ATTENTION BALDWIN COUNTY
Vote Jerry Carl July 14th for Congress "Lowtower" is ? CATALYST ?
HOWLING RAINS
Be sure to read the New York Times Article, the last link on this article. Baldwin County has seen its share of political commentary from Baldwin Insider, The Jester and the Infamous “Chuckie Cheeze” who quite appropriately now works as Aid De Camp for the Baldwin County legislative delegation. CHUCKIE CHEEZE - Ripp Report April fools joke? No sadly this is how journalism is portrayed in Baldwin County. We have no print media coverage on the eastern shore, only bad …
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Fourth of July
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CATALYST STACKING THE DECK
Get ready Fairhope, CATALYST is now working under the Scott Boone Consulting banner. CATALYST can be best described as: “Intricate web of multiple concentric layers of companies that are intermingled around and intended, among other things, to conceal the interrelationships among and between, and to insulate from liability” The FBI defines a criminal enterprise as “a group of individuals with an identified hierarchy, or comparable structure, engaged in significant criminal activity.”
FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
This is a very important election and the sparks are flying but when the dust settles it is clear that one major distinction stands out in the race CATALYST. CARL IS NOT CATALYST, HIS OPPONENT, “Lowtower” IS CATALYST, “The status quo, good ole boys that use politics for personal gain. Baldwin County needs to rid itself of CATALYST, not send it to Washington. “The AL-1 race has evolved into a battle between the activist and business wings of the Republican Party. The Business Council of Alabama, Alabama Farmers Federation and Byrne himself are backing Carl, while the conservative flame Club for Growth is backing Hightower. The Washington-based Club is expected to spend more than $1 million on the race for ads supporting Hightower and attacking Carl.”
FAIRHOPE WATERFRONT
The Fairhope Waterfront project started off with, City Council approval, of $500,000.00 for engineering and conceptual plans based on community input. Now the Council is saying this is the Mayor’s plan. Nothing could be further from the truth, 493 people filled out the questionnaire and dozens attended numerous meetings, this is the citizens plan. The latest article in Lagniappe has the Mayor “citing concerns from citizens who were unfamiliar with the two year old proposal, until recently”. You would never hear the CATALYST council “willing to extend public participation so the whole community had the opportunity to speak”. NEVER.
INVITATION
Fairhope Mayor Wilson is inviting the citizens of Fairhope, again, to participate in the next upcoming presentation of the Waterfront project. “Wilson told citizens on June 18, 'We are going back to the drawing board and urging those who did not take part in the three month engagement process earlier this year to please participate.'” Fairhope reopening public participation on proposed park project Fairhope Mayor Karin Wilson is pumping the brakes on a $6.2 million proposal to redesign and rehabilitate parklands around the city’s municipal pier, citing concerns from citizens who were unfamiliar
WHERE HELL WERE YOU?
Fairhope is closing in on another municipal election so get ready for CATALYST and the ill informed to try and convince voters that they know best. The latest issue is the plan for the waterfront, pier and parks at the bay. The funding comes from the BP oil spill in 2010. The cycle for funding and approval took years and grants were very specific outlining the scope of work. The last three years the waterfront project has been on the table. The City of Fairhope advertised meetings, encouraged public engagement and was transparent through the entire project.
STEALING OUR DEMOCRACY
When elections are “fixed” you can be assured, politicians, any party, are STEALING OUR DEMOCRACY. Baldwin County is home to fixing elections, just ask former Governor Don Siegelman. Their are many ways to “FIX” elections. Years ago Judge Michelle Thompsson eliminated her competition by having the Baldwin County Republican Party, declaring her competition, not Republican enough. Baldwin County now suffers under her gavel. Let us not forget that the Baldwin County Sheriff, Hoss Mack, had the help of then Sen. Tripp Pittman write exclusive qualifications for sheriff in Baldwin County, different than any county in the state. These qualifications eliminated the competition and the sheriff won the last two elections without opposition. In both elections the sheriff accepted donations to his re-election in spite of having no competition!