By Steve Flowers As we say goodbye to the summer of 2019, allow me to reminisce with you and indeed commemorate more than likely a summer exactly 50 years ago that was undoubtedly the most momentous summer in American history – the summer of 1969. It is amazing what...

By Steve Flowers It has been a long, hot summer in Montgomery, and I do not mean at the capitol or statehouse, but in the city of Montgomery itself. There is a heated and pivotal mayor’s race. It has been considered a foregone conclusion that Montgomery will elect...

By Steve Flowers One of the legendary figures in Alabama political lore is Floyd Mann. Colonel Mann was public safety director for two governors. His lifetime friend, John Patterson, made him his public safety director while he was governor from 1958-1962 and Governor...

By Steve Flowers There are very few Alabamians left who remember the 1950s story of Phenix City, Alabama. After World War II, a good many of the military soldiers, enlisted men, stayed on for a while. A host of them were stationed at Ft. Benning in Columbus, Georgia....