It’s Not the Ethics Laws, It’s the Commission
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The judge, jury and prosecution in the State v. Michael G. Hubbard trial proved that Alabama’s Ethics Laws have teeth. In a State where systemic corruption has...
View ArticleBCA Today: Damaged Goods?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—“Making a sweet home for business,” is the tagline for the Business Council of Alabama, commonly referred to as BCA around the State House and the...
View ArticleExplain and Denounce
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter During the thirteen-day trial in Lee County, the Shadow government, ruled by former Gov. Bob Riley, Mike Hubbard and BCA’s Billy Canary, was partially exposed....
View ArticleFreedom From Morality Makes Us Less Free
By Katherine Green Robertson July 4, 2016, A recent poll conducted by Dr. George Barna systematically explored America’s “shift in values.” Predictably, those polled value comfort, happiness, and...
View ArticleDeclare a Revolution on Independence Day for Alabama
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Even as we celebrate our Republic’s Independence Day, it is evident that our State is in a moral crisis. Gov. Robert Bentley is running roughshod over the...
View ArticleHubbard: Defiant and Unrepentant
By Bill Britt Alabama Politcal Reporter Michael G. Hubbard received a sentence of 96 years for his crimes. However, because he was convicted under State ethics laws, Judge Jacob Walker, III, with...
View ArticleBCA’s Canary Cares About Next Superintendent of Education
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Business Council of Alabama CEO, Billy Canary, and former State Superintendent of Education and current leader of BCA’s education arm, Joe Morton, recently...
View ArticleFaithful to the Mission
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Over the past 24 hours, I have received criticism and “atta boys” for my article “Greene County’s Burden.” Perhaps, I deserve both or neither, but at least...
View ArticleUs or Them?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The government has a role in the lives of its citizens, but it should be a government of the people, by the people, for the people, as Abraham Lincoln...
View Article“We” Being The Operative Word
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Words are powerful. They can inspire hope or fear, pride or prejudice. Words can heal or destroy. As Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote, “Words—so innocent and powerless...
View ArticleLottery Wars Begin
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Later today, Senator Jim McClendon (R-Springville) will file two lottery bills: one coming from Governor Robert Bentley; the other, crafted by...
View ArticleWho Will Be McCutcheon’s Wise Counsel?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Last week, intense debate over the lottery bill roiled the Senate Chamber. The State House, especially on the fifth floor, seemed to exude a new confidence; a...
View ArticleGov. Bentley Truthin’‘Cause a Truther Gotta Truth
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Gov. Robert Bentley, this Wednesday, informed the press that reports of a compact with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians was “blatantly false.” Bentley is a...
View ArticleA Gun or A Bitter Pill: The Test We Face
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter With only three days remaining in the 2016 Special Session, lawmaker’s willingness to come together for a Medicaid solution is waning, and hopes of letting the...
View ArticleWho’s To Blame? Who Will Lead?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—There is plenty of anger for not passing legislation to allow the people an opportunity to vote on a statewide lottery, but where is the outrage over...
View ArticleCelebrating Labor Day in a Right-To-Work State
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The Labor Day holiday has evolved over the years, according to the US Department of Labor. Honoring the Labor movement’s support of shorter hours, higher wages...
View ArticleSine Die And Good Luck
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Medicaid is funded for 2017, with $105 million for 2018, which gives legislators an opportunity to do nothing controversial or terribly important in an election...
View ArticleWho Has the Moral Authority to Lead Ethics Reform?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Even before former Speaker Mike Hubbard’s conviction on 12 counts of public corruption, due to criminal ethics violations, his minions were spinning a narrative...
View ArticleLights. Camera. Action?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter There is porn, then there are obscenities. Pornography is regulated by the legal standards that govern the concept of obscenity; while a moving target, it...
View ArticleA Dark Omen Rises From Moore Trial
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Those politicos and advocates who follow history should mark Friday, September 30,2016 on their calendars and note it as the day the State of Alabama changed...
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