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Auburn Drops Hubbard’s Former Employer

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Auburn Athletics has granted FOX Sports an exclusive contract to manage its multimedia rights and sponsorship sales, for all of Auburn’s sports initiates. These include, intellectual property rights, radio broadcasts for all sports, coaches’ television shows, live TV rights, athletics publications, and more. The agreement with FOX Sports spells … Continued
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March 9, 2016

Public Servant Buddy Mitchell Passes

Staff Report Alabama Political Reporter Alfred “Buddy” Henry Mitchell, 66, a resident of Montgomery, AL, passed away on Wednesday, December 3, 2014. Buddy had a diverse understanding of Alabama politics, having been involved in the Alabama political arena for nearly four decades, including service in the Executive branch, Legislative branch and lobbying the Alabama Legislature. … Continued
December 4, 2014

In New Radio Commercial Hubbard is Challenged to a Polygraph Test

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Former Executive Director of Government Affairs for Auburn University challenges Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, to join him in taking a lie detector test or testifying under oath. Buddy Mitchell has publicly, and in a sworn affidavit, accused Hubbard of masterminding a bid-rigging scheme that cost Auburn University millions in revenue. As a … Continued
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May 31, 2014

Mitchell’s Attorney Calls Hubbard Out

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Report MONTGOMERY—In what may seem like a move from the play book of Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, Buddy Mitchell’s attorney has sent Hubbard a letter demanding an immediate retraction of his defamatory statements against Mitchell. Hubbard’s reaction to a television commercial Mitchell cut for Sandy Toomer, sent him into a insult- ladened tirade … Continued
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May 29, 2014

Hubbard Strikes Back, Doesn’t Deny Bid Rigging

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—“You can’t trust Mike Hubbard.” That is the closing statement made by the former Executive Director of Government Affairs for Auburn University. In a 30-second television commercial, Buddy Mitchell speaks into the camera and says what he has sworn to in an affidavit. Mitchell gave Hubbard the information that allowed him to … Continued
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May 28, 2014

New Campaign Targets Hubbard as ‘Graftmaster’

Click here to enlarge By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—On Tuesday voters in Lee County received a campaign push-card that looks like an advertisement for a B-Movie or a Quentin Tarantino noir parody. The mailer features Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard as “The Graftmaster.” Hubbard is currently under a grand jury investigation for campaign-finance-related … Continued
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April 10, 2013

Anatomy of a Rigged Bid

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—When Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard secretly obtained competitors’ bids for the lucrative broadcast rights to Auburn University’s sports department in 2002, he set into motion a chain of events that not only enriched his business interests by millions of dollars, but threatens to drag a premiere Alabama university into … Continued
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March 20, 2013