Tarrant Elementary School Soil to be Tested
Balch & Bingham’s unsavory conduct in the North Birmingham Bribery Case was strongly rebuked today.
Pressure from the Alabama Media Group has spurred the Tarrant City Schools to finally agree to test the soil at Tarrant Elementary School, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist John Archibald.
Balch-made millionaire and convicted felon Joel I. Gilbert spearheaded an effort that targeted poor black children in North Birmingham with free coat drives and other efforts.
Ex-Balch partner Gilbert also worked behind the scenes to have Tarrant City Schools rescind permission for the EPA to test the soil at Tarrant Elementary, as disclosed in the criminal trial this past summer.
The school is 95% minority, predominately black, according to Public School Review.
No matter how the results come back, when, if ever, will Balch & Bingham apologize to the African-American community in North Birmingham for Gilbert’s deplorable and criminal conduct?
