Legislative graveyard

The Birmingham News on Wednesday had a good roundup of a number of bills -- some good, many bad -- that have died in the Alabama Legislature this year. Among the notable casualties were a bill calling for the ticketing of red-light runners via traffic cameras, any effort whatsoever at a badly needed landlord-tenant law, and a measure calling for a constitutional convention to rewrite the antiquated 1901 state constitution.

The best news, of course, is that Rep. Gerald Allen, R-Cottondale, won't get his gay-bashing censorship extravaganza after all.