tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022Sat, 06 Dec 2025 07:31:09 +0000Alabamacorruptiongovernmentbig businessADEMEPAmediaBig MulesNew MulesShelby CountyStephen BradleyRileyVincentbig coalBARDWRQenvironmental regulationsWhite Rock Quarriesoil spillRob Fowlercoal ashEMCenvironmental justiceVincent Hillsfreedom of informationGoat Hillbig oilWater qualityLeo Vecellio Jr.Dr. Dr. BentleyDrummondBlack Warrior Riverkeeperbig gascitizen's rightsBaldwin CountySouthern CompanyBARD big mulesSWMAChemical LimeCity of Birminghamreligious rightMasseyEthics CommissionMonsantoWalter EnergyhydrofracingNRPPerry CountySELCair qualityBig AgCarmeuseAlabama. big businessinjusticeHaley BarbourJones GroupWilliam BellALECBingo trialCaleraInternetKOCH BrothersLuther StrangeSenator Scott BeasonTexassinkholetoxic sludgeAlabama. oil spillAlabasterArchiblogFEMAKyle WhitmireLaFargehydraulic frackingrock miningAlabama PSCAlabama PowerAlabama legislatureBarry MaskCordovaGrover NorquistJack ScottTCEQenergy regulationsgovernementrivers1901 ConstitutionASMCBirmingham Business AllianceBlack and White City PaperBob MartinBobby SegallConspiracy of SilenceCorporate PersonhoodDale PetersonEarthjusticeFairhopeFayette CountyHB 56Herman CainKathy PetersonLawrence O'DonnellLucy BaxleyMike HubbardMilton McGregorMontgomery IndependentNAACPPACsPSCRepresenative CanfieldSenator Jabo WaggonerSenator MarshShelby County CommissionTVATea PartyTwinkle Andress CavanaughWalker CountyWall StreetWildLawchild sex abusenuclear energyphotographyundue influenceuranium miningALGOPARBAAbramoffAlabama 5th CongressionalAlabama Attorney GeneralAlabama Education AssociationAlabama Republican PartyAlabama Toll FacilitiesAlabama big businessAlan SimpsonAmeri-MetroAnthony PetrelloApostle Claver Kamau-ImaniBay MinetteBellafonte 1Birmingham BaronsBob LowryBrent BuchananBullock CountyCCACapital City PlumeCapital Resources LLCCenter for Public IntegrityCharter SchoolsCheryl Baswell GuthrieChief Mike RowlandCliff SimsColombia coal murdersConecuh CountyCoosa RiverkeeperDan AckerDan Acker Jr.Darell IssaDavid AzbellDavid BronnerDavid PelfreyDel MarshElevated Highway 280 PlanFCRAFigg EngineeringFine/GeddieFrank ChitwoodFranklin ScandalGovernor RileyHome RuleJack AbramoffJim RidlingJohn W. HagoodJohn WhiteJr.Kris KobachLee DoeblerLegal SchnauzerLeo VecellioLeura CanaryMaddow ShowMadison CountyMartin Bashir ShowMichael J. DavisMichael ShnayersonNPRNRCNYNational Steel CarNavistarPHMSAPPP'sPenn State UniversityPress-RegisterPublic Strategy AssociatesRRSARandolph County CommissionRe. Jack WilliamsRepresentative Luis GutierrezRepresentative Mike HubbardRiley?Robert BentleySagaponakSenator Bryan TaylorSenator Harri Anne SmithSenator Trip PittmanShah MathiasSouthern Legislative ConferenceSpeaker Mike HubbardStateside AssociatesSteve W. MartinTRMSThe Atlantic MagazineThe Bloom GroupThe Last WordThe OnionThink ProgressThomas "June" WaldrepToby RothTodd StacyUnionsVanity FairVestavia HillsWatts Barasthmahigher educationlandfillslobbyistspipeline safetypolice brutalityrecallright-to-workCorruption, Politics, Big Business and Environmental Injusticehttp://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)Blogger426125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-3091709800460562519Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:31:00 +00002013-03-19T07:46:06.369-07:00Alabama legislatureAlabama Republican PartyALECSouthern Legislative ConferenceSpeaker Mike HubbardStateside Associates At an upcoming event scheduled for July 27 through July 31st, legislators from fifteen southern states will be meeting in Mobile, Alabama behind closed doors. Many who are attending this exclusive event have the option of doing so on the taxpayer's dime. "While the conference is closed to the general public, it is open to the media and usually attended by lobbyists," according to Senate http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2013/03/alabama-legislators-to-attend-southern.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-5738843803278522822Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:11:00 +00002012-04-18T04:10:59.909-07:00AbramoffAlabama legislatureALGOPEthics CommissionFCRAGovernor RileyPACsRobert BentleySenator Bryan Taylor 2010 -"This special session will make history," Governor Riley said Tuesday. "It will be the first real debate of reforms to change a corrupt political system and give Alabama the toughest ethics laws in the nation.”  Talk is cheap, especially when it comes from a politician.  