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Guthrie</category><category>Public Strategy Associates</category><category>Alabama Attorney General</category><category>Figg Engineering</category><category>Texas</category><category>Senator Jabo Waggoner</category><category>Franklin Scandal</category><category>environmental justice</category><category>freedom of information</category><category>MN Materials</category><category>WRQ</category><category>toxic sludge</category><category>Judge Karen Hall</category><category>City of Birmingham</category><category>Bingo trial</category><category>ADEM</category><category>R</category><title>VINCENT ALABAMA CONFIDENTIAL</title><description>Corruption, Politics, Big Business and Environmental Injustice</description><link>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>426</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/jfRHy" /><feedburner:info uri="blogspot/jfrhy" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-3227209281369877002</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-10T06:35:59.288-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">White Rock Quarries</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Shelby County</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">environmental justice</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vincent</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">corruption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">citizen's rights</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Shelby County Commission</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WRQ</category><title>A Back of the Bus Idea</title><atom:summary>
Why did the Shelby County Arts Council (SCAC) agree to accept funding for a Civil Rights play from White Rock Quarries (WRQ), an egregious violator of the rights of the minority residents in Vincent, Alabama's River Loop community? Answer: because in the campaign to deceive it's all about appearances. Whitewashing corporate dirt doesn't make it brighter - it only serves as a false cover for the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/kIpDUchmDQw/back-of-bus-idea.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NvjRnNB_8s0/TzQVmFztDhI/AAAAAAAABfo/SkoUDvg27uM/s72-c/shame_on_you_xlarge.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>11</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/kIpDUchmDQw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2012/02/back-of-bus-idea.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-8655631712039620666</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-14T20:29:21.951-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dan Acker</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lee Doebler</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dan Acker Jr.</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Conspiracy of Silence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Steve W. Martin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Shelby County Commission</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabaster</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">child sex abuse</category><title>Alabama Mantra?  -  "No Child Left Unharmed"</title><atom:summary>
*Updated 1/14/2011  An alarming trend is emerging in Alabama and revealing the disturbing patterns with some of the state's school boards. Despite the rudimentary obligation these boards are responsible for upholding, protect the children first, they're emerging as the biggest clear and present danger to Alabama’s schoolchildren.


The case of Daniel Acker, Jr. an admitted serial molester &amp; </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/J2ub-vHNSw4/alabama-mantra-no-child-left-unharmed.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1GHIFheDXe8/Tw8mwHPjIhI/AAAAAAAABfM/z8dl3dO_LpQ/s72-c/BeautifulChild.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>16</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/J2ub-vHNSw4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2012/01/alabama-mantra-no-child-left-unharmed.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-4677810220352194843</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-09T16:26:30.344-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PSC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">energy regulations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Southern Company</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Shelby County</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">EPA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kathy Peterson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lucy Baxley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dale Peterson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama PSC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama Power</category><title>The Politics of Mean &amp; PSC Candidate Kathy Peterson  - Part Deux</title><atom:summary>In a previous article, we laid out the venomous nature of Kathy Peterson's campaign against Lucy Baxley in her bid to become president of the Public Service Commission (PSC). Ms. Peterson confirms our premise of 'mean queen' in her latest Internet ad with her gun-toting, Tea Party nut job husband Dale playing the lead role of  'I'll shoot your ass' sidekick.



If you're looking for some of that </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/nccRz_wTyPU/politics-of-mean-psc-candidate-kathy.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/dbWm9CZyVEw/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>14</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/nccRz_wTyPU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2012/01/politics-of-mean-psc-candidate-kathy.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-2427225811335458385</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-07T19:45:42.206-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ADEM</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Southern Company</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Water quality</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">EPA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">EMC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">coal ash</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama Power</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Black Warrior Riverkeeper</category><title>BWRK Press Release "Alabama Coal Ash Ponds Receive Most Toxic Metals in the Nation in 2010"</title><atom:summary>
For Immediate Release: January 6, 2012
Contact: Nelson Brooke, Black Warrior Riverkeeper: 205-458-0095


New Report: Alabama Coal Ash Ponds Receive Most Toxic Metals in the Nation in 2010

According to the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), Alabama power plants lead the way in disposal of wastes containing toxic metals into coal ash ponds.

