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Alleged Attempted Coup D’Etat at Drummond Company Affirms Lost Path of Management Team
The aftershocks of the North Birmingham Bribery Trial proved that Drummond’s top management brass appears to be foolish enough to abandon corporate and family loyalty. After Drummond executive David Roberson was convicted in July of 2018, Drummond immediately vowed to fight for justice on his behalf, noting his conviction was unfair and unjust and that Balch had misled Roberson. Six months later, in February of 2019, then-Drummond CEO Mike Tracy appeared to do a 180 and abruptly fired Roberson. Then 12 days after firing Roberson, Tracy dispatched a cold-hearted letter yanking support to Roberson’s charity of choice: a school that…
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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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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…
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Dropping Like Flies! Judge Kallon Officially Steps Down Today
The stench from the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal still stinks and those involved are dropping like flies. The carcasses are piling up. Presiding Judge Abdul K. Kallon officially resigns today citing the usual stock-in-trade b.s. excuse of “spending more time with family.” Disgraced ex-U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town was forced to resign and fled in the middle of the night after inappropriate photos of him drinking libations with the embattled CEO of Alabama Power Mark A. Crosswhite were published. Town, too, left to “spend more time with family.” Two Assistant U.S. Attorneys allegedly turned in their resignations in April, a…
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Why is Crosswhite’s Most Trusted Advisor a White-Collar Criminal Attorney?
Mark A. Crosswhite, the former Balch & Bingham partner and current embattled Chairman and CEO of Alabama Power, has a curiosity. His most trusted advisor appears to be white-collar criminal attorney Mark White of White, Arnold & Dowd. During the North Birmingham Bribery Trial, according to court observers, White was allegedly at the proceedings everyday. Before the Roberson case was sealed, White was allegedly in court listening to every legal argument and motion. We, the CDLU, even bumped into him outside the Jefferson County Courthouse after attending a heated hearing in Roberson’s $75 million civil lawsuit, before the secret Star…
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Burnt Toast: Balch and Matrix Become Enormous Liabilities
Mark A. Crosswhite, the former Balch partner and current CEO of Alabama Power, is burnt toast and sources involved in the energy sector are whispering that Crosswhite is definitely out. Crosswhite’s departure is expected to be announced after Federal Judge Abdul K. Kallon (pictured right) officially steps down next week. Other business leaders are saying Crosswhite is done career-wise because of the alleged spying and surveillance scandal in 2017 of his boss, Tom Fanning, and his then-girlfriend. While Southern Company has attempted (like Florida Power and Light) to say they did not pay for or direct the alleged nefarious misconduct…
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Breaking News: Has Crosswhite Been Shown the Door?
A flurry of activity and an enormous spike of readership on our post originally published in 2020 about the need for Crosswhite to resign or retire, brought an interesting claim from reliable sources this evening: Mark A. Crosswhite, the Chairman and CEO of Alabama Power, has been shown the door. Is the unsubstantiated claim true or not? We, the CDLU, called Southern Company directly. We asked if Crosswhite had resigned, retired, or been fired? At first the spokesperson said he “couldn’t say” and suggested we call Alabama Power directly. After we pointed out that Southern Company is the parent company,…
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Crosswhite’s Downfall and the Mockery of Southern Company
The allegation that Alabama Power Chairman and CEO Mark A. Crosswhite allegedly authorized the spying on and surveillance of Tom Fanning, the Chairman and CEO of Alabama Power’s parent company, Southern Company, and Fanning’s then-girlfriend has rocked the utility sector. Although Southern Company is attempting public relations damage control to prevent further fallout, the facts speak for themselves and Crosswhite appears to have made a mockery of Southern Company. For decades, Alabama Power has run uncontrolled. Crosswhite, a former Balch & Bingham partner, has funneled millions of dollars to the embattled and alleged racist law firm, subsidizing the firm. The…
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Perkins’ Purgatory? Alleged High Crimes and Spying Rock Three Stooges as Carcasses Stack Up
Did Crosswhite find out if his boss Tom Fanning wears boxers or tighty whities? When the news story broke in June that Matrix agents allegedly spied on a journalist in Florida, our first reaction was, what’s the big deal? This is nothing compared to what happens in Alabama. Less than three weeks from today, Federal District Judge Abdul K. Kallon will step down. The presiding judge of the North Birmingham Bribery Trial appears to be another carcass in the long history of “use, abuse, and dispose of” mentality of Alabama powerbrokers. Kallon will join the elite ranks of disgraced ex-U.S.…
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Drummond, Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Matrix Meltdown: “Influencing Litigation,” Secret Star Chambers, and Criminal Obstruction of Justice
What a week. What a month. And we’re only on day 5. In “Jittery Jeff” Pitts’ court filing earlier this week, he outlines alleged misconduct by Matrix’s founder “Sloppy Joe” Perkins including allegedly setting up phony groups and digital websites to intimidate individuals while influencing litigation. Is Pitts referring to the North Birmingham Bribery Trial, David Roberson’s $75 million civil lawsuit, or the Newsome Conspiracy Case? Or all three? All three litigated cases involve alleged criminal obstruction of justice. Alabama Power and their sister-wife Balch & Bingham were involved in all three cases, two of which were sealed in their…
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Drummond, Newsome Conspiracy Case, North Birmingham Bribery Case, Southern Company, Spotlight on Balch & Bingham
Alabama Power Rocked to the Core; Will Crosswhite Resign or Retire?
Did Mark A. Crosswhite mislead parent company Southern Company about Alabama Power’s involvement in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal or the Newsome Conspiracy Case? [This post originally appeared on November 22, 2020. Crosswhite resigned on November 21, 2022. Click here to read about his resignation. ] In early 2017, Balch & Bingham allegedly told the now indicted, former CEO of Black Hall Aerospace Paul Daigle that we, the CDLU, were “nothing” to worry about. With the indictment last Tuesday caused by CDLU’s advocacy and persistence, sources tell us Balch attorneys were allegedly stressed out that same night, working late into…