On April 13, 2012, a Montgomery Grand Jury released its findings on accountability in select state departmentshttp://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2012/04/montgomery-grand-jury-report-reveals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-4918293902365470173Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:46:00 +00002012-04-16T19:48:34.237-07:00Alabama Education AssociationAlabama legislatureCharter SchoolsCliff SimsDarell IssaRe. Jack WilliamsSenator Jabo WaggonerVestavia Hills Cliff Sims of "Yellow Hammer Politics" photo credit: POLITICO The Arena *Updated 4/16 Kids are off limits in political discourse. Leave them alone. That’s a universally accepted rule of our society, usually followed by Democrats and Republicans alike. Both sides can point to instances where it hasn’t been respected, but there are almost no circumstances where children of a tender age are http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2012/04/right-wing-blogger-humiliates-nine-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-3227209281369877002Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:01:00 +00002012-02-10T06:35:59.288-08:00citizen's rightscorruptionenvironmental justiceShelby CountyShelby County CommissionVincentWhite Rock QuarriesWRQ 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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2012/02/back-of-bus-idea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-8655631712039620666Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:30:00 +00002012-05-03T17:33:24.147-07:00Alabasterchild sex abuseConspiracy of SilenceDan AckerDan Acker Jr.Lee DoeblerShelby County CommissionSteve W. Martin Update May 3, 2012 - Acker sentenced to 17 yrs in prison without parole. 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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2012/01/alabama-mantra-no-child-left-unharmed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-4677810220352194843Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:01:00 +00002012-01-09T16:26:30.344-08:00Alabama PowerAlabama PSCDale Petersonenergy regulationsEPAKathy PetersonLucy BaxleyPSCShelby CountySouthern CompanyIn 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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2012/01/politics-of-mean-psc-candidate-kathy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-2427225811335458385Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:13:00 +00002012-01-07T19:45:42.206-08:00ADEMAlabama PowerBlack Warrior Riverkeepercoal ashEMCEPASouthern CompanyWater quality 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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2012/01/bwrk-press-release-alabama-coal-ash.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-606426847957337092Tue, 27 Dec 2011 22:00:00 +00002011-12-30T13:06:14.371-08:00 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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/12/well-be-back-soon-after-much-deserved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-3474121749391433448Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:42:00 +00002011-12-08T09:58:49.922-08:00Alabama PowerAlabama PSCCoosa Riverkeeperenergy regulationsenvironmental regulationsEPAFrank ChitwoodGoat HillgovernmentSouthern Companyundue influenceWater quality"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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/12/river-of-influence-runs-through-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-4351257287237970721Mon, 05 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +00002012-07-13T17:21:03.403-07:00ADEMAlabamaALECCapital Resources LLCCCAcorruptionFine/GeddieJohn W. HagoodKOCH BrothersRileyThe Bloom GroupToby Roth Tobin "Toby" Bernard Roth & John W. Hagood of Capital Resources, LLC *Updated 6/12/2012  -  Alabama Judge Says Enough With the Debtor's Prison  Roth & Hagood may not have managed to create a CCA prison in Alabama, but as the linked article illustrates, they've been doing a lot of damage in a short span of time. A record check of Judicial Correction Services in the http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/12/corrections-corporation-of-america.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-6004324174592129599Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:22:00 +00002011-11-18T19:10:37.273-08:00AlabamaHB 56Representative Luis GutierrezFlash--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)http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/congressman-gutierrez-heading-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-654649041809652984Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:11:00 +00002011-11-17T15:05:50.770-08:00AlabamaALECCorporate PersonhoodcorruptionDr. Dr. BentleygovernmentHB 56KOCH BrothersKris KobachSenator Jabo WaggonerSenator Scott Beason 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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/governor-bentley-fires-back-at-ny-times.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-4892241440612293863Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:49:00 +00002011-11-14T11:49:18.763-08:00big businessenergy regulationsThink Progress "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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/epa-regulations-will-create-new-jobs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-493126552340660935Sat, 12 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +00002011-11-14T09:38:50.396-08:00child sex abuseConspiracy of SilenceFranklin ScandalPenn State University *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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/monsters-inc-horror-of-child-sex.