Ten states accounted for three quarters of total </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/hvXtMMRQejM/bwrk-press-release-alabama-coal-ash.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ob7716qorqw/TweED_L55zI/AAAAAAAABfE/7pEpG7Xa1no/s72-c/BWRK.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/hvXtMMRQejM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2012/01/bwrk-press-release-alabama-coal-ash.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-606426847957337092</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-30T13:06:14.371-08:00</atom:updated><title>We'll Be Back Soon After a Much Deserved December Break</title><atom:summary>
Alabama's state house is known as "Goat Hill," a term it has earned for its uncanny ability to be stubborn as a farm animal, and its uncanny ability to consistently pass some of the most odiferous legislation this side of a barnyard. The new year in the Montgomery legislature is shaping up to be the same old predictable, treacherous rocky terrain we've come to expect from our lawmakers, if we </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/1WOFZ_RXEY4/well-be-back-soon-after-much-deserved.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w5liazrfi54/Tvo4h1a4cWI/AAAAAAAABe8/IIlbXDO8xsI/s72-c/GoatHill.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>7</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/1WOFZ_RXEY4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/12/well-be-back-soon-after-much-deserved.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-3474121749391433448</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-08T09:58:49.922-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">energy regulations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">environmental regulations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Southern Company</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Coosa Riverkeeper</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Water quality</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Goat Hill</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">undue influence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Frank Chitwood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">EPA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">government</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama PSC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama Power</category><title>A River of Influence Runs Through It</title><atom:summary>"Coal Ash in the Coosa Valley"
Coosa Riverkeeeper's Frank  Chitwood, takes us on an eye-opening ride through a section of Alabama's  Coosa River and the effects of "dirty, dirty coal" from Alabama Power's  two coal fired power plants on the historic waterway

Ironically, the capture of the Coosa by Alabama Power translated into another form of pollution affecting Alabamaians--a usurping of our </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/YEui8gmh1yM/river-of-influence-runs-through-it.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><thr:total>10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/YEui8gmh1yM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/12/river-of-influence-runs-through-it.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-4351257287237970721</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-08T18:00:41.462-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Fine/Geddie</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ADEM</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Riley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ALEC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">John W. Hagood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">corruption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Bloom Group</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Capital Resources LLC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">KOCH Brothers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">CCA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Toby Roth</category><title>Corrections Corporation of America Lobbyists in Alabama</title><atom:summary>

Tobin "Toby" Bernard Roth &amp; John W. Hagood of Capital Resources, LLC

"Correctional officials see danger in prison overcrowding. Others see  opportunity. The nearly two million Americans behind bars—the majority  of them nonviolent offenders—mean jobs for depressed regions and  windfalls for profiteers." --Eric Schlosser The Atlantic

Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) has been slithering</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/kTa0WL1iDCI/corrections-corporation-of-america.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9CH_uNjUZmg/TtsM303NhrI/AAAAAAAABeY/Cm0J1OWCP7s/s72-c/HagoodRoth.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>16</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/kTa0WL1iDCI" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/12/corrections-corporation-of-america.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-6004324174592129599</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-18T19:10:37.273-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Representative Luis Gutierrez</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HB 56</category><title>Congressman Gutierrez Heading to Alabama With Nine Member Delegation Against HB 56</title><atom:summary>Flash--Mercedes Executive Arrested in Tuscaloosa Under Alabama's Immigration Law



PRESS CONFERENCE: 10 HOUSE DEMOCRATS HEAD TO ALABAMA MONDAY FOR AD HOC HEARING ON IMMIGRATION     

Rep. Gutierrez: "I am going to Alabama to stand with the good, decent people ofAlabama to fight back and defend what I think is right and just."

