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Canary-Hand dumpster fire leads to emergency conference call; PAC plan revealed

A scramble to save embattled Business Council of Alabama C.E.O. Billy Canary led to an emergency conference call with the group’s executive committee early Monday morning. Organized by Canary and current BCA Chairman Perry Hand, the call was to “dispel” inaccurate reports about Canary’s status at BCA, even though it was acknowledged that Canary would … Continued
April 24, 2018

Does Volkert chairman have millions of reasons to support Canary at BCA?

Perry Hand, the chairman of Mobile-based Volkert Inc., is standing behind the Business Council of Alabama’s besieged CEO Billy Canary, while his company has seen a dramatic rise in state business that roughly coincides with his tenure on the association’s board. Could it be that Hand’s dogged support of Canary is tied to the engineering … Continued
April 23, 2018

Did the race for Lt. Governor end before it began?

By Larry Lee Education Matters Candidates for election in 2018 have now turned in their first monthly financial report to the Secretary of State.  This covers the month of June. These include the three announced Republican candidates for Lt. Governor–Will Ainsworth, Mary Scott Hunter and Rusty Glover.  The differences in the reports are astounding and do not … Continued
July 10, 2017

Newman Holds on to School Board Seat

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Tuesday, April 12, north Alabama voters went to the polls and Incumbent Jeff Newman (R) held on to his State school board seat with 62.1 percent of the votes cast to Bonner’s 37.1 percent. Turnout was terrible in District 7 where as of press time only 11,087 votes had … Continued
April 13, 2016

Moore Spending Campaign Cash for Legal Defense

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—Indicted lawmaker Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, is not only spending his campaign donations on his legal defense, he is also hiring “private-eyes” with other people’s money. Moore’s latest FCPA filing show that he raised $16,000, for the week ending October 10. All totaled, Moore had a beginning balance of $35,351.64. … Continued
October 14, 2014

Hubbard Having A Good Week, So Far…

By Bill BrittAlabama Political Reporter MONTGOMERY—New FCPA filings are out the week of May 16, and it looks like Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn is having a good week. Thanks, to big business political action committees, lobbyists and the construction industry, Hubbard received $123,250.00 in political donations to his personal campaign committee. The biggest contributor by … Continued
May 20, 2014