Break out the ticker tape?

Break out the ticker tape! That’s the latest suggestion for Mobile and Baldwin counties from Montgomery’s politicians, and I don’t exactly disagree. Last week, just days after the epic failure in legislative leadership that brought down the lottery bill, the Alabama Legislature managed to pass a bill providing for the allocation of about $640 million in BP settlement money, $120 million of which will go to funding road projects here on the Gulf Coast. That’s a success all on the coast can celebrate … and one politicians from the rest of the state will bemoan.

The difference in rhetoric is stark. From politicians representing the coast, praise of the plan, which passed with bipartisan support in both houses, is abundant.