November 17, 2011

Media Contact: Douglas Rivlin (202) 225-8203

FOR </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/oLT9pdb7Kos/congressman-gutierrez-heading-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/9pCvkhZk5ZQ/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>21</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/oLT9pdb7Kos" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/congressman-gutierrez-heading-to.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-654649041809652984</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-17T15:05:50.770-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Senator Scott Beason</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">HB 56</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Corporate Personhood</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ALEC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kris Kobach</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dr. Dr. Bentley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">corruption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">government</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Senator Jabo Waggoner</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">KOCH Brothers</category><title>Governor Bentley "Fires Back" at NY Times Article on Alabama's 'ALEC Styled' Anti-Immigration Law</title><atom:summary>
Updated 11/17
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley sat for an interview with Fox News Channel's Megyn Kelley this afternoon to respond to a November 13th NYT article about Alabama's HB 56 passed into law earlier this year. Alabama's law was modeled after Arizona's anti-immigrant law and the same xenophobic mindset was present in both state's laws from the shadowy group called ALEC.
The Fox News </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/7KPUXwBSORY/governor-bentley-fires-back-at-ny-times.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wFSmcAT_EX0/TsL839_p0SI/AAAAAAAABd8/9YGqZN2qZSU/s72-c/bentley_onpage.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>27</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/7KPUXwBSORY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/governor-bentley-fires-back-at-ny-times.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-4892241440612293863</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-14T11:49:18.763-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">energy regulations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Think Progress</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">big business</category><title>EPA Regulations Will Create New Jobs, Says American Electric Power CEO: “No Question About That”</title><atom:summary>
"We have to hire plumbers, electricians, painters, folks who do that kind of work when you retrofit a plant. Jobs are created in the process — no question about that.” — Mike Morris, CEO, American Electric Power 
Think Progress reports: What happens when the GOP mantra that environmental regulations kill  jobs is proven false? In politics, that usually means doubling down on  the original false </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/qDv03kYcS4A/epa-regulations-will-create-new-jobs.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FTHdFuB4hzQ/TsFv-3NHCKI/AAAAAAAABdw/NIcqx7f-QXQ/s72-c/Republican_Lies_by_DJCandiDout_xlarge.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/qDv03kYcS4A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/epa-regulations-will-create-new-jobs.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-493126552340660935</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-14T09:38:50.396-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Franklin Scandal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Conspiracy of Silence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Penn State University</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">child sex abuse</category><title>Monsters, Inc.--The Horror of Child Sex Scandals</title><atom:summary>

*Updated 11/14 
In the wake of the shocking pedophile sex scandal unfolding at Penn State University, some sources are suggesting that it might be as big as the "Franklin Scandal." 
Never heard of the Franklin Scandal? 
There's a reason for that:"Originally scheduled to air in May of 1994 on the Discovery Channel,  "Conspiracy of Silence" was yanked at the last minute due to formidable  </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/xLVgQ8zS8gA/monsters-inc-horror-of-child-sex.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-156ue1My7jE/Tr6igstiUNI/AAAAAAAABdc/cTkjrPKmvnw/s72-c/childinshower.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/xLVgQ8zS8gA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/monsters-inc-horror-of-child-sex.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-5424228207756133709</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-10T12:20:18.509-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Riley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ALEC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Grover Norquist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Jack Abramoff</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">religious right</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">corruption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">government</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">KOCH Brothers</category><title>In the Company of Scoundrels</title><atom:summary>

Grover Norquist and the felonious Jack Abramoff
"Abramoff would have had no value without Norquist," said J. Michael Waller, a scholar at the Institute of World Politics who followed the two men at College Republicans. "Norquist was the pivot, he had the speaker of the House as his friend, all the new leadership, all the visionaries for more than a decade."

