The South Alabamian News Podcast
The South Alabamian Newspaper provides local news for Jackson, Alabama.
The South Alabamian News Podcast
Power behind closed doors
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The late Alvin Holmes left an indelible mark on Alabama politics. Some of it was good, some of it not so much. In 2005, the Democratic-led Alabama Legislature passed the state's Open Meetings Act, a long-sought law by the media and then-Attorney General Troy King that was intended to break up the backroom dealings of the state's government agencies, from city hall to Montgomery. Of course, it being Alabama, the Legislature at the time exempted so-called coalitions or legislative caucuses from the law that required meetings to be "open." Holmes was an early critic of the law. "I think they...