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9,679,764 SARS-COV-2 cases worldwide with a total of 491,095 deaths. The USA has 2,444,488 cases with 124,897 deaths. Alabama tops the scales at 33,717 cases. Baldwin County seems suspiciously COVID-19 free-ish. The White House CoronaVirus Taskforce had a press conference today for the first time in months in response to the resurgence of new cases around the Country (Florida and Texas in particular). Fairhope City Hall closed yesterday when it was discovered a staff member who attended the City Council Meeting this week was positive for COVID-19 and potentially infected others. Responsibility, Fairhope and other municipalities in the area have canceled 4th of July fireworks. The SEC and NCAA demand the State of Mississippi remove the confederate battle flag from being displayed as a portion of their state flag; Capt. Raines, as a native, weighs in. We watch Matthew McConaughey have an uncomfortable conversion that launches us into such a nebulous argument that it led to the discussion of not releasing this video, but in the end it is an honest disagreement based on race, history, bias of positions, and perception. According to cited sources 1,000 people are killed at the hands of law enforcement each year when being taken into custody. Of these 25 % are black (African American) when this demographic only represents 13% of the population. But take into consideration that his demographic also commits 50% of all violent crime….we disagree, enough said (See Time Magazine, John McWorter assoc prof of English at Columbia University). We watch a police video from Dallas, Texas of Tony Timpa’s death (a mental patient who called the police for help). No malice on the part of law enforcement here, just a complete lack of training in this area of interaction. And then we go back to Ferguson, Missouri related to the death of Michael Brown and hear from Officer Darren Wilson, the only person left alive to tell the tale. In the meantime, monuments and statues are going on the bonfire. Teddy Roosevelt is too controversial for New Your City and protesters were “shooed away” after trying to topple Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square in Washington D.C. Columbus is in the cross-hairs, even though one of the most famous black (African American) intellectuals in the world, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, believes that the discovery of the new world and the reunification of the “People of the America’s” with the rest of the world was “the most important thing to happen to our species in recorded history”. And we give you a little backstory on how Andrew Jackson’s treaty of Ft. Jackson with the Creek “Redsticks”, after the Fort Mims massacre (1813 Baldwin County, Alabama), ceded lands to the Whitesticks (allies of the US) which is the site of the Poarch Creek Indians (PCI) Gaming’s Wind Creek Casino. During the Pensacola Campaign, General Jackson and Mrs. Rachel Jackson stayed at Montpelier for three months, the plantation home of James Manual Earle in North Baldwin County. He also gave his famous speech rallying his troops from “Jackson Oak” at the now abandoned settlement of Blakely, Baldwin County, Alabama which is a National Historic Site.

8.5 Million SARS-COV-2 cases Worldwide, with 2,215,000 cases in the USA, 119,000 deaths and Baldwin County still must not be testing widely because our numbers remain incredibly low with neighboring Florida predicted as the new epicenter for infections. The movement that we have seen across the country in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement has led to protest across this country for weeks, clashes with law enforcement, looting, vandalism, arson, and the removal of public statues depicting Confederate “soldiers, statesmen, or collaborators”. Rayshard Brooks was killed this past week by Atlanta Police Officers resulting in said officers being charged and the Chief of Police resigning. Aunt Jemima, Uncle Ben, and the State of Mississippi flag are all on the chopping block. We know how to get Mississippi to change, hold college football to ransom! Also portraits of former Speakers of the US House of Representatives have been taken down at the capital because of their affiliation at some point with “The Confederacy”. Former Governor Don Siegleman was in Fairhope last night at a book signing. We went and will fill you in. Please go check out the documentary “Atticus and the Architect” about the prosecution. Fairhope controversies continue, shocker. A new power plant, a new Baldwin County Jail, a new Justice Center in Bay Minette, all during a time of uncertain economic times. And if you want to throw a statue in the Alabama River we suggest Dr. J. Marion Sims, the father of gynecology who experimented on enslaved Americans without anesthesia; We’ll carry the feet, you get the head.

