The Loss of Space Command Headquarters Brings an Alabama City Down to Earth

[Farmer-Rick]

26. Sooooo, Tuberville lost out. A problem of his own making.

"But some political observers saw the choice of a Democratic-controlled state both as a rejection of the hard-line conservatism in Alabama and a repudiation of its senior Republican senator, Tommy Tuberville, who has blocked hundreds of military promotions over a Pentagon policy that reimburses military personnel who travel to obtain an abortion or fertility care."

"Though Alabama has been plagued by high rates of poverty and maternal mortality, struggling schools and a legacy of racism and disenfranchisement, advocates for the northern part of the state, which includes Huntsville, say the region has worked to insulate itself from those trends.". A little too little too late

Sounds like Alabama needs more than just one spot of of purplish blue. Huntsville still sound very conservative. Not a good place for a bunch of scientists, who frequently base their lives on facts not religious dogma, to come live in.