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Tune in to the Mo Show Live on Wednesday, May 2nd at 2:00 pm (CST) where our guest will be Mark Maloney, Rotary International President-Nominee. Mark Maloney was recently selected by the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International and will be declared president-nominee October 1st if no other candidate is suggested.

Morris and Mark will be discussing what Rotary is, the organization’s mission, the growth Rotary clubs at the local, national and international level and how they serve our communities at home and abroad. As a member of the Rotary Club of Madison, Morris is proud to welcome President-Nominee Maloney to the program. Both the Rotary Club of Madison and Rotary Club of Decatur are part of Rotary District 6860.

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The next episode of the Mo Show Live will air Wednesday, April 11th at 3:00 central time and will feature Devyn Keith, who currently serves as the Huntsville City Councilman for District One. Morris and Councilman Keith will be discussing the growth of the City and the Huntsville metropolitan area, the challenges facing District One and the City as a whole, and Devyn’s innovative approach to municipal government.

Devyn is a Huntsville native and a proud product of the city’s community network. After graduating from Sparkman High School, he attended Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama on a full athletic scholarship. While at Samford, Devyn founded Brothers of 1 Voice (B01V), a non-profit advocating and empowering teens who aged out of state support services. Devyn was also engaged in a number of municipal projects while in Birmingham.

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Last year, a Pew Research article noted the serious rise in “gray” divorces, those involving couples who are 50 and older (the phrase is a bit derogatory, I’ll admit). The divorce rate for people over 50 has doubled since 1990, and for people over 65, the rate has tripled in that same time span. A primary factor in the increase of these separations is the aging of the “Baby Boomer” generation, which makes up a large percentage of the population

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A recent story was published on AL.com regarding the number of people being jailed over failure to register or license their pet inthe city limits. However, upon further inspection, most of these jail sentences don’t result from the underlying charge of failing to register, but instead of paying fines/fees and missing court altogether.

Regardless of the nature of the offense, missing court is a recipe for disaster because it will almost always lead to the issuance of an arrest warrant. Some of these “failure to appear” warrants do not contain a bond because the defendant has already shown that he or she cannot be trusted to show up in court when they are supposed to. Please visit our firm’s blog post regarding active warrant, including failure to appear warrants and how to address them here.

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The next episode of the Mo Show Live will air Friday, March 16^th at 11:00 AM central time (9:00 AM Pacific time) and will feature officer Mike Bires of Azusa, California. Morris and Mike will be discussing law enforcement in local communities, community engagement, building personal relationships, and fostering better relations through social media.

Mike is a trusted resource for many local law enforcement agencies. He assists police departments in “branding and marketing of law enforcement agencies, officers and administrators, and the fitness, health, and nutrition of America’s law enforcement officers.”  In addition to serving as a patrol officer, he also has experience in training officers, SWAT operations, explosion operations, bike patrol, and social media management. Mike graduated from Rio Hondo College with a degree in Criminal Justice in 1997.

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