7.5 Million SARS-COV-2 cases Worldwide, with 2,042,000 cases in the USA, 115,000 deaths and Baldwin County sees an uptick of 50 cases since last week. Complaints were delivered last week to the Alabama Ethics Commission regarding alleged improper purchases and self dealings related to several Board Members and staff at North Baldwin Utilities. These purchases were justified, just like the Mega-Site purchase, under the guise of economic development. We play “Ethics Jeopardy”, poorly. The movement that we have seen across the country in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of law enforcement has led to protests across this nation for weeks: clashes with law enforcement, looting, vandalism, arson, and the removal of public statues depicting Confederate “soldiers, statesmen, or collaborators”. We have a frank discussion about race, the movement, the changes we have seen that we like and the absolute untenable demands of some of the protesters (or those who allegedly speak for them). Auburn University, Birmingham, Mobile and the US Military are discussing changes to the names of buildings, removal of statues, and even an asinine demand that we “abolish or defund” the police. WE agree that police policies need to be reformed and discuss the militarization of local law enforcement, as a negative result of the hero worship culture that has been put forward; the Police are not the Military and should not be armed as such. Raines and Harry discuss the preconceptions they had about our country being destroyed by a couple of well-intentioned Professors at Auburn and Mississippi State Universities. How many ways does the mere existence of the Baldwin County Major Crimes Unit concern you? Paul lays out the “Faux Candidates” of Catalyst. Gulf State Park still wont tell us how much money this 3rd party running the joint is costing us. Please go check out the documentary “Atticus and the Architect” about the prosecution of former Governor Don Siegleman. Jerry Carl gets a much appreciated endorsement from incumbent Congressman Bradley Byrne. We discuss "wish-list judicial reforms" or at least the concept that political contribution disclosures by our Judiciary should be on the table. We give you our take on the lessons of The Civil War, the Civil Rights Movement (a tragic turning point), and what this current movement means for our Constitutional Republic moving forward.

The SARS-COV-2 pandemic ravages the world with 6,804,044 cases- 1,909,077 in the US with 18,000 cases in Alabama and 300 in Baldwin County. This crisis has taken a backseat to the current protests and outrage at the death of George Floyd at the hands of Law Enforcement. This 8:46 Murder- caught on video- was the spark that ignited outrage across the USA from the Black Lives Matter movement and by non-traditinal protesters on this issue (white people). It’s complicated but if you aren't outraged that a fellow citizen was choked to death with his hands cuffed behind his back, please go elsewhere. The militarization of the police forces in this country is one issue, where we believe, a bad policy decision led us to where we are today. We also advocate for reform of the position of Sheriff in Alabama following the Maryland Model whereby the Sheriff is relegated to a glorified jailer (immunity in tact for good reason) with the County hiring a professional police force (THAT DOES NOT HAVE IMMUNITY). After filing an Ethics Complaint against the Sheriff Huey Mack (CEO of Mack Funeral Home), Harry’s courthouse security pass was reinstated. The removal of Admiral Semmes statue in Mobile discussed as well as the man’s legacy to Naval Warfare (video at the end of podcast). Raines nurses a hangover as he tells us about the protests he has been to in Houston. The Co-option of:1) the term and Flag of the Revolutionary War “dont tread on me” by the Tea Party, 2) the Confederate battle flag by white supremacists, and 3) the Good Ole Boy System by Catalyst here in Baldwin County. We mourn the death of Moody Police Sgt. Stephen Williams who died in the line of duty this week (Harry’s co-worker at the City of Alabaster). The Auburn Family mourns the loss of Coach Pat Dye, a good man and role model that should all aspire to emulate. Paul’s trip to the Fairhope City Council meeting (for an explanation of the total goat-f*&! That is the McSharry assault prosecution) goes viral. Tropical Storm Cristobol is heading to NOLA but we are on the “bad side” of the tropical rotation, plan for 5 days of constant rain and wind. Former Secretary of Defense and Marine General James Norman Maddis (Mad-Dog) expressed his outrage at President Trump’s leadership during this time of crisis. Go check it out in The Atlantic. Using tear gas on peaceful protesters for a photo op…..Former US Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions was in town this week stumping for his old Senate seat and had his picture-took with DA Robert Wilters, Bay Minette Police Chief Al Tolbert and PD Mayor Robert Wills (talk about the wrong stuff, photo enclosed). The Backstory Turkey Take-out is none other than former Baldwin County Commissioner and “Strawman” Tucker Dorsey. There is a new lawsuit against his handlers Bass and Delaney related to the Bellaton Development on 181 in Daphne, allegations of fraud and all the other crap you’d expect. Movie suggestions, personal stories, indian pottery, Beretta shotguns, and much, much more.

5,851,494 SARS-COV-2 infections world-wide, 1,720,0000 in the USA with 16,554 in Alabama with 281 cases in Baldwin County, Alabama. The CDC says antibody tests are at best 50/50. The Bully Pulpit as coined by President Teddy Roosevelt, meant "the best" or "greatest"; time has not been kind to the term "BULLY" and we have some prime examples. President Donald J Trump has taken to Twitter and made some questionable comments to say the least. Suggesting that former Republican Congress Joe Scarborough (R-Pensacola, Florida) killed one of his staff members, regardless of the evidence to the contrary. When flagged by Twitter he responds with an Executive Order related to censorship on social media platforms. Bully. Mr. Ripp attended the Fairhope Council Meeting and the Bully Catalyst Council was on full display. Mr. Ripp was advocating for Paula DiNardi, the victim of an assault case at the hands of local Irish Pub owner Ronan McSharry, the case was tossed by Circuit Judge Clark Stankoski. The City Prosecutor "mansplained" to Mayor Karen Wilson that he has nothing to account for to the People, Ms. DiNardi, nor to her. Locally Sheriff Huey Mack (as a petty retaliation for Paul Ripp dragging him into court by his ear) has suspended Mr. Still's security pass to the Courthouse over some suspicious photography activity that Mr. Still explained to the Courthouse Security Committee; who have refused to buck the Sheriff. This is the second since the Podcast started that the Sheriff has employed this tactic but this time Mr. Still is not allowed to take any electronic devices into the Courthouse. Bully. An addendum has been filed to the Judicial Inquiry Commission Complaint filed against Circuit Judge Joseph Norton with some interesting diagrams that purport to demonstrate several conflicts of interest in his hearing the Bass v. Baldwin County Sewer Service (Burke, Delaney, Pennstar, ect, ect, ad nauseum). Strawman Dorsey, Taxman Elliott, and a menagerie of other Catalyst players in this episode.

I am asking the Committee to immediately reinstate my Courthouse Security Pass. This is completely retaliatory, unethical, and unacceptable to me as a member of the Bar and a citizen of this County.

Paul Ripp goes to the Fairhope City Council Meeting to get some answers surrounding the alleged mishandling of the case detailed below. As you will see the wagons circle, adults are told they don't understand plain language, and the Council- when cornered- adjourn the meeting. The idea that something like this is going on should make you go to the meeting next time to advocate for the victims. If you are a resident of Fairhope, you are a victim of this miscarriage of justice as well. You paid good money for it. MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The assault charge against Ronan McSharry, owner of McSharry’s Irish Pub in Fairhope, has been dismissed by a Baldwin County Circuit Judge. On Thanksgiving Day 2018, McSharry was accused of pushing a Fairhope woman off a barstool at a different Fairhope establishment. The victim in the case was alleged to have suffered a concussion from the incident. McSharry was convicted of Assault 3rd degree in Fairhope Municipal Court in April of 2019. He appealed that conviction. During the appeal, defense attorney John Beck filed a motion to dismiss the charge because the complaint “does not charge an essential element of the charge of Assault in the Third Degree.” The complaint, as originally filed in Fairhope Municipal Court, reads as follows: OFFENDER, RONAN FRANCIS MCSHARRY, DID, WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON, TO WIT: PAULA DINARDI, BY PUSHING HER IN THE CHEST AGGRESSIVELY AND PUSHING HER OFF HER BAR STOOL. THESE EVENTS OCCURRED IN THE POLICE JURISDICTION OF FAIRHOPE, AL. The Alabama definition of Assault in the Third Degree states: A person commits the crime of assault in the third degree if: (i)With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he causes physical injury to any person Beck argued in the filing that because the complaint doesn’t allege that an injury happened, the charge should be dismissed. McSharrys attorney filed the motion to dismiss on January 7, 2020, but the response wasn’t filed by Fairhope’s attorney Marcus McDowell until January 22, 2020. On the same day, McDowell also filed a motion to amend the complaint to correct the alleged error, that motion was denied and the case was dismissed by Baldwin County Circuit Judge Clark Stankoski on March 27. Attorneys are given seven days to file responses to motions, according to the Alabama Rules for Criminal Procedures. John Beck tells NBC 15 that the one-year statute of limitations on misdemeanors had also passed by the time the motion to amend the complaint was filed. Court records indicate that on two separate occasions, the Fairhope City prosecutor failed to file paperwork with the court within the legally allowed timeframe. An appeal filed by Fairhope to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals challenging the dismissal wasn’t filed until April 17, 2020. The appeals court denied that appeal request. McSharry still faces a public intoxication charge.

By Jeff Burlew Tallahassee Democrat Posted Mar 18, 2020 at 1:57 PM An FBI agent checking out a complaint about police corruption in Franklin County ended up handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol car after running into deputies who doubted his true identity. The ordeal unfolded after Special Agent Alexis Hatten traveled from Panama City to Carrabelle to ask about a citation the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office gave to a prominent businesswoman but later pulled back from the courthouse. It escalated into a roadside confrontation — all caught on bodycam video —between Hatten and the deputies. During the six minutes Hatten spent locked in the cruiser, he cried out for cool air and demanded to be released. “I can’t believe this is happening,” the veteran FBI agent said. “You think this is funny, but it won’t be funny after today.”

5,154,492 SARS-COV-2 cases Worldwide- 1,610,000 in the US- 13,418 in Alabama- 270 in Baldwin County. Hydroxychloroquine revelations from the White House. Acute Kidney Injury resulting from COVID-19. Logic applied to Wuhan geography. Speaking of plagues we wish we could get rid of, Huey Mack has been named the 4th most powerful local government elected official according to the YellowHammer News. ADEM and AG Marshall sue Fairhope for violation of the Alabama Water Pollution Control Act (will cost millions, too bad they blew it on some land by the airport). Possible State and Local deficits due to Emergency shut-down. Raines says the F word, we watch a cool video montage, we discuss Scrushy-Seigleman, the Balch and Bingham firm featuring Big-Wig Birmingham executives and a for-sale State Rep related to a refusal of the AG to turn over records related to their prosecution (from some years ago) under the Alabama Open Records Act. McSharry slips the noose, for good (assault of a woman captured on video). Who will speak for Paula DiNardi? Paul Ripp has asked every level of law enforcement in this State and the Federal Authorities to look into this case. No response. Busy cracking a cell phone at NAS Pensacola to verify what we already knew.

No Representation is made that the quality of legal services to be preformed is greater than the legal services provided by other lawyers. The Southwest Alabama Police Academy was a fixture in our small town of Bay Minette in Baldwin County, Alabama. You are about to hear an unbelievable tale of political co-option of the system and our local loss of the Southwest Alabama Police Academy at Faulkner State Community College (now Coastal Alabama CC). So to quote some Raines Rushin: CUI BONO? Literally meaning "who benefits?," cui bono? is a rhetorical Latin legal phrase used to imply that whoever appears to have the most to gain from a crime is probably the culprit. The participants: District Attorney David Whetstone, District Attorney Judy Newcomb, ADA (now State Rep.) Matt Simpson, Sheriff Huey Mack, Executive Secretary of the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission: Chief Alan Benefield (Chief of what I have no idea) and let's not forget the Examiners of Public Accounts who never in 20-odd-years audited this place before the 2003 investigation. And at the time Congressman Byrne was making his bones cleaning up the 2 year college system and this was a part of that cleanse, as Rep. Simpson can surely attest (ADA who prosecuted Mrs. Vines). Interestingly, the defense raised eyebrows at the fact this career bean-counter at the Examiners of Public Accounts suddenly became the CFO at Bishop State Community College. These are the stories that we know and are going to continue to tell. From the source. Mr. Davis and Mrs. Vines did a very brave thing to come on here and speak truth about powerful people. I hope you will thank them if you ever have the pleasure to meet such a fine lady and gentleman. What a DAMN Tragedy.

4.5 Million SARS-COV-2 cases worldwide with 1,442,924 in the United States of that 11,216 in Alabama and 244 in Baldwin County (with 8 deaths). The Ripp Report: Catalyst Baggage, The US Supreme Court this week took up 11 cases on Writs of Cert: requests for the court to accept 11 cases arising from lower court decisions involving plaintiffs seeking redress for violations of their civil rights. In 10 of the cases — in all but one, the government defendants were in law enforcement — the civil rights claims were dismissed because courts granted the defendants qualified immunity. In one case the courts denied immunity. Additionally- Wisconsin Supreme Court rules their Governor can’t maintain his stay at home order, over the top judicial activism. Alabama SB 161 use of Cares Act (Sen Doug Jones burns his time asking questions about safeguarding the Cares Act Money from his home legislature), farmers are destroying pigs because there are not workers at the slaughterhouses, University of West Florida Staff member has Covid-19, Auburn says it will have football and class as usual, Joe Rogan moving to Texas? Who cares? Rep. Dan Crenshaw (Will Ainsworth tweeted at Tesla this week as well after Elon says he’s leaving California if they don’t open up), Sen Richard Burr (R-NC) resigned from his position as the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee when it was revealed he was the subject of an FBI investigation into insider trading related to information he used to profit before Sars-Cov-2 was announced as a National Public Health Emergency (think what would Paul Hubbard do?), Mississippi casinos open May 21, Gadsden State is getting back to class, 401 new cases on Thursday May 14 2020, highest number of cases reported in one day in Alabama. Please follow the link in the comments to Backstory Podcast Solos #1 SWAPA (an unbelievable co-option of the system). Category

5,154,492 SARS-COV-2 cases Worldwide- 1,610,000 in the US- 13,418 in Alabama- 270 in Baldwin County. Hydroxychloroquine revelations from the White House. Acute Kidney Injury resulting from COVID-19. Logic applied to Wuhan geography. Speaking of plagues we wish we could get rid of, Huey Mack has been named the 4th most powerful local government elected official according to the YellowHammer News. ADEM and AG Marshall sue Fairhope for violation of the Alabama Water Pollution Control Act (will cost millions, too bad they blew it on some land by the airport). Possible State and Local deficits due to Emergency shut-down. Raines says the F word, we watch a cool video montage, we discuss Scrushy-Seigleman, the Balch and Bingham firm featuring Big-Wig Birmingham executives and a for-sale State Rep related to a refusal of the AG to turn over records related to their prosecution (from some years ago) under the Alabama Open Records Act. McSharry slips the noose, for good (assault of a woman captured on video). Who will speak for Paula DiNardi? Paul Ripp has asked every level of law enforcement in this State and the Federal Authorities to look into this case. No response. Busy cracking a cell phone at NAS Pensacola to verify what we already knew.

New SARS-COV-2 numbers top 3,935,000 worldwide, with 1,282,000 in the United States- 9,375 in Alabama- 205 Cases in are Baldwin County as of May 8, 2020. Alabama's trajectory does not meet the CDC gating requirements. Ripp v. Mack (Sheriff of Baldwin County) Petition Denied (details below), Governor Ivey announces an extension of the "Safer At Home Order" with relief for close contact services and restaurants (with restrictions on social distancing). The Governor can't yet visit her classmates at the nursing home. The importance of contrarians. Be your own filter when it comes to the news you ingest, especially when you read about Michael Flynn getting off the hook with the US Department of Justice.

Raines Rushin interviews Paul Ripp regarding the petition he filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus compelling the Sheriff of Baldwin County, Alabama, Huey Mack, to enforce Governor Ivey's "Safer At Home Order".

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Our Heros Edition (Li Wenliang RIP, Jack Wilson, Capt. Brett Crozier, Commissioner Omari Hardy) It takes courage and fortitude to act when others will not, be-damned the consequences. Covid-19 in Alabama in one month has gone from 242 on March 24, 2020 to 5,832 as of April 24,2020. Baldwin County now has 143 cases. A new condition has presented as a result of having the SARS-COV-2 infection: Corona Toes (images inside). Ripp sends a letter to the DA regarding the McSharry dismissal. Earth Day, Oil Consumption, and be sure to load up on UV rays and Lysol they kill the virus in the body in seconds (oh wait that's "not factual" just like hydroxychloroquine).

10th Anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill with special guest Casi Callaway from Mobile Baykeeper (Economic and Environmental Impacts), The McSharry Assault Case kick-around, Medical Cannabis in Alabama (announcement today of the Alabama Cannabis Trade Association), Prince Madock a Welsh explorer who landed at Ft. Morgan, Alabama in 1170 is attributed with giving natives the Welsh language (compare Cherokee to Welsh) and his crew's descendants allegedly made stone fortifications in the New World as far North as Tennessee, attributed to "white Indians" described by Desoto. The locals butchering his name by the time Desoto got here- and by that time Maddock was Mad-Dog (and hence the cartographers choice of Dog River). And a little Sars-Cov-2 to round out the discussion. And Capt. Raines says oil futures are in the "eau de toilette".

