Walter Simon

Amazon Union Drive Fails: Republicans Rejoice and Oppose Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

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Guest Column – By James Rhodes – I am motivated by the most recent comments by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell explaining why he, nor his party, could support the national Biden infrastructure proposal: “…because the most unworthy would receive the vast majority of benefits…” As it turns out, the “most unworthy” are basically defined…

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A Socially Distant ‘Public’ Hearing Over Alabama Power’s Plan to Cap a Coal Ash Pond

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By Walter Simon and Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — It was supposed to be an open public hearing for public engagement about a plan by Alabama Power to cap and close a giant coal ash storage pond by the Mobile River. But when people showed up at the Hampton Inn in Saraland on Tuesday,…

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