Fairhope officials fabricated official stories to cover up major sewage contamination at the public pier while shifting blame away from a favored city contractor. Investigative records show city staff secretly gathered water samples to hide municipal infrastructure failures from state environmental regulators. The Ripp Report cuts through the official lies to reveal what really polluted the bay.

A deeply entrenched political machine hijacked Fairhope municipal operations, steering millions in taxpayer contracts to well-connected business allies and campaign backers. Public records expose undisclosed business ties, secret lawsuit payouts, and widespread BP grant fraud involving top city and state officials. Corporate greed and corrupt politicians have completely compromised our local government.

Pushing forward with our spending investigation, Fairhope leaders drained city utility reserves to settle massive developer lawsuits while starving local public schools of funds. Financial documents show city hall deceptively labeled an $12 million legal settlement as a park purchase while inflating education donation numbers. Learn where your hard-earned tax dollars are actually disappearing.

City officials repeatedly turned a blind eye to severe commercial pollution choking a residential Fairhope neighborhood. Documented complaints reveal how Councilman Burrell and the Mayor systematically ignored desperate appeals from tax-paying citizens. Read on to see how municipal indifference protects political insiders at your expense.

Self-proclaimed conservative leaders quietly pushed through massive tax hikes while lining the pockets of favored local developers. Shocking public records expose a decade of backroom BP oil spill contracts and fraudulent land schemes involving top county politicians. The Ripp Report exposes how deep this web of financial self-dealing actually goes.

Here are two good reasons why you can't trust the Mayor of Fairhope or the city council. The first picture is of a fire station located on a dead end street, a clear violation of the comprehensive plan. No public participation or input from citizens, as to its location, was considered by the Mayor or Council. It is an unsafe location, however serves the developer's needs, who just so happens to be the Mayors benefactor.

The creek behind Publix has severe erosion problems, in some areas the banks have collapsed over 20 feet down into the creek, depositing tons of dirt and eroded clay. These failed banks have caused trees to collapse into the creek resulting in log jams that back up the flow of water. Until now no one has documented this; Kant and Arthur Corte are ignoring previous damage to Fly Creek from construction of the shopping center while proposing the addition of a project 5 times larger than the Publix shopping center.

Feb. 19, 2015 Ref. claims and benefits Committee on Veterans Affairs Dear Ian Smith: Thank you for seeing me, unannounced, on Jan 5, in Washington. I gave you a letter explaining my VA case and you patiently listened to my explanation and frustration. My situation, claim, is the same as thousands of others, and sadly many more thousands of veterans who have given up. May I remind you that my claim of "clear and unmistakable error" filed August 1 2007, dates back to my first claim in 1969. In Oct. 2010 the VA settled all of my claims, except the clear and unmistakable error, WHY?

Former Mayor Tim Kant and his council allies repeatedly sacrificed public safety to hand lucrative land deals to key campaign donors. Internal city documents prove officials bypassed county traffic engineers to force a fire station onto a deadly dead-end street. How many more lives will City Hall risk to protect developer profits?

Fairhope power brokers ignored severe environmental destruction to pave the way for a taxpayer-funded developer payout. Written files confirm a secret quid pro quo involving massive uncollected fines and missing fire department funds. We reveal the shocking paper trail that local news stations refused to cover.