Abramoff was convicted of fraud and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/YdwLRM6zs0M/in-company-of-scoundrels.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d4f2HOkKHK4/TrqvkTZaHII/AAAAAAAABdI/rEbmQHnL7io/s72-c/NorquistAbramoff.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>13</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/YdwLRM6zs0M" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/in-company-of-scoundrels.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-6071635541321819538</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-08T11:45:48.337-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Walter Energy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">environmental regulations</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">environmental justice</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NPR</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">citizen's rights</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">EPA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">air quality</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">big business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Center for Public Integrity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Chemical Lime</category><title>NPR--Secret 'Watch List' Reveals Failure To Curb Toxic Air</title><atom:summary>NPR and the Center For Public Integrity team up for a four part series "Poison Places: Toxic Air, Neglected Communities" kicking it off with the release of an EPA "secret watch list:"Pollution violations at more than 1,600 plants across the country  were serious enough that the government believes they require urgent  action, according to an analysis of EPA data by NPR and the Center for  Public </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/s0eloo3RdwY/view-full-searchable-map-subscribe-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><thr:total>12</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/s0eloo3RdwY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/view-full-searchable-map-subscribe-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-8084396386724141875</guid><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-04T05:07:16.165-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Herman Cain</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Apostle Claver Kamau-Imani</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tea Party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Martin Bashir Show</category><title>Martin Bashir MSNBC--"When Elephants Rage" Herman Cain's Bull Elephant</title><atom:summary>Conservative fire brand activist, Apostle Claver Kamau-Imani, chairman of the right wing blog RagingElephants.com, throws dialectical desperation to the blind and faithful Cain followers in the following segment from Thursday's Martin Bashir show.
Apostle blasts the Democrats as "the racist party of the Ku Klux Klan" among other inflammatory accusations, while speaking at a Houston dog track, in </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/jjTJwbKkMYU/martin-bashir-msnbc-when-elephants-rage.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DP70qeuKRt4/TrNFXK1FYOI/AAAAAAAABc0/lFcktHGFq2M/s72-c/CLEARLAKETEAPARTY.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>15</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/jjTJwbKkMYU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/martin-bashir-msnbc-when-elephants-rage.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-234183134795156081</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-08T11:18:23.641-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ALEC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Grover Norquist</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">undue influence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">corruption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">government</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">freedom of information</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">KOCH Brothers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama big business</category><title>Power &amp; People - The Koch Brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)</title><atom:summary>*Updated November 4: Salon.com "The Third Koch Brother?" (VIDEO)

There’s a cancer spreading through Alabama--a cancer that's poisoning our political and judicial process with the ideologies of the Koch Brothers. It advances unchecked through their legislative arm known as the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and the ubiquitous Koch political heavy Grover Norquist, author/enforcer of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/b47dMPHEfK4/power-people-koch-brothers-and-american.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LjjwRtXgUlg/Tq6_HSKcdsI/AAAAAAAABcM/SagEmpiNemI/s72-c/Koch-brothers-flag.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>30</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/b47dMPHEfK4" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/power-people-koch-brothers-and-american.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-6994809107994578931</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-11-02T21:10:08.711-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Herman Cain</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lawrence O'Donnell</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Last Word</category><title>The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC--"How Politico Broke the Herman Cain Story"</title><atom:summary>*Updated 11/2 10:42 pm
Allegations of sexual harassment aren't Herman Cain's only problem. Federal campaign finance violations are also threatening to derail the "Cain Train."

