depravity
While wasting my life away in the overthrow of grad school and books, I’ve not completely separated myself from society. OK, well, society, yes. But, definitely not the news.
Amazingly, Alabama will be raising the income tax threshold from $4500 to more than $12000 in a family. This is great news, especially in light of our regressive tax structure outlined in the 1901 Constitution. Maybe this new agreement between Riley and the legislature will get some things accomplished… like a new Constitution? We’ll see…
Otherwise, I’ve been trying to brush up for an upcoming trip to New York & Washington… as an adult leader for high school juniors and seniors. This year’s topic is immigration. It should be interesting to see how it plays out in the seminars at the UN & Methodist Building. The group is in the beginning of the blog stage. Here’s hoping it will begin to liven up a bit. 
Uh, oh. It looks like State Senator Hank Erwin (a.k.a. aspiring Pat Robertson-ite) is at it again. This man just doesn’t know when to stop hacking everyone off. All I can ask is that he please review his Southern Baptist background from the early 1990s: separation of church and state.
For now, it’s back to the books, and not to my bed.
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Thanks for the link! Yes, Sen. Erwin is just the epitome of open-mindedness and respect for the rights of women…
I’m pleased about the increase in the income tax threshold. It would be nice if the Legislature would consider indexing it so we don’t have to fight this battle for years into the future, but that might take too much forethought. Heads could explode.
Erwin is just what you called hiim: a nutjob. That man opens his mouth and shoves his foot in more times than I’m able to count. It’s embarrassing really, to have him around.
I’m very glad the threshold has been raised. Here’s hoping it will bring about some change in the tax structure. Those folks benefitting from the threshold will definitely gain if a new Constitution will issue a less regressive one.
Emily, at the risk of being redundant, I will leave the same comment with you that I did with Kathy:
“I may have found some clues to Erwin’s mindset by checking his bio on the Senate website. It says, “He and his wife, Shelia Joyce Erwin, are the parents of two children: Andrew and Jonathan.â€? So!! He doesn’t have a daughter to be concerned about and when he is cavorting on Goat Hill he may leave Sheila at home locked into a chastity belt and he has the only key tucked away in his twisted drawers. His “B.A. degree from Southwestern Bible College and an M.A. degree from Dallas Seminaryâ€? probably explain a bit more. All of that theological training and his present church activities didn’t seem to teach him to practice “total abstinenceâ€? or to keep his trousers on and his fly zipped up though.”
On a different topic: Being new at reading blogs I haven’t found a way on yours to contact you, and if you are interested in Alabama government and/or politics, I would like to be able to email you items from time to time that I wouldn’t want to post here, or that I can’t find a suitable topic to comment on to which they might apply. Feel free to email me, and to delete this paragraph from your blog.