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Bill Britt

Bill Britt is editor-in-chief at the Alabama Political Reporter and host of The Voice of Alabama Politics. You can email him at [email protected].

News / Stealing the Statehouse

Hubbard Wants Expert Testimony Unsealed

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Indicted Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Auburn) has filed a motion asking that the testimony of Professor Bennett L. Gershman be unsealed. On October 28, 2015, Gershman gave testimony in a closed courtroom regarding prosecutorial misconduct at Hubbard’s evidentiary hearing. Hubbard’s criminal attorneys want his testimony unsealed, not because it would … Continued

Bill Britt

November 23, 2015

Opinion

Public Corruption: Apathy for the Devil

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Rooting out public corruption in our State will require the intellectual and moral courage to radically change not only behavior, but how we think about politics. It was not the rapacious Mike Hubbard who laid the cornerstone of politics for profit, he has simply presided over the most recent … Continued

Bill Britt

November 23, 2015

Strange Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down VictoryLand Ruling

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Late Thursday afternoon, Attorney General Luther Strange filed a formal appeal in the VictoryLand Bingo case with the State Supreme Court. SEE MOTION In a 62 page motion, the Attorney General is asking the Court to overturn the ruling by Montgomery Circuit Court Judge William Shashy, who found the … Continued

Bill Britt

November 20, 2015

Opinion

Connecting the Dots, Facing the Inevitable

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter In Montgomery, it is not always easy to connect the dots on a particular piece of legislation or policy, but the latest round of news stories coming from the Office of Gov. Robert Bentley makes it apparent, that the governor wants to expand Medicaid and pay for it with … Continued

Bill Britt

November 20, 2015

AG Strange, DA President Caution Lawmakers on Ethics Opinion

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—A letter from Attorney General Luther Strange and Scott Anderson, President of the Alabama District Attorney’s Association to State legislators made it clear, that despite the flawed and confusing opinion given to Rep. Patrica Todd (D-Birmingham), by the Alabama Ethics Commission it was still a felony crime for a … Continued

Bill Britt

November 19, 2015

Opinion

Refugee Crisis Conflicting Views

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—There is a heated debate about the relocation of Syrian refugees to the United States, with more than half of the nation’s governors saying they oppose allowing them into their states. Gov. Robert Bentley was the second governor to oppose the relocation of refugees within the nation’s borders. The … Continued

Bill Britt

November 18, 2015

Ethics Commission Offering Secret Advice

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—It is not widely know that the Alabama Ethic Commission provides confidential opinions to public officials, especially legislators…but they do. Under former Director Jim Sumner, verbal advice was given from time to time without the weight of protection. Under the new administration of Tom Albritton, that private advice comes … Continued

Bill Britt

November 17, 2015

Macon County Voters Ignored in VictoryLand Case

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY— The history of Constitutional Amendment 744 paints a compelling picture of what those, who worked for and against its passage, thought it would mean for the future of gambling in Macon County. Advertisements and statements on both sides made it clear that electronic bingo was at issue. With … Continued

Bill Britt

November 17, 2015

AG Used Authority to Make Case Vanish into Legal Blacksite

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—There has been some push back from the Attorney General’s office after Gov. Robert Bentley’s Executive Order 13, reverses the AG’s authority over gambling prosecution, and returns it to local law enforcement. However, General Strange showed no hesitation in removing a case from a local District Attorney when a … Continued

Bill Britt

November 16, 2015

Opinion

To Begin: Opinion

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter When we say every life is sacred, that doesn’t just mean the baby in the womb, it means every life. In Alabama, far too many of our fellow citizens are under-employed, under-educated and unhealthy. This should not be. When I hear Gov. Robert Bentley say he wants to be … Continued

Bill Britt

November 12, 2015