2008 Alabama Legislative Wrap-Up

Posted on September 29th, 2008 by John Little

I just read the September issue of the Alabama Lawyer and found this very short summary of the 2008 Alabama Legislative Session informative:
There were 1,606 bills introduced in the legislature. Four hundred ninety-five passed one of the houses but only 205 made their way into law. From the total of 205 bills, after subtracting [...]

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California Brewing Company labels

Posted on September 24th, 2008 by John Little

I really like this brewery’s labels.
“California Brewing Company wins silver for their labels”
Abra Marketing, a Redding based design firm and creator of California Brewing Company’s labels, recently won silver in the prestigious Summit International Awards.
The 14-year old Summit Awards is one of the premier creative industry competitions and included thousands of submissions from 25 countries.
Judges [...]

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Lazy Magnolia’s homebrewing foundation

Posted on September 15th, 2008 by John Little

A familiar story… a homebrewer becoming a commercial craft brewer to give consumers the opportunity to experience good beer.
The History of Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company
Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company is the brain-child of Mark and Leslie Henderson. Born and raised in Mississippi, the couple met in college and moved to the Gulf Coast in [...]

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NHC 2008

Posted on September 12th, 2008 by John Little

I started this post on June 26 and never finished it. I never wrote about Friday and Saturday, but I’ll get around to it sometime. I just wanted to go ahead and get the pics posted. Some pics we took, some are Kelly’s and some Casey’s.
What a great experience!!! The 2008 [...]

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Alcohol related bills vetoed by Alabama Governor Riley

Posted on September 4th, 2008 by John Little

I’ve researched and collected alcohol related bills that have reached Governor Riley’s desk since he took office in late 2002. I’m using this post to list the bills he has vetoed. I’ll post them as comments as I sort them out (that is if the comments can hold that much text.. I haven’t [...]

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