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
*UpdateReaders alerted us to a long rant by right wing radio host Matt Murphy on WAPI this morning that was over the top. Even for him. Murphy was </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/nZ-SP54egJY/tha-last-word-with-lawrence-odonnell-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><thr:total>5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/nZ-SP54egJY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/tha-last-word-with-lawrence-odonnell-on.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-5212054817883914954</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-27T15:22:02.305-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Southern Company</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kathy Peterson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Lucy Baxley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dale Peterson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama PSC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tea Party</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">KOCH Brothers</category><title>The Politics of Mean--Republicans and Tea Party PSC Candidate Kathy Peterson Ridicule Democrat Lucy Baxley</title><atom:summary>
"I don't think she's in a position health-wise to do what is in the best interest of the people of Alabama."--Kathy Peterson wife of failed Alabama Ag Commissioner candidate Dale Peterson
Who knew that the Koch Tea Party Llama lady would assign herself to be as qualified as a neurosurgeon to make a diagnosis on the health of PSC member and stroke victim Lucy Baxley? Mrs. Peterson wants the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/whAEHubLHEk/politics-of-mean-republicans-and-tea.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pik1KFuUSaI/TqmRDrrCiYI/AAAAAAAABbI/CmaJTXmpFkM/s72-c/235_KathyPeterson2007.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>23</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/whAEHubLHEk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/politics-of-mean-republicans-and-tea.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-6142166950929789372</guid><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-27T00:00:05.952-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">landfills</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ADEM</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">environmental justice</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Water quality</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">corruption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">citizen's rights</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">air quality</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">EMC</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Conecuh County</category><title>Circuit Court Rules Against Conecuh Woods Landfill Developers Motions</title><atom:summary>
In a ruling filed October 25th, Conecuh County Circuit Judge Burt Smithhart handed the Town of Repton and their feisty Mayor, Terri Carter, a huge victory against the 5,100 acre landfill development planned for the area.
Opposition to the landfill has been fierce from the Mayor and a well-organized citizen group who can breathe a little easier for a few reasons now. The war is not over by a long</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/nDDRo3AqSHs/circuit-court-rules-against-conecuh.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Lo7-OfVjjk/TqjaioTtjeI/AAAAAAAABbA/hgUufKeW2eI/s72-c/judge-with-hammer5.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/nDDRo3AqSHs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/circuit-court-rules-against-conecuh.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-4560152622237795449</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-22T17:08:06.489-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">David Azbell</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Montgomery Independent</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Representative Mike Hubbard</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Goat Hill</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Barry Mask</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">government</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bob Martin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bob Lowry</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Legal Schnauzer</category><title>Disappearing Ink—Al.com Vaporizes Montgomery Independent Story Critical of House Speaker Hubbard’s Planned Book “Storm in the State House”</title><atom:summary>

I'm David Azbell and I want to thank the public for the cigar and the Texas trip.
*Breaking update: 10/26 9:10 CST--Martin republishes his article and a lot more: "State Agencies Bow to Speaker" (Link broken, story pulled. ???)

If you blinked you missed it--a really good story from The Montgomery Independent that is. 

For a brief time on October 21, 2011, a potentially explosive story ran on </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/lIFgFWaeeug/disappearing-inkalcom-vaporizes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jMxn2DEvAIQ/TqS4W_HQzUI/AAAAAAAABaM/8rRCs-ve0s0/s72-c/david_azbell.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>41</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/lIFgFWaeeug" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/disappearing-inkalcom-vaporizes.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-1150679068743354754</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-14T21:33:13.564-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">RSA</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Riley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">right-to-work</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Montgomery Independent</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama. big business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Unions</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">National Steel Car</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Leura Canary</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bob Martin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Navistar</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">David Bronner</category><title>Bronner pulls a few surprises from his hat - The Wetumpka Herald: Opinion</title><atom:summary>

"Superman's" palace--RSA Boardroom
The Huntsville Times called it “the ultimate recycling project.”I call it “the ultimate Hat Trick.”--Bob Martin--The Montgomery Independent
Luring National Steel Car (NSC) to Alabama was hailed as a "victory" by former Governor Bob Riley in 2007. It was a short-lived economic win because, as Mr. Martin writes, "the company defaulted" on their loans and </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/Lr78dK4AIjA/bronner-pulls-few-surprises-from-his.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i2lJ3z-CQC0/TpcbbgycfDI/AAAAAAAABaA/u_bs6RsoJoA/s72-c/RSA+Boardroom.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>6</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/Lr78dK4AIjA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/bronner-pulls-few-surprises-from-his.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-5209087909402051237</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-12-13T17:03:15.496-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Brian Nelson</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">rock mining</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Brian McCord</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Madison County</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Town of Gurley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">citizen's rights</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Judge Karen Hall</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vulcan Materials</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">MN Materials</category><title>The Devil Went Down to Gurley</title><atom:summary>

What's the difference between the Devil and Brian McCord...? The Devil doesn't think he's Brian McCord.

