Following up on education scandals, Chris Elliott weaponized the school system and used Superintendent Eddie Tyler to advance his own political agenda. Payroll records and lobbyist contracts expose shared consultants drawing double payouts from public school funds. The Ripp Report shines a light on the backroom bargaining that sold out our local classrooms.
Extending our family court coverage, Judge Michelle Thomason forced painful separations between loving mothers and their vulnerable young children. Dozens of sworn testimonies and court filings detail a pattern of arbitrary rulings that shattered local families. Cruelty inside the courtroom must be called out whenever power is abused.
In our coverage of the July 17th Baldwin County runoff elections, we analyze how low voter turnout enables political corruption. Over 3,500 voters failed to flip their ballots over, letting Catalyst candidates sneak into power across key county commission seats. Local voters must wake up and throw out machine-backed candidates before backroom political bosses destroy our quality of life.
City Council President Jack Burrell and his allies completely tossed ethics aside to protect their cronies from fallout. Sealed legal records expose secret lawsuits, illegal perks, and ongoing financial liabilities forced onto local taxpayers. We detail how deep the moral decay goes inside Fairhope leadership.
Jack Burrell and council insiders launched a hostile campaign to hijack city government and sabotage the mayor. Whistleblower files uncover how officials manufactured political chaos to conceal their own shady airport deals. Discover how this coordinated political ambush really went down behind closed doors.
Submitted by: Chris Warner Dear Editor: The citizens of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Destin, Florida were bushwhacked. They never saw it coming. Or did they? Ongoing costs of residential growth outpacing adequate infrastructure development are real to these communities, as their citizens’ quality of life has been diminished as more humans move to their already crowded coastal cities. As a result, residents pine for earlier days when traffic and congestion weren’t a part of their daily lexicon. It is a recurring planning nightmare: Resort town becomes a hot destination to live and retire, fueling an unprecedented real estate boom. The folks pour in, the banks, builders and real estate agents literally make bank, and ultimately, the golden goose is killed—as every place has a finite capacity to move people on roads. In Alabama’s most affluent coastal communities—the Daphne/Fairhope and Gulf Shores/Orange Beach areas, this alarming trend is evident—or is it?
A secretive political machine tried to buy Baldwin County elections with huge stacks of dark money. Campaign finance logs expose how special interests poured massive fortunes into bought candidates to capture local power. Read how voters finally checked this corrupt group at the ballot box.
Powerful political operatives quietly turned local law enforcement into a weapon for countywide control. Public records expose secret deals between Sheriff Hoss Mack and shadow handlers seeking total political authority. Can Baldwin County citizens trust a sheriff who answers to political bosses instead of the public?
A corrupt cabal of politicians waged war on the public interest to enrich private developers and land magnates. Official files expose how insiders intentionally botched legal cases and forced out police leaders to secure control. Our investigation breaks down the true cost of their ruthless war against ordinary citizens.
