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Party penalty?

The Democratic National Committee is prepared to penalize Alabama Democrats for the rolling back of changes to the Alabama Democratic Partys bylaws, according to a report from the Alabama Reflector.

The Reflector report said the DNC has sent a letter to Kelley, saying the latest changes may lead to unequal treatment of minority groups. And that if the issues arent addressed it could end up costing Alabama representation in the primary president election.

Redirection

The Alabama state Senate Agriculture, Forestry and Conservation Committee reworked a bill that passed the House of Representatives last week, reports AL.coms Mike Cason.

The bill, as written and passed by the House, was intended to ban Chinese citizens and businesses from buying property in Alabama. That includes Chinese citizens who live and work legally in Alabama.

The bill that came out of the Senate committee on Wednesday doesnt ban Chinese citizens who live in Alabama from buying property. What it does do is ban the governments of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia from buying property in Alabama thats used for agriculture or forestry or is within 10 miles of a military base or critical infrastructure.

Never too much bandwidth

Huntsville has been selected as one of four U.S. test cities for Google Fibers 20G internet connection, reports AL.coms Leada Gore.

Green Bay is NOT a test city, by the way. The other three areas are Austin, Texas, Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and Salt Lake City, Utah.

This test is designed for companies or organizations that download or upload huge amounts of data and need ridiculous bandwidth.

A slow-cooked mea culpa

I havent said anything yet about its being National Barbecue Month.

To some people thats a little like not acknowledging the opening of college football season, I realize.

It was brought to my attention when I read Mary Colursos story on rock musician Alice Cooper dropping by Full Moon BBQ in Hoover. And I mention THAT just because it feels like theres all kinds of cultural clash to see macabre shock-rocker Alice Cooper in a Hoover barbecue joint. If you saw Lyle Lovett at Saws or Hank Jr. at Hooks it wouldnt feel too out of place.

But Coopers a cultural clash anyway. Hes more likely to be caught playing Ross Bridge when it opens as doing anything spooky about town.

So the whole point to this story is ... happy National Barbecue Month. And remember, brisket is great but needs to get its own month because, in Alabama, barbecue comes from a pig. That ought to be in our state Constitution.

Everything else has been.

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