Stealing The Statehouse?

The following stories are part of an ongoing collection of articles researching the possibility of public corruption within the State of Alabama. While these articles do not make a judgement, per se, on the illegality of an act, they do record what may be a pattern and practice that appears suspect. Public corruption is a fatal infection which affects our entire society. It not only endangers our government, but our entire American way of life. Those who use the power entrusted to them by the people to enrich themselves and their confederates are the worst kind of criminals. They steal from our schools, our neighborhoods, our public projects and our pockets. Worst of all, they betray the sacred trust that good government is founded upon. “Woe to you Scribes and Pharisees, pretenders, who are like white tombs, which from the outside appear lovely, but from within are full of the bones of the dead and all corruption!” We promise to follow the trail of public corruption wherever it leads, no party, friend nor foe will deter our efforts. It is incumbent on the free press to find and chronicle all available information on public corruption. It is our sincere goal to expose those who betray the public trust and shine a light into the dark corners of politics. With this in mind we submit this continuing investigation into Stealing the Statehouse. Bill Britt Editor in Chief ***************************************************************** Will Justice Be Delayed?, 10 August 2015 Mike Hubbard’s Depravity, 07 August 2015 Panic Over Campaign Cash for Legal Defense, 05 August 2015 Hubbard Uses Judge's Words To Spin Continuance, 04 August 2015 Testimony Says Former Chief Deputy Directed Secret Recordings, 31 July 2015 Hubbard Will Kill Ethics Laws To Save Himself: Opinion, 24 July 2015 Hubbard Wants Ethics Laws He Passed Declared Unconstitutional, 23 July 2015 Change of Venue Not Possible, 09 July 2015 Political Corruption and Asymmetric Information: Opinion, 08 July 2015 Questions Remain About $250 Million "Advance", 06 July 2015 Hubbard Hauls in Millions: Opinion, 29 June 2015 State Answers Hubbard's Motions to Dismiss, 25 June 2015 Mark White Says Hubbard is Innocent of All 23 Counts, 25 June 2015 Chief Investigator Leaves Attorney General’s Office, 24 June 2015 Judge to Hold Hearing on Subpoenas in Hubbard Criminal Case, 23 June 2015 Hubbard Says He is Anti-Gambling, 23 June 2015 What Lies Within: Opinion, 22 June 2015 Titanic Failure (Opinion), 05 June 2015 Lobbyist Banned, Rumors About Buying Legislators, 03 June 2015 Well Past Time For Hubbard To Go (Opinion), 01 June 2015 Sisson Always Does Things The Right Way (Opinion), 29 May 2015 Attorney General Answers Questions In Hubbard Case, 28 May 2015 Hubbard’s Attorneys Sue DOJ for Hart’s Records, 27 May 2015 Former Chief of Staff, Deputy AG, Investigator, Part of Web in Hubbard Case, 26 May 2015 Attorney General’s Investigator Terminated For Conspiring To Undermine Hubbard Case, 21 May 2015 Hubbard Selling Out (But Not What You Think), 21 May 2015 When The Shoe Is On The Other Foot: Opinion, 18 May 2015 One Ball, Two Strikes For Hubbard’s Legal Team, 14 May 2015 Hubbard Becomes "Unhinged" Over Republican No Vote on Tax Hike, 07 May 2015 Influential Republican Voice Calls for Speaker’s Removal, 07 May 2015 Hubbard Plan Will Raise Taxes, Give Poarch Creek Tribe Monopoly (Opinion), 06 May 2015 Rep. Ball Says He's a Target for Speaking Out, 28 April 2015 Investigator with Ties to Former Deputy AG Terminated, 27 April 2015 The Reason I Go To Work (Opinion), 24 April 2015 Meeting with Criminal Defense Brings Day to Abrupt End, 23 April 2015 Ball Wants To Limit Investigation Into Lawmakers, 17 April 2015 Hubbard Motions Hearing Summary, 16 April 2015 Special