mr.
The City of Dothan’s statement regarding the
suit filed by Attorney General Luther Strange
T
oday, the City of Dothan
received a notice that the State
of Alabama has filed a complaint
concerning the number of sewer
violations reported over the past
several years.
The City of Dothan looks forward to responding to the State’s
inquiry and providing information
demonstrating the City’s commitment to overhauling our aging
sewer system in order to provide a
fully safe and healthy environment
for our citizens.
As a progressive City, we are
very proud of the work that has
been done over the past few years
to resolve a sewer issue that took
decades to create.
To date, the City of Dothan has
either spent or has committed to
spend over $100 million on our
sewer system, which includes $40
million at Little Choctawhatchee
Wastewater Treatment Plant and
decommissioning of the Beaver
Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant,
$41
million
at
Omussee
Wastewater Treatment Plant, and
$19 million to upgrade the City’s
sewer pipes.
We look forward to quickly
resolving the States complaint,
which we hope finally brings an
end to an enforcement process that
began with EPA’s Administrative
Order of Consent in 2012.” –Mayor Mike Schmitz
By Manuel Dillingham
Davis’ guilt or innocence
once and for all.
Meanwhile, as this
young man has continued
to linger in a jail cell
awaiting his day in court, a
loving and devoted mother
continues to suffer the
heartbreak of a system that
does not seem to work on
his behalf. Ms. Cynthia
Ward Davis continues to
bear the burden and desperation of seeking justice
for her son.
I had the honor and
privileged of meeting Ms.
Davis for this interview.
She has for the last nine
years given her all to seek
justice and fairness for her
son. Her story of dedication and tenacity is quite
awe inspiring. Ms. Davis,
who has expressed in no
uncertain terms her belief
that her son, Kharon, is
innocent; outlined a litany
of concerted attempts she
has made to bring closure
to her son’s dilemma.
She has expended all of
her expendable resources.
She has written numerous
letters to the State
Legislature, local judges,
lawyers, and even a letter
to
former
Attorney
General, Eric Holder for
help and support. She has
orchestrated prayer vigils
and participated in protest
marches for a better justice system. Ms. Davis has
spent many sleepless
nights worrying about the
safety of her son who has
for the last two years been
in lockdown. This means
she has not been able to
see or speak to her son in
all that time.
This mother is in great
need of the well wishes
and prayers of all of those
who are so inclined. But
what she needs, desires
and deserves most is the
Kharon Davis, in jail for
9 years waiting trial.
due process guaranteed to
any citizen under the law.
It is her great hope as
well as mine and others
that the new District
Attorney, Pat Jones, will
expeditiously present this
case before a jury of
Kharon Davis’ peers, giving him the justice granted
to all by our Constitution.
Regardless of the outcome, Mr. Davis deserves
his day in court. In the
words of the prophet
Amos, it is time to “Let
justice roll down like
waters, and righteous like
a might stream.”
‘Remember you are human’
Judge tells 8 new Birmingham police officers
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By Carol Robinson
ight new Birmingham police officers will
hit the streets this weekend after graduating today from the department’s academy.
Birmingham police Chief A.C. Roper
welcomed Class 101-133, which completed
20 weeks of intense training. They will
now spend 16 weeks with a Field Training
Officer before going out on their own.
“When you look at them, you see eight.
When we started, we had an applicant pool
of over 300,’’ Roper said. “So this 8 is
small in size, but special in character,
ethics and effort.”
When Roper took office in 2007, he
made three promises: greet the recruits on
their first day of the academy, personally
teach them the ethics class himself, and run
with them through a city neighborhood
before they graduated. The chief took that
Eight new Birmingham Police Department
officers graduated recently at a ceremony
held at the BJCC.
jog with the recruits earlier this week.
Today’s ceremony was held at 11 a.m. in
the East Meeting Room of the Birmingham
Jefferson Convention Complex. Birmingham
Municipal Court Judge Brendette Brown
Green served as the keynote speaker.
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