Mike Hubbard

And justice is served…

On Friday, April 10, 2020, the Alabama Supreme Court upheld Mike Hubbard’s conviction on six counts of felony ethics violations. It was not a complete victory, but justice was served. And even though the Court looked craven and reluctant in its ruling, it did, in fact, acknowledge Hubbard’s guilt and also maintained his sentence. He … Continued

Bill Britt

April 13, 2020

Opinion

Mike Hubbard has taught us nothing

Mike Hubbard is going to prison. There is no glee in those words. There’s nothing happy or satisfying about them. A man did wrong and now a family will be without a father and a wife without a husband, and we’ll have one more body wedged into an Alabama prison for a few years. Because … Continued

Josh Moon

April 13, 2020

McCutcheon says Hubbard ruling made it clear: ethics law has flaws

Friday, Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon, R – Monrovia, issued a statement following the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling affirming five of the convictions of former Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn. “The Supreme Court’s ruling has made it clear that our ethics law has flaws that must be addressed,” said McCutcheon. “Our task … Continued

Brandon Moseley

April 13, 2020

Alabama Supreme Court upholds Hubbard conviction on six counts

It took nearly two years, but the Alabama Supreme Court has ruled on former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s appeal of his felony ethics convictions. The court upheld six of the 11 counts previously affirmed by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. The Supreme Court reversed five of the counts upheld by the appeals court. … Continued

Chip Brownlee

April 10, 2020

Opinion

Ethics are dying and you don’t care

Alabamians don’t care about ethics. Just admit it. Or, actually, don’t even bother admitting it, because the evidence is quite clear. You don’t really care that much. Oh, sure, you say you do. Each election, when the pollsters start making calls asking you to rank what’s most important to you, you list ethics right up … Continued

Josh Moon

February 24, 2020

Opinion

Deception, subtlety and the wholesale destruction of current ethics laws mark proposed rewrite

Legislation proposed by Rep. Mike Ball, R-Madison, would radically alter the existing State Ethics Act rendering it useless as an effective tool to regulate the behavior of public officials, much less prosecute a rouge lawmaker. Testifying at a pre-trial hearing in the criminal case against then-Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard in April 2015, Ball … Continued

Bill Britt

February 12, 2020

Opinion

Jim Zeigler has reminded everyone how useless the state auditor is

Alabama is known for its bad politicians. From George Wallace to Mike Hubbard, and all the Guy Hunts and Robert Bentleys in between, we do political crooks better than anyone. And we’ve got more do-nothing, pander-happy, waste-of-space political dolts per capita than any other state. But rarely — I’d say maybe even never — has … Continued

Josh Moon

February 7, 2020

Opinion

Don’t let the next decade be like the last

The last decade should embarrass anyone living in Alabama. Because by any measure that doesn’t include college football, the last 10 years have been a disaster for the working class people of this state. To put it simply: The rent is up and the wages are down. Corruption is at an all time high. Murder … Continued

Josh Moon

December 31, 2019

Mike Hubbard

And justice is served…

Mike Hubbard has taught us nothing

McCutcheon says Hubbard ruling made it clear: ethics law has flaws

Alabama Supreme Court upholds Hubbard conviction on six counts

Ethics are dying and you don’t care

Deception, subtlety and the wholesale destruction of current ethics laws mark proposed rewrite

Jim Zeigler has reminded everyone how useless the state auditor is

Don’t let the next decade be like the last

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