Grand Jury Still Empaneled to Investigate Hubbard, Others, 15 April 2015 Conformity: A Most Dangerous State of Affairs (Opinion), 15 April 2015 New Court Filings Show Matrix of Overlapping Attorneys May Have Shared Privileged Information, 14 April 2015 Hubbard’s Plot: Opinion, 09 April 2015 Judge Rejects Defense Attempt to Turn Hubbard Hearing into Media Circus, 07 April 2015 Bentley Subpoena Another Distraction, 01 April 2015 In "Hail Mary" Hubbard Subpoenas Governor, 31 March 2015 Hubbard Cries Prosecutorial Misconduct, 31 March 2015 Code of Honor: What Does it Mean?, 31 March 2015 Hubbard Suggested He and Riley Run Shadow Party, 26 March 2015 Court Filing Show Cozy Relationship With Reporters, 24 March 2015 New Court Documents Show Grand Jury Leaks To Defense, 23 March 2015 White Wants More, 06 March 2015 Stealing the State House: His Own Words Condemn Him, 06 March 2015 Hubbard Ignored Warnings, 04 March 2015 Simon and Garfunkel’s Comeback in Alabama, 04 March 2015 Revelations Lead to Calls for Hubbard’s Resignation, 03 March 2015 The Trouble With Hubbard And The Path Ahead, 03 March 2015 Hubbard Cries Poor With Millions In Assets, 02 March 2015 Hubbard Wasn’t Broke, But Motivated by Anger and Envy, 02 March 2015 Prosecution Response to Hubbard Motion Suggests Long List of Potential Witnesses, 02 March 2015 Email to House Members re: Hubbard: "God help us all", 02 March 2015 Hubbard's Alleged Crimes Detailed In New Court Filings, 27 February 2015 Remember The Number 23, 27 February 2015 Hubbard’s Alternative Theory, 23 February 2015 The Wages of Fear and Silent Consent, 18 February 2015 Why Did Reagan Retain Baxley/Riley In The Fall of 2013?, 15 February 2015 Using Campaign Donations For Legal Defense: Back Story, 13 February 2015 Is Hubbard Breaking The Law With Criminal Defense Payments?, 10 February 2015 Could This Be Who Is Paying Hubbard’s Legal Fees?, 06 February 2015 A Lie Masquerading As A Reason, 04 February 2015 Paris Group Buys Company With Ties To Hubbard Indictment, 03 February 2015 Three Out Of Four Speakers Step Down, 02 February 2015 Hubbard Trial Set for October, 30 January 2015 Media Silence Is The Key To Hubbard’s Survival, 27 January 2015 Auburn Board Member Asks Bentley To Kill Hubbard Investigation, 26 January 2015 Hubbard Solicits Bentley To Quash Investigation, 23 January 2015 Public Corruption: “When Principles End and Only Opportunism Prevails.”, 20 January 2015 Hubbard Takes To The Airwaves, 19 January 2015 Ninety-Nine House Members To Become Witnesses For The Defense?, 16 January 2015 The House Has Brought Dishonor Upon Our State, 14 January 2015 Mike Hubbard Re-Elected As Speaker, 14 January 2015 Will Hubbard Use His Office To Punish?, 14 January 2015 “Leaks,” Accusations, Paper Trail, 12 January 2015 Hubbard Filing Seeks To Muzzle State, 09 January 2015 White Lies: 2013 Letter Acknowledges Criminal Investigation, 09 January 2015 Hubbard's Indictments: The Company Behind Count 10, 06 January 2015 Is Talk Radio Part Of Hubbard’s Defense Strategy?, 05 January 2015 Hubbard Files Yet Another Motion, 24 December 2014 Hubbard Files Three Motions To Dismiss (Motions Provided), 22 December 2014 Is Conspiracy At Play To Thwart Justice In Hubbard Case?, 15 December 2014 Is Conspiracy At Play To Thwart Justice In Hubbard Case?, 15 December 2014 Big Luther Blasts Sonny Reagan For Leaking Corruption Trial Information, 12 December 2014 Internal Memo Gives Reasons Reagan Terminated, 11 December 2014 Attorney General Ignores Request For Info on Reagan and Rumors, 10 December 2014 State Says "No" To Hubbard’s Request, 09 December 2014 A Moral Crisis Within State Government, 02 December 2014 Once Again White Spins The Press, 25 November 2014 APR Speaks with Acting Attorney General W. Van Davis, 24 November 