Darrio Melton: Uncertainty killing growth, hurting our communities

  Over the past five years, Alabama has invested millions of dollars to bring businesses to our state. We have sent representatives around the world to declare that Alabama is “open for business” to recruit top-tier corporations to locate in Alabama.

  But if there’s one thing any investor knows, it’s that uncertainty is bad for business.

  In the past two weeks, our “family values” governor has shocked the nation by his inappropriate comments to a female staffer, allegations of misuse of his office and state funds, and further rumors about the implications of the firings at the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency.

Katherine Green Robertson: A sad state of affairs

  Alabama is, once again, making national news for all the wrong reasons. In the modern political era, our state has seen two governors face criminal convictions, one of whom remains in prison. Now, our governor has been caught on tape confirming year-long rumors that he was unfaithful to his wife of fifty years. One headline read, “Alabama’s ‘family values’ governor mired in sex scandal.” The Office of the Governor of Alabama has become a laughingstock to the rest of the country.