Category Archives: Spotlight on Balch & Bingham

Ex-Balch & Bingham Attorneys are Now Federal Prison Inmates 04104-510 and 35504-001

Convicted pedophile and ex-Balch & Bingham attorney Chase T. Espy is now inmate 04104-510 at the Federal Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia, while ex-Balch partner Joel I. Gilbert, convicted of money laundering and bribery in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal, is inmate 35504-001 at the Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery, Alabama. Balch has boasted these last … Continue reading Ex-Balch & Bingham Attorneys are Now Federal Prison Inmates 04104-510 and 35504-001

Another Matrix Mess? Joe Perkins and Matrix Goons Allegedly Smear Self-Made Businessman Stan Pate

Joe Perkins, the diminutive consultant to Alabama Power and founder of Matrix, LLC, the obscure political consulting firm, is embroiled in yet another scandal. This time Perkins and his Matrix firm are in the middle of a lawsuit in the heart of Alabama that alleges libel and slander. This latest scandal out of Tuscaloosa raises … Continue reading Another Matrix Mess? Joe Perkins and Matrix Goons Allegedly Smear Self-Made Businessman Stan Pate

Kerr Running to the Fire Escape? Five-Alarm Scandal Engulfs Southern Company

Jim Kerr, the former Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel at Southern Company, who met with us, the CDLU, in December of 2017 and later lied to us about Southern Company’s involvement in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal and the Newsome Conspiracy Case, is allegedly looking for a new job, according to DonaldWatkins.com. Watkins writes: … Continue reading Kerr Running to the Fire Escape? Five-Alarm Scandal Engulfs Southern Company

Speechless! Steamy Sex Scandal About to Rock Southern Company; Mistresses Allegedly Paid Off in Millions

DonaldWatkins.com is about to document a steamy, illicit sex scandal allegedly involving millions of Southern Company’s shareholder dollars. The investigative report comes as Southern Company faces a highly anticipated civil RICO lawsuit, an ongoing SEC probe, an investigative review after numerous complaints were filed with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency, and alleged investigation(s) by the … Continue reading Speechless! Steamy Sex Scandal About to Rock Southern Company; Mistresses Allegedly Paid Off in Millions

Subsidizing Racism and Pedophiles? McWane Funnels Over $1.1 Million to Balch & Bingham

Will they remove McWane’s name from the children’s science center in Downtown Birmingham? McWane, the cutting-edge and innovative iron pipe, plumbing, and waterworks company, has taken an enormous step backwards by hiring embattled law firm Balch & Bingham for lobbying services in Washington, D.C. Starting in 2020, McWane has emerged as Balch’s largest federal lobbying … Continue reading Subsidizing Racism and Pedophiles? McWane Funnels Over $1.1 Million to Balch & Bingham

“Fall Guy” Follies: Drummond’s “Confused” General Counsel Briefed Since Inception About North Birmingham Scheme

The emails and documents we recently received show unequivocally that Blake Andrews, the “confused” General Counsel of Drummond Company, was briefed regularly about the North Birmingham Scheme. On February 18, 2015, at the inception of the money laundering entity, Alliance for the Jobs and the Economy (AJE), convicted felon and now ex-Balch partner Joel I. … Continue reading “Fall Guy” Follies: Drummond’s “Confused” General Counsel Briefed Since Inception About North Birmingham Scheme

Corporate Execs Were Protected by Southern Company Lackeys; Balch Warned that Emails Could “Easily End Up in the Wrong Hands”

For at least two years, 2017 and 2018, U.S. Attorney Jay Town, Principal Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood, and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions appear to have never allowed a probe of Southern Company or an expansion of the investigation in North Birmingham to happen on their watch. Since the Southern Company criminal RICO … Continue reading Corporate Execs Were Protected by Southern Company Lackeys; Balch Warned that Emails Could “Easily End Up in the Wrong Hands”

Email Exposé: Southern Company Lobbyist Critical Element in North Birmingham; DOJ Compromised