2014 US Attorney General Charges President Obama With 23 Counts Of Felony Public Corruption, 24 November 2014 Davis Addresses False Allegations Made by Hubbard and His Attorney, 19 November 2014 Hubbard Attorney Reacts To Davis Statements, 19 November 2014 Van Davis Releases Statement Regarding Hubbard, 18 November 2014 Hubbard Granted Continuance While PR Blitzkrieg Rages, 18 November 2014 Hubbard Solicited And Received $600K For Failing Printing Business, 17 November 2014 Hubbard’s Attorneys Ask State To Identify Witnesses Mental Health, Drug Abuse and More, 13 November 2014 Hubbard Lobbying Governor Tied to $78 Million Dollar RSA Loan, 11 November 2014 Hubbard Pleads Not Guilty, Asks For More Time, 10 November 2014 Hubbard Reelected: What Were They Thinking?, 10 November 2014 Mike Hubbard Re-Elected As Speaker, 07 November 2014 If Hubbard Were In U.S. House, He Would Have To Step Down, 05 November 2014 Opinion: The Good Germans said, "Ich Wusste Nicht Uber Es.", 04 November 2014 Caucus Fealty Vote: Does Anyone Have The Numbers?, 04 November 2014 Republican House Caucus to Elect Speaker Nov. 6, 03 November 2014 The Trouble with Mike, 29 October 2014 Did Hubbard Use Campaign Donations to Post Bail?, 29 October 2014 Hubbard's Rally a Disgrace, 23 October 2014 Hubbard Says He Never Misused Office, 23 October 2014 Hubbard Presser: A Theater of the Absurd, 22 October 2014 Special Commentary: Thoughts on a Scandal, 22 October 2014 Hubbard Sends Email of Woe To Caucus, 22 October 2014 Armistead Hopes Hubbard is Not Convicted, 22 October 2014 Hubbard Arrested, Charged with 23 Felony Counts, 21 October 2014 Chronology of the Hubbard Scandal, 21 October 2014 Reaction to Hubbard Indictments, 21 October 2014 BREAKING NEWS: Davis Announces Arrest of Mike Hubbard, 20 October 2014 Special Commentary: A Frenzy of Lies, Rumors and Manipulation, 18 October 2014 Ethics Director Denies Complaint Against Hubbard, 29 September 2014 Expect More Fake Outrage from the Hubbard/Riley Spin Machine, 29 September 2014 Leaked Letter Designed to Discredit Hubbard Investigation, 26 September 2014 Unmasking the Jackals: Inside the AG Conspiracy, 22 September 2014 Deputy Attorney General Caught Leaking Grand Jury Information to Those Under Investigation, 19 September 2014 Court Denies Deputy Attorney General Motion to Quash His Testimony Before Lee County Grand Jury, 17 September 2014 Hubbard “Obsessed” with $200K Renovation of Committee Room, 15 September 2014 Hart Says Moore’s Attorneys Pinned Hopes On “Hail Mary” Defense, 12 September 2014 Hubbard To Use “Pledge” To Retain Speaker's Seat Even If Indicted, 10 September 2014 Hubbard Investigation May Reach Inside RSA and Commerce, 09 September 2014 Moore’s Team Wants More Time to Prepare a Defense, 09 September 2014 Cutting Through Smoke, Mirrors and Partisan Divide, 09 September 2014 Hubbard Doesn’t Have 9 of 9 Justices In His Pocket, 08 September 2014 Supreme Court Rules Against Indicted Lawmaker: Moore Trial to Go Forward, 05 September 2014 …And Justice For All, 03 September 2014 Is Speaker Hubbard Planning to Purchase Justice?, 01 September 2014 Deadline Passes for Arguments in Rep. Barry Moore Case, 21 August 2014 The Speaker Says, "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire" And I Believe Him (Opinion), 19 August 2014 Sources Link AG's Chief Deputy to Plot to Remove Hart from Hubbard Investigation, 18 August 2014 Hubbard's Dominion: VA US Senate Candidate Entangled By Speaker's Woes, 14 August 2014 Which Candidates Received “Toxic” Money?, 12 August 2014 Riley/Hubbard Funding of Non-Profit Raises Serious Questions, 08 August 2014 Sorting Through the Speaker's Dirty Laundry, 06 August 2014 Hubbard's Outgoing Chief of Staff Was One of State's Top Paid Officials, 06 August 2014 