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-5424228207756133709Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:23:00 +00002011-11-10T12:20:18.509-08:00AlabamaALECcorruptiongovernmentGrover NorquistJack AbramoffKOCH Brothersreligious rightRiley 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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/in-company-of-scoundrels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-6071635541321819538Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:10:00 +00002011-11-08T11:45:48.337-08:00air qualitybig businessCenter for Public IntegrityChemical Limecitizen's rightsenvironmental justiceenvironmental regulationsEPANPRWalter EnergyNPR 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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/view-full-searchable-map-subscribe-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-8084396386724141875Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:23:00 +00002011-11-04T05:07:16.165-07:00Apostle Claver Kamau-ImaniHerman CainMartin Bashir ShowmediaTea PartyConservative 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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/martin-bashir-msnbc-when-elephants-rage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-234183134795156081Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:51:00 +00002011-11-08T11:18:23.641-08:00Alabama big businessALECcorruptionfreedom of informationgovernmentGrover NorquistKOCH Brothersundue influence*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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/power-people-koch-brothers-and-american.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-6994809107994578931Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:00:00 +00002011-11-02T21:10:08.711-07:00Herman CainLawrence O'DonnellThe Last Word*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. http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/11/tha-last-word-with-lawrence-odonnell-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-5212054817883914954Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:53:00 +00002011-10-27T15:22:02.305-07:00Alabama PSCDale PetersonKathy PetersonKOCH BrothersLucy BaxleySouthern CompanyTea PartyTwinkle Andress Cavanaugh "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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/politics-of-mean-republicans-and-tea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-6142166950929789372Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +00002011-10-27T00:00:05.952-07:00ADEMair qualityAlabamacitizen's rightsConecuh CountycorruptionEMCenvironmental justicelandfillsWater quality 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 longhttp://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/circuit-court-rules-against-conecuh.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-4560152622237795449Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +00002012-04-04T14:12:21.914-07:00Barry MaskBob LowryBob MartinDavid AzbellGoat HillgovernmentLegal SchnauzermediaMontgomery IndependentRepresentative Mike Hubbard 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 onhttp://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/disappearing-inkalcom-vaporizes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-1150679068743354754Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:22:00 +00002011-10-14T21:33:13.564-07:00Alabama. big businessBob MartinDavid BronnerLeura CanaryMontgomery IndependentNational Steel CarNavistarright-to-workRileyRSAUnions "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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/bronner-pulls-few-surprises-from-his.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-1450996320298747436Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:00:00 +00002011-10-12T06:24:23.845-07:00Randolph County CommissionThomas "June" Waldrep*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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/face-of-randolph-county-commission.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-7244390800957163621Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:00:00 +00002011-10-10T09:01:35.573-07:00Alabama. big businessBARDcorruptionDr. Dr. BentleyElevated Highway 280 PlanFigg Engineeringfreedom of informationPPP'sRileyShelby CountyStephen BradleyVincent HillsWRQ 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 http://alabamacorruption.blogspot.com/2011/10/dr-bentleys-rx-deception-costs-and-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Max Shelby)17