Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Donald Watkins: Medal of Freedom for Denise McNair, not clemency for her father, Chris | al.com - Mary Orndorff Troyan -- Washington Bureau - President Barack Obama should give the four girls killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing the Presidential Medal of Freedom instead of clemency for the imprisoned father of one of the girls, according to a letter Donald Watkins sent to the Justice Department on Sunday.
Monday, July 30, 2012
John Daly hits ball off tee held in Golf Channel host's mouth (Video) - Yardbarker - John Daly recently hit a ball off a tee during a recent taping of the season finale of Golf Channel show host David Feherty's show Feherty. Normally there's nothing special off that, except that this time the tee was being held in Feherty's mouth while he was lying down on the ground.
July 25th: Donald Watkins says he'll oppose Chris McNair's second clemency request | al.com - Mary Orndorff Troyan / Washington Bureau -- Donald Watkins, the longtime Birmingham lawyer and businessman who represented former mayor Richard Arrington Jr., said he will again oppose Chris McNair's second request for executive clemency. -- Watkins, who has his own connections to the Civil Rights movement, said McNair has betrayed "his deceased daughter's revered legacy, his family's good name, his community's hopes and dreams for a better life in Birmingham, and the sacred trust of the people in the County Commission district he once served."
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