Update 12/13--Justice denied to Gurley. McCord prevails, town readies for appeal and bankruptcy filing 

The Town of Gurley, Alabama is on the verge of bankruptcy after a multimillion dollar ruling of $4.9 million in favor of M&amp;N Materials was awarded to the company. The judgement is the </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/pCPe4t_Abzo/devil-went-down-to-gurley.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f7jBjcMlP84/TpT0qVHoqBI/AAAAAAAABZY/xIxr9czdlUk/s72-c/Brian+McCord+Devil+3.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>13</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/pCPe4t_Abzo" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/devil-went-down-to-gurley.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-1450996320298747436</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-12T06:24:23.845-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Randolph County Commission</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Thomas "June" Waldrep</category><title>The Faces of the Randolph County Commission--Racists (and felons)</title><atom:summary>*Updated--October 12th
WEDOWEE, Alabama — A county commissioner from east Alabama has resigned  after being videotaped using a racial slur to describe black children.
Thomas "June" Waldrep submitted his resignation after this video was made public. 
Does anyone believe the rest of the commission did not know what a racist he was is?


There's a separate video, as a selection choice after the one </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/Hzgrstlpvm8/face-of-randolph-county-commission.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://img.youtube.com/vi/7NHBA7bM-dA/default.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>17</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/Hzgrstlpvm8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/face-of-randolph-county-commission.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-7244390800957163621</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-10T09:01:35.573-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Vincent Hills</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama. big business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Figg Engineering</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Elevated Highway 280 Plan</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PPP's</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">BARD</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">WRQ</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Stephen Bradley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Riley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Shelby County</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Dr. Dr. Bentley</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">corruption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">freedom of information</category><title>Dr. Bentley's Rx: Deception--Costs and In-Depth Details of Elevated Highway 280 Plan Remain Hidden</title><atom:summary>

Works of "art" or outdated concrete behemoths?
August 11, 2010 Stan Diel Birmingham News--Dr. Robert Bentley, the Republican candidate for governor in the  November election, today said he favors building an elevated toll road  over U.S. 280 to relieve congestion.
Governor "Dr. Dr." Bentley prides himself on his medical curriculum vitae and claims to be the "smartest man ever elected governor </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/uH05dDIBH0s/dr-bentleys-rx-deception-costs-and-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YZltNkQpqMo/TpB4gqvSKZI/AAAAAAAABY0/HdLbXqS30G8/s72-c/DavidJohnstone.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>17</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/uH05dDIBH0s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/dr-bentleys-rx-deception-costs-and-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-4249371718827822193</guid><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-03T15:35:32.515-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">environmental justice</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">NAACP</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">citizen's rights</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">big business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Black Warrior Riverkeeper</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">big coal</category><title>Environmental and Human Rights Organizations In Alabama Form an Alliance On Pollution Issues</title><atom:summary>
For Immediate Release     
October 3, 2011
Birmingham-Metro Chapter NAACP Presents Grand Town Hall Meeting on the Environment   
Panelists Will Focus on Local Pollution Threats: Shepherd Bend Mine and “DeadlyDeception”
  
Birmingham – The Birmingham-Metro Chapter of the NAACP will present a Grand Town Hall Meeting and Public Forum about the Environment on Friday, October 14th from 7:00 to 8:15 </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~3/CBCPvVVHGCY/environmental-and-human-rights-alabama.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9Y3NS0S5KyU/Toou8p40RZI/AAAAAAAABYk/sR8H4Fjg1FA/s72-c/NAACP.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>14</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/jfRHy/~4/CBCPvVVHGCY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/environmental-and-human-rights-alabama.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-7388039190023629032</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-09-26T00:00:02.104-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Alabama. big business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">corruption</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">government</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">big business</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">PACs</category><title>Influence, Inc.--Alabama 2011 PAC List</title><atom:summary>
"You have PAC A gives to PAC B and PAC B to PAC C and C to D. The  candidate has D's money, but in fact it came from A. That's a  smoke-and-mirrors game."--former Alabama Secretary of State Jim Bennett
AlabamaPACList2011
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