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Mississippi Controversy, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Mississippi Welfare Scandal Engulfs Balch Stooges and “The Million Dollar Man”
How much of Balch’s $27.8 million was obtained through cronyism and favoritism? Should there be a criminal forensic audit of Balch? Walter H. Boone, a Balch & Bingham partner in Mississippi, obviously outraged, tweeted about the latest corruption scandal involving football great Brett Favre, the Mississippi Department of Human Services, and millions diverted from feeding hungry children to fund Favre’s pet project: a state-of-the-art volleyball stadium at the University of Southern Mississippi, where Favre’s daughter studies and plays…volleyball. The “scheme to defraud the government” has rocked Mississippi and angered decent and professional people like Boone. Mississippi Today broke the story…
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Irrefutable: Paid Actors and Mouthpieces Spin Yarn for Matrix and the Three Stooges
It’s a chorus line indeed! “Behind the Mask,” a video production from 2013, was originally a “smear and fear” piece but now it is irrefutable evidence that the Three Stooges (Alabama Power, Balch, and Drummond Company) appear to have utilized Matrix’s alleged dirty deeds, paid actors, and questionable mouthpieces to attack perceived enemies. Four years ago, we wrote about paid actors and controversies circling electric utilities at the time. While Alabama Power denied they used actors to attend public meetings, their half-answer at the time raised two critical questions: Were actors ever hired for any other purpose on behalf of Alabama…
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Sickening! Crosswhite Allegedly Sought Photographic Evidence of Bisexual Tryst Involving Fanning
Tom Fanning, as the surveillance proved, is a heterosexual male. Alabama Power CEO Mark A. Crosswhite allegedly had agents spy on his boss Tom Fanning, Chairman and CEO of Southern Company, to obtain photographic evidence that Fanning was bisexual, according to sources familiar with the surveillance that occurred in 2017. The move completely backfired because Fanning is not bisexual and surveillance obtained were only of Fanning’s then-girlfriend. Although Alabama Power has stated (through a Southern Company spokesperson) that they did not pay for the surveillance, media reports allege that Matrix, the obscure political consulting firm working on behalf of Alabama…
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Sleepless in Seattle: Kallon Demotes Himself and Joins Perkins Coie
Former Federal Judge Abdul K. Kallon has fled Birmingham and gone to one of the farthest places away from the cesspool of Jefferson County, Alabama: Seattle, Washington. Kallon joins Perkins Coie as a partner, according to a news release. In April, he announced his abrupt resignation; Kallon cited the usual “family time” excuse. According to media at the time, his wife obtained a job out of state but no one has been able to verify the fact. As we asked in June: Did Federal Judge Abdul K. Kallon agree to a secret deal to keep Alabama Power “unmentionable” during the North…
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California Dreamin’: Another Top Notch African-American Lawyer Dumps Balch & Bingham
The alleged racist and embattled law firm Balch & Bingham has lost one of their rising stars, Shalyn McKitt, an African-American lawyer who lasted a mere 14-months at the firm. While Balch’s managing partner Stan Blanton was busy collecting make-believe awards for diversity and inclusion, McKitt was preparing her exit. A year ago, Balch was praising McKitt who was appointed Vice Chair of DRI Young Lawyers Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee. As always, Balch has wiped their site clean of McKitt. She is now a ghost of Christmas past. Balch has only 15 attorneys who are people of color, and…
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Catastrophic Crosswhite! Selfish Loyalty Puts Southern Company at High Risk
Yesterday evening, we learned that U.S. Congressional investigators are beginning inquiries. Can this get any worse? When Mark A. Crosswhite was appointed Chairman and CEO of Alabama Power in 2014, he told media he was pleased to be the final decision maker. The multiple final decisions he has made appear to be a complete and utter cluster. Instead of firing and distancing the utility from the alleged racist and embattled law firm Balch & Bingham after the criminal convictions in 2018, he embraced his former employer, subsidizing them with lucrative legal services. Instead of terminating the Oompa Loompa of Alabama,…
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They’re All Losers! Matrix Meltdown Settles; Criminal Probes Heat Up
The fat lady hasn’t sung yet. The Matrix Meltdown is over in civil court according to a court filing yesterday afternoon. The Matrix Meltdown was an embarrassing fight that spilled raw sewage and, the alleged criminal and unethical behind-the-scenes details of the obscure political consulting firm and their agents. The explosive deposition with Jittery Jeff won’t happen. The civil war between Sloppy Joe Perkins and his once-protégé Jittery Jeff Pitts may be over for now and the Three Stooges (Alabama Power, Balch, and Drummond) can breathe a momentary sigh of relief. But the irreparable damage is done. The criminal probes…