The trifecta was complete. With U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Principal Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey H. Wood, and U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town, Southern Company compromised the U.S. Department of Justice with three of their most ardent lackeys in power at the same time. We, the CDLU, provided documentation in December of 2017 to Jim … Continue reading Email Exposé: Southern Company Lobbyist Critical Element in North Birmingham; DOJ Compromised

Southern Company Involved “Up to Their Eyeballs” in North Birmingham

Southern Company lied to us in 2018 when they said they were not involved in the North Birmingham Bribery Scandal. Jim Kerr, the former Chief Compliance Officer, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief of Staff of Southern Company blatantly denied in January of 2018 that Southern Company was involved with the immoral and criminal … Continue reading Southern Company Involved “Up to Their Eyeballs” in North Birmingham

RICO Enterprise Lied and Bribed! Southern Company’s “Creative Accounting” at Vogtle Exposed

Net income at Southern Company rose to $3.5 billion in 2022, a 47 percent increase as compared to 2021. Last year, the Alabama Public Service Commission rubber-stamped three rate increases at Alabama Power generating an estimated $400 million a year in additional revenue. The most-profitable subsidiary of Southern Company, Alabama Power, has been helping cover … Continue reading RICO Enterprise Lied and Bribed! Southern Company’s “Creative Accounting” at Vogtle Exposed

Spreadsheets Confirm Waste of Millions by Southern Company Against Innocent Victims

The expenditures had no corporate purpose whatsoever. In a seven-week period in the summer of 2020, Southern Company approved expenditures of over $318,000 to target, smear, intimidate, and threaten innocent victims. The victims included us, the CDLU, Burt Newsome, K.B. Forbes and their respective families. The CDLU, the Forbes Family, and the Newsome Family were … Continue reading Spreadsheets Confirm Waste of Millions by Southern Company Against Innocent Victims

Spring Break Madness at Southern Company

We will return next week. However, Spring Break madness has erupted at Southern Company. From DonaldWatkins.com stunning reports, to allegations of accounting fraud, from independent directors allegedly pocketing millions, to Kristine L. Svinicki’s unethical, conflict-of-interest tainted appointment, Southern Company is suffering from complete chaos. Employee morale is in the toilet and employees are making their … Continue reading Spring Break Madness at Southern Company

Southern Company Dismisses Suppression of African-Americans in Alabama as a “Hypothesis”

[This post originally was published on June 30, 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. Now, with the riveting report about Jim Kerr from DonaldWatkins.com, the Southern Company Board of Directors appears to have been consistently and repeatedly misled by their Chief Compliance Officer, Kerr. Kerr lied to us and now documents, including financial spreadsheets, … Continue reading Southern Company Dismisses Suppression of African-Americans in Alabama as a “Hypothesis”

Use of Fear, Threat of Death: Alabama Power CEO Jeff Peoples Approved Terrorizing Children and Hid Payment as “Transportation Organization Management”

Top Alabama Power employees have been documenting Peoples’ demands to cover themselves in the event things at the company blowup… DonaldWatkins.com Yesterday’s breaking news report from DonaldWatkins.com that included audio of Alabama Power’s new but embattled Chairman and CEO Jeff Peoples declaring “what ya’ll are going to get from me is sunshine and transparency” has … Continue reading Use of Fear, Threat of Death: Alabama Power CEO Jeff Peoples Approved Terrorizing Children and Hid Payment as “Transportation Organization Management”

Come Hell, Hookers, or High Water, Southern Company Desperately Seeks Resolution and Reset

Another week and another cancellation today of Southern Company’s public meeting with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission about Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Reactors 3 and 4. The cancellation comes on the heels of this week’s sensational allegation from DonaldWatkins.com that Alabama Power’s new CEO Jeff Peoples allegedly spent up to $30,000 a month in corporate … Continue reading Come Hell, Hookers, or High Water, Southern Company Desperately Seeks Resolution and Reset