City hall bosses ousted a trained engineer to double-dip salaries and install an untrained political ally. Official council votes and payroll documents confirm how leaders bypassed standard qualification rules for their preferred pick. Taxpayers deserve to know why their local utility system operates on political favors.
Continuing our coverage, State Senator Chris Elliott killed a storm safety bill to settle a personal grudge after getting caught gaming the program. Program whistleblower files expose how Elliott attempted to manipulate confidential homeowner bids for private profit. Discover how one politician sacrificed statewide home protection to avenge his own greed.
State Senator Chris Elliott manipulated state grant programs for personal advantage after getting caught spying on competitor bids. Official records show how state officials booted his construction firm for berating applicants and seeking unfair advantages. The Ripp Report reveals how a disgruntled insider turned his personal vendetta into state policy.
Council President Jack Burrell and city leaders gutted an approved multi-million dollar waterfront restoration project to serve political allies. Public documents and altered grant filings show officials stripped critical bluff stabilization features without public input. Discover how city hall transformed a sustainable community vision into a cheap maintenance cover-up.
State politicians are playing games with medical cannabis legislation while sick Alabamians suffer. Guest Chey Garrigan joins the podcast to expose the corporate lobbyists fighting over lucrative state-sanctioned monopolies. Tune in to learn who really controls the multi-million dollar medical marijuana industry in Alabama.
Locked doors kept the public out of the State House while politicians secretly pushed through a record-breaking state budget. Our investigation blows the lid off coastal land grabs, political flip-flops on gambling, and toxic coal ash neglect. Tune in as the podcast exposes the sneaky tactics used by officials to evade public accountability.
Secretary of State John Merrill disgraced his office with shocking personal scandals while state leaders ignored deadly environmental threats. Mismanaged police chases slaughter innocent motorists on I-10 while politicians outlaw safe natural alternatives to protect big pharma profits. Catch this episode as the podcast drags the truth into the light.
Council President Jack Burrell deliberately hid public meetings and manipulated municipal leases to funnel taxpayer assets to favored insiders. Secret letters and missing broadcast records reveal a pattern of rigged bidding windows and multi-million dollar land giveaways. Why did officials turn off the cameras just as the biggest deals were going down?
Attorney Harry Still reflects on decades of political corruption and systemic graft rotting Baldwin County's local government. Still contrasts past civic leadership with modern politicians who hand out illegal no-bid contracts and orchestrate shady land coups for insider firms like CSB. His personal essay reveals how public apathy enabled a cozy political cabal to hijack county assets for private enrichment.
