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Birmingham superfund scam extends well beyond federal courtroom

A scam took place in Birmingham. It involved an EPA superfund site. It involved political corruption. It involved poor, mostly black people getting the absolute shaft by the people who swore oaths to protect them. No, this scam isn’t part of the ongoing Oliver Robinson federal corruption trial. It is very specifically not part of … Continued

July 5, 2018

Why is the state takeover of Montgomery’s schools so shady?

There was much hand-wringing inside the Gordon Persons Building in downtown Montgomery on Wednesday, as interim state superintendent Ed Richardson and — for some reason not fully explained — Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange held a press conference to discuss the “dire state” of Montgomery’s public schools. They might as well have been selling special skillets … Continued

April 12, 2018

Montgomery’s charter school mess

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter Good charter schools exist. This is a fact. An undeniable fact. There are good charter schools out there doing fantastic work, filling a void that a public school simply cannot. The problem is there are also a lot of bad charter schools and even more just plain ol’ average … Continued

February 28, 2018

The Montgomery takeover continues to fail

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter A scam. That’s what the Alabama State Department of Education’s intervention into Montgomery Public Schools is. From the outrageous hires made by former superintendent Michael Sentance — almost all of whom have now been pushed out, but not before costing the state and the cash-strapped MPS system hundreds of … Continued

February 26, 2018

Final strange chapter: Fake cancer scam ends in jail time

By Josh Moon Alabama Political Reporter The strangest story I’ve ever covered is over. A Shelby County Circuit Court judge on Thursday sentenced Jennifer Flynn Cataldo to serve two years for each of two counts of first-degree theft by deception after Cataldo admitted to soliciting tens of thousands of dollars from friends and family in … Continued

December 1, 2017