Craig Ford
Sports teach lessons that you might not learn in classrooms
Should Dr. Sentance be fired?
Agri-business center a great addition to mega sports complex
A crisis coming to Alabama that you’re not hearing much about
New school year starting, but it should be starting later
If Etowah County Commission won’t step up for Mega Sports Complex, legislative delegation should
Craig Ford - Can't Never Could
Craig Ford - State legislature must pass lottery in special session
It’s not about right wing and left wing; it’s about right and wrong
Craig Ford - My hope for Alabama and the Democratic Party
Craig Ford - VictoryLand re-opening a victory for democracy
Craig Ford--Stop wasting tax dollars on unwinnable lawsuits
Craig Ford--State legislature again fails to let the people vote
Craig Ford - Debt is the real reason for special session
Craig Ford - It will take more than a lottery
Craig Ford - Lottery must be used for Education Fund
Craig Ford - Gov. Bentley dooms special session before it begins
Craig Ford -House Speaker shouldn't be chosen behind closed doors
Craig Ford: Pride, not people, that Gov. Bentley knows
Craig Ford - Breaking the pattern of corruption in Alabama politics
Craig Ford - Six Years Later And Still No Jobs
Craig Ford - Do we honor our veterans?
Craig Ford - Expanding Pre-K is a step in the right direction
Craig Ford - Alabama leadership has become a reverse Robin Hood
State leaders in Montgomery have become Robin Hoods - just not the kind that everyone remembers hearing about as a child. Instead of taking from the rich to help the poor, we’ve started taking from the poor to give to criminals. Alabama’s leadership has become nothing more than Robin Hood in reverse.
State leaders needs to refocus. Trying to
Statement from Rep. Craig Ford
“Another session has come and gone without a vote on a state lottery. The legislature passed a teacher pay raise, only to have that raise taken away when the state’s PEEHIP Board hiked up their insurance rates. And we couldn’t find the money to fund Medicaid, but the governor did everything he could to put the taxpayers in an
Craig Ford - Throwing money at prisons won’t solve problem
This week, the state House of Representatives will be taking up the massive prison bond legislation that Gov. Robert Bentley and state leaders have made the centerpiece of their legislative agenda.
There’s no doubt that our prison system has serious problems and, in cases like Tutwiler women’s prison, some are so old and in such bad shape that they
Craig Ford - The case for impeachment
I’m not a lawyer, but I believe it’s important for those of us calling for the governor’s impeachment to make our case to the public and the state legislature.
The first point being that the governor doesn’t have to break the law to be impeached. Impeachment is about whether he is fit to continue in office, regardless of whether
Craig Ford - State leaders have lost benefit of the doubt
Being in leadership comes with a lot of responsibilities. One of those responsibilities is the image of the place you represent. Gov. Robert Bentley and our state leaders are the image of Alabama. Now, thanks to them, we have a serious image problem.
In government, we have Democrats and Republicans. There are partisan issues, and that’s a good thing.
Craig Ford - Sinner or Saint?
This has been a disheartening week for the State of Alabama. The news of Gov. Robert Bentley’s relationship with Rebekah Caldwell Mason has embarrassed our state on a national level and become a distraction for the state legislature at a time when legislators need to be focused on solving the state’s problems.
Nobody rejoices in seeing another person’s downfall,
Craig Ford - Bentley’s actions costing Alabama jobs, jobs, jobs
Since Gov. Robert Bentley’s relationship with Rebekah Mason became public last week, there have been calls for him to resign. Those calls have not come just because of his relationship with Rebekah Mason. Gov. Bentley isn’t the first person in Montgomery to do what he did and probably won’t be the last.
The reason Gov. Bentley should resign is