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08.24.2019

PUZZLE PIECES

State power brokers engineered a massive infrastructure scheme that quietly opens the door to secretive foreign investors. Investigative files reveal how officials pieced together private partnerships to shield multi-billion dollar port deals from public scrutiny. Discover how every piece of this dirty deal fits into a much larger conspiracy.
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08.21.2019

STRAW MAN

Corrupt county officials used shell companies and dummy buyers to secretly funnel millions in real estate deals. Court records expose the paper trail hiding who actually profited from a multi-million dollar land grab. Who really pulled the strings behind this multi-million dollar dummy front?
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08.16.2019

POISON IVY BRIDGE

State leaders tried to force a costly bridge toll down local throats while ignoring massive infrastructure fund misdirection. Public records detail how frantic politicians scrambled when tens of thousands of angry taxpayers united against the tax grab. Learn why state bosses ran for cover the moment voters stood their ground.
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08.14.2019

IN THE SAME BOAT

City council bosses blocked critical utility repairs while environmental groups turned a blind eye to massive raw sewage spills. Official records document how local leaders wasted millions on legal fees instead of fixing decaying pipes. Their cozy arrangement left everyday residents drowning in local corruption.
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08.10.2019

TIMELINE

Council President Jack Burrell and his allies systematically drained municipal utility funds to cover up legal blunders. Financial records reveal a long pattern of council members sabotaging emergency infrastructure repairs to spite city leadership. Check out the complete record of failures before they rewrite history.
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08.09.2019

Letter of Concern

Fairhope officials traded scathing letters with environmental watchdogs after secret utility slush funds drained city coffers dry. Newly uncovered correspondence proves how local leaders knew about decaying sewer lines long before public spills occurred. Why did environmental watchdogs remain silent while city coffers bled cash?
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08.07.2019

FAIRHOPE SEWER BACKSTORY

Former Mayor Can't and his council cronies siphoned off millions from the city utility fund to line lawyer pockets and hide debt. Investigative documents show years of complete infrastructure neglect while top officials collected double paychecks. Can you believe how long they kept taxpayers in the dark?
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08.02.2019

FOR THE RECORD — MEGA-MONEY

Baldwin County economic planners squandered fifty million taxpayer dollars on a vacant industrial site that remains a total ghost town. Financial audits reveal how county commissioners keep dumping millions more into a failed property to protect their political allies. See how these reckless insiders wasted your hard-earned dollars for the record.
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08.01.2019

LAGNIAPPE

Lagniappe implemented an online paywall just as local officials and Lee Lawson moved to mismanage millions in public land deals across Baldwin County. Records show how key media outlets ignored massive government scandals while suppressing critical news from the taxpayers paying for these blunders. The Ripp Report exposes what local papers tried to hide behind a paywall.
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07.24.2019

FACT: Hardest Working Elected City Official- Eastern Shore - Fairhope Mayor Karin Wilson

Continuing our sewer investigation, former Mayor Can’t and Councilmen Boone and Burrell treated city utility funds like a private slush fund. Internal records reveal millions drained for legal fees while vital wastewater infrastructure rotted. Discover how Mayor Wilson fought back to fix the mess this corrupt council created.