Rep. Mike Hubbard Must Resign His Speaker's Post, 05 August 2014 Leaked Report Reveals Facts on Hubbard/RSLC, 04 August 2014 Rep. Barry Moore’s Flurry of Legal Filings Answered (W/ 8 attachments), 04 August 2014 Supreme Court May Decide Fate of Lee County Grand Jury, 04 August 2014 Hubbard Continues Paying Attorneys with Campaign Cash, 03 August 2014 AL.COM Columnist Shares a Drink with Hubbard’s Attorney, 24 July 2014 Moore Seeks Stay Of Felony Trial (With Petition), 16 July 2014 Ethics Director Changes Tune on Knowledge of Hubbard Malfeasance, 30 June 2014 Claims of Political Prosecution: A Dishonest Rendering Of The Facts, 30 June 2014 APCI CEO Speaks Out on Wren, Silent on the Speaker, 23 June 2014 Judge Says Davis Has Authority, Hubbard’s Attorney Questions Judge, 16 June 2014 BREAKING NEWS: Judge Denies Dismissal in Moore Case, Hubbard Named as Subject of Investigation, 13 June 2014 Mike Hubbard's “Liberal Special Interests”, 10 June 2014 The High Cost of Public Corruption, 09 June 2014 Indicted Representative Moore: “I'll win the race and the case” 06 June 2014 Trial Date Set for Rep. Barry Moore, 05 June 2014 Riley’s PAC Hands Out Big Money to Barry Moore and Others, 28 May 2014 Did Hubbard Embezzle Money? 27 May 2014 State Files Brief in Moore Case, 23 May 2014 Storming the Courthouse: The Road to Lee County, 22 May 2014 Hubbard Has Five Attorneys at Moore Hearing, 21 May 2014 Two Mayors Testify in Lee County, Hubbard Appears To Be Central Target, 20 May 2014 Rep. Clouse Spotted at Lee County Courthouse, 14 May 2014 Busting the Speaker: Has Hubbard Been Indicted?, 14 May 2014 Hubbard Pays Moore’s Way, 12 May 2014 State Answers Motion to Dismiss in Moore Case, 08 May 2014 Moore Says Pipkin Phone Call Recording Was “Illegal Wiretap,” 07 May 2014 Lee County Grand Jury to Reconvene Next Week, 06 May 2014 Hubbard Accepted a Bribe, But Continues to Spin, 05 May 2014 Moore Receives Big Cash Donation from Hubbard Just Days After Arrest, 02 May 2014 Moore’s Attorney Says Ethics Law "Contrary to US Constitution," Asks For Case's Dismissal, 02 May 2014 Who Knew What And When: Wren’s Statement of Facts, 28 April 2014 Spinning a Web of Excuses, 28 April 2014 Bringing Down (The Speaker of) The House: Grand Jury Moves Closer to Hubbard, 25 April 2014 Hubbard Issues Statement on Moore Arrest, 24 April 2014 Indictment Documents Include Transcript of Matt Hart Questioning Moore, 24 April 2014 Rep. Moore Indicted, Arrested on Four Felonies, 24 April 2014 Moore Sought Legislation That Could Have Led To Personal Gain, 15 April 2014 Testimony and Ethics Chief Contradict Hubbard’s Press Statements, 14 April 2014 Hubbard Is A Crook!, 14 April 2014 Speaker on Offense, Already Fumbling, 14 April 2014 Former Rep. Wren Lied to Law Enforcement Before Plea, 11 April 2014 Hubbard Casts 12 Votes to Favor Consulting Client (W/Audio of Sumner), 08 April 2014 Dropping the Mike: Wren Deal Damns Hubbard, 08 April 2014 Hubbard Critical of Media Coverage of Wren Scandal, 08 April 2014 Is Hubbard Using Campaign Funds Illegally?, 07 April 2014 Greg Wren's Plea Agreement, 07 April 2014 Hubbard’s Campaign Money Goes to Criminal Defense Lawyers, 04 April 2014 The Governor and the Speaker: Differing Views on Wren Conviction, 04 April 2014 White Lies, Hubbard’s Contract with APCI Not Vetted or Disclosed, 03 April 2014 Greg Wren's Prescription for Alabama: A Breakdown, 02 April 2014 Wren Tells Sunday School Class He Will be Indicted, Mar 31, 2014 Moore, Hubbard Plot Intercepted in Job Killing, Political Retribution Scheme, Mar 31, 2014 Mike Hubbard: Spender of the House, Mar 27, 2014 Hubbard Routinely Takes Action Favorable to His Biggest Donors, Mar 17, 2014 Hubbard Using Campaign Contributions To Pay Legal Defense Team, Jan 3, 2014 Click here for more stories