Volume
1 Issue 1 - March 2001
Independent Thought
It is not about which flag flies over the capitol dome! Nor is it about religious preferences!
It is about economic development, educational quality, tax reform, health care and financial growth. Voter News Network is targeting key pocketbook issues that impact our daily lives. It is a news service focusing on the politics of Alabama and Washington. We are implementing a new political strategy for independent thinkers. Voter News Network is bringing us together as "political free agents."
The political free agency idea was originally conceived to encourage black voters to carve out a political niche; to mobilize and organize an independent group that demands the attention of everyone seeking state or national offices. We advocated this concept in an editorial published in the Birmingham News, Montgomery Advertiser, and other newspapers around the state. The overwhelming positive response from non-African Americans to the editorial forced us to reevaluate our audience. ...more
UA TO GET NEW TRUSTEE - OR MAYBE NOT!
IT'S POLITICAL JOCKEY-ING TIME
BUDDY OR BID PROCESS: PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS APPROVED BY STATE AGENCIES
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE WILL FACE MANY CHALLENGES IN 2001 REGULAR SESSION
by: Seth Hammett
PARTY POLITICS: BEST WAY TO GO
by: Earl F. Hilliard
FLAT TAX PROPOSAL
by: Richard Shelby
BLACK VOTERS MUST BECOME POLITICAL FREE AGENTS
by: Donald V. Watkins
WASHINGTON POST ADVERTISEMENT: CONFIRM JOHN ASHCROFT!
by: Donald V. Watkins