The Form 8-K filing confirms that a federal probe is moving forward. As we wrote last Thursday, both Southern Company and Florida Power and Light (FPL) appear to be preparing to negotiate “deferred prosecution agreements” with the U.S. Department of Justice. But Southern Company has been knocked against the ropes according to a bombshell post … Continue reading Southern Company Knocked Against the Ropes: Federal Probe Confirmed as Criminal RICO Complaint Lodged
Copying the same dance moves as disgraced ex-Alabama Power CEO Mark A. Crosswhite, Eric Silagy, the CEO of Florida Power and Light (FPL) resigned abruptly yesterday. Silagy, like Crosswhite, was embroiled in scandal and alleged criminal probes related to the obscure political consulting firm Matrix, founded by “Sloppy Joe ” Perkins, the Oompa Loompa of … Continue reading Sins of Matrix: Florida Power and Light Ousts CEO; Criminal Scrutiny Escalates as Utilities Seek Deferred Prosecution Agreements
Jace D. Williams, who was hired by Balch & Bingham’s Atlanta office in September of 2021, left the embattled firm 14 months later. Déjà vu as the pattern repeats itself again and again: Balch hires people of color who then practically flee through the fire escape. 98 percent of Balch partners are white, and the … Continue reading Debacle at Balch & Bingham as another African American Dumps Embattled Law Firm
We’ve said it before: there is no such thing as a coincidence in Alabama. And now the connections to the Southern Company criminal enterprise are solidifying on a case of what some would call attempted murder. In 2019, we, the CDLU, uncovered the fact that the cop that pulled over Burt Newsome in his staged … Continue reading Attempted Murder by Southern Company? Ongoing Investigation Reveals Explosive New Evidence Linking Crosswhite Advisor to Newsome Head-On, Near-Death Collision
Both the Woodfin Administration and executives at the Birmingham Times appear to have taken extreme measures to conceal the flow of money that is reported in this post. Investigative and independent mainstream journalism is dead in Alabama. Sadly, Southern Company’s criminal enterprise holds the purse and keys. In December, National Public Radio published an article … Continue reading Birmingham Mayor Funnels Whopping $1.8 Million to Birmingham Times, Another Alabama Power Funded, Compromised, and Slanted News Site
Southern Company allowed their most profitable subsidiary Alabama Power run free, like outlaws in the Wild West. Why? Because Alabama Power’s excessive profits helped pay for the billion-dollar cost overruns at two Southern Company boondoggles: The Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant in Georgia and the Kemper Plant in Mississippi. Ex-Alabama Power CEO Mark A. Crosswhite appears … Continue reading Tangled: Southern Company’s Criminal Enterprise, Law Enforcement Stooges, Compromised Judges, Paid-Off Media, and the Miscarriage of Justice
During the height of the criminal trial, Jay Town’s office filed a sealed subpoena demanding to know who was making counter arguments and critical comments about the prosecution and trial on the AL.com website. On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we expose the appalling lengths to which Southern Company stooges went to go after and … Continue reading Sealed Documents Show Southern Company’s Law Enforcement Stooges Silenced Critics and Media
Newsome won’t take it on the chin, not for himself or his clients. Eight years ago embattled law firm Balch & Bingham declared in a pleading in the Newsome Conspiracy Case that they had the legal right to “ruin a rival.” Instead, Balch ruined themselves losing tens of millions in legal fees, 18 of 18 … Continue reading While Balch Gets Terminated Again, Newsome Sets Legal Precedent
Jeff Peoples and Zeke Smith should be immediately fired for hiring an antisemite apologist. The anonymous financial records and documents that we, the CDLU, received show that Southern Company/Alabama Power paid Frank Matthews thousands of dollars in the summer of 2020 in the campaign of terror and intimidation against the CDLU, the Forbes Family, and … Continue reading Part 10: Antisemite Booster Hired by Southern Company’s Criminal Enterprise to Intimidate and Terrorize Perceived Enemies, Informants
The obscure and embattled political consulting firm Matrix, LLC, has been officially terminated by Florida Power & Light (FPL), one of the largest utilities in the United States. The final act was dispatching letters to several entities, including us, the CDLU, in late December. The Oompa Loompa of Alabama politics, “Sloppy Joe” Perkins, founder of … Continue reading FPL Dumps Matrix; Will Southern Company Terminate “Sloppy Joe” Perkins?
A simple case of breach of contract and misrepresention was sealed in its entirety. No minors, or victims of sexual assault or domestic violence were involved. So why was the case sealed then? Because the case was tied to Southern Company, its subsidiary Alabama Power, and/or sister-wife Balch & Bingham. Observers have been stunned by … Continue reading RICO: Southern Company and the Corruption of the Alabama Judicial Branch
King & Spalding is heavily looking at the corruption involving disgraced ex-U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town. As Southern Company ousted Alabama Power CEO Mark A. Crosswhite in late November, the utility hired King & Spalding to conduct a deep, internal criminal probe of the “massive corruption” surrounding the known and reported misconduct by Alabama Power, … Continue reading Massive Corruption: Southern Company Launches Deep, Internal Criminal Probe
Just a few minutes ago we were alerted that there were 101 login attempts against this blog BanBalch.com this morning and the number is climbing as hackers attempt to breach our security and firewall. We have struck a raw nerve, or maybe an inflamed brain. With the numerous documents we have received anonymously, we have now been able … Continue reading Part 9: Alabama Power/Southern Company’s Zeke Smith Allegedly Supervised Campaign of Terror; Hackers Attacking BanBalch.com
This is our eigth installment on the controversies surrounding why Alabama Power CEO Mark A. Crosswhite was ousted, sugar-coated as a retirement, in late November. Pulitzer-winning columnist John Archibald on Monday wrote a powerful column on how Alabama’s Public Service Commission worships Alabama Power. He described the situation: It was Alabama Power’s third rate hike of … Continue reading Part 8: $400 Million More – “Worshipping” Public Service Commission Rubber Stamped Alabama Power’s Rate Increases
Outrageous! Last week, Alabama Power announced its third rate increase this year to go in effect in January. According to NBC15: This one will begin on your January bill and -with the previous two increases- amounts to a roughly $22/month increase in your bill over the last 6 months. Now the anonymous documents we, the … Continue reading Part 7: As Alabama Power Increases Rates Again, Utility Wasted Millions on AstroTurf Groups and Alleged Criminal Enterprise