McSharry skates on Assault Charge!, Fairhope ends public participation at City Council Meetings, Bay Minette opens horse arena and municipal golf course, Gulf Shores wants to open the beach May 1st, Covid-19 up to 4,404 cases in Alabama (100+ in Baldwin County), Lagniappe and Al.com have financial woes, SBA money pot drained, unemployment claims, hydroponic gardening example, a short watch-list for your time in isolation, and Capt Raines brings it home with the worlds largest cigarette and some data from Spectra Analytics (the R-knot of Covid-19= about a 3, is similar to the spread of the Ice Bucket Challenge from a few years ago).

Fairhope Council rejects Mayor’s request for a curfew, Bay Minette re-opens their golf course, 2881 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Alabama with 58 deaths. See Episode 30 for SBA Loan info and Baldwin County EMA Manual. Dealing with the tech (we miss our 19 year old whiz kid). Lagniappe chocked full of Corona-virus and other great information. A special reflection on leaders or people of action that we want to recognize: Jack Wilson, Church of Christ Head of Security, City Councilman Omari Hardy of Ft Worth Beach Florida, and most recently Capt. Brett Crozier USN. Guys with guts.

While Robinson Island is covered with the "tattoo & boob job" crowd, the Baldwin County EMA put out a video from all the Mayors in Baldwin County reminding you (a month too late) to “social distance and stay at home”. As of the livestream there are 1,352 Alabamians infected with the virus and it has killed 34 people (one of them used to be a host’s next door neighbor). The Hospital Authorities in Baldwin County should be called to the carpet by the County Commission who appoints them for putting our healthcare workers in harm's way (lack of PPE’s). And at least the top two tiers at every hospital in Alabama should be fired. Governor Me-maw let me down after years of being a practical lady- Alabama stay at home order goes into effect at 5pm Saturday, Lt. Gov. Aimsworth is the lone voice of reason in the wilderness. Bay Minette has refused to produce a Civil Defense Plan for an Epidemic, even though they have had an Ordinance on the books for 40 years (1980) demanding one be created immediately. And since we want to keep our healthy fighting forces at sea, Trump has created a phantom menace of the drug cartels and deployed half the Atlantic Fleet to the Caribbean. Conversely, Captain Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt was relieved of his command after demanding the Navy vacate sick sailors and disinfect his ship as it was not combat ready. He should be made Secretary of the Navy not standing for a court martial. Apple CEO Tim Cook (Bama Native) donated 200K masks to the State (that fruit money came in handy Forrest). Chloroquine = miracle drug? Mobile County Public Schools are feeding children 2 meals a day Monday thru Friday; has Eddie Tyler hit his head? The Florida line has checkpoints at their state lines and New Orleans leads the butcher’s bill in the South once again. Lagniappe goodness in this one as well. Stay safe and follow the CDC guidelines. We are being told that masks are ineffective because the government does not want to compete with all of us for said masks. They screwed up and are lying to you about something that your common sense has to tell you isn't so. A bandanna is better than nothing, a surgical mask incrementally better. If you have masks, keep a few and drop the rest off at your local ER. Give blood and stay tuned.

Governor Ivey has closed all non-essential businesses in Alabama until April 17, 2020. Children will not physically return to school this year. Federal Stimulus news. X-prize announcement. Lagniappe news. ATF suggestions for the pandemic. Hydroponic gardens Kratky Method.

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A quick message from Paul Ripp about Catalyst.

Today we have a friend from next door (By the Bay Pharmacy + Wellness) to share some information!

After 32 years on TV Gary Finch @garyfinchoutdoors has finally made the big time(by appearing on Backstory Podcast. He is an avid scouter, outdoorsman, and active in his community on many levels. Topics: Nashville tornadoes, executions carried out, the who-shot-John of the Boy Scouts of America financial mismanagement in the Mobile Area Council (the Strawman's Golden Eagle about sums it up), the location of the Clotilda (only Gary and Ben know), the Taxman’s Island Act, HB 142 the Taxman’s elimination of Extra-territorial Police/Planning Jurisdictions in Alabama, The Barnwell Landmark District a 44 square mile growth paradox (Paul, Jack, and Karen agree it’s a bad idea), Coronavirus is now COVID-19 in the best interest of retail beer sales(BE PREPARED and wash your hands), PBS Frontline “The Amazon Empire” is it time to Trust-Bust?, The Senate Race: Finch for Session, Alabama’s First Congressional District Race, SB 57 Open Records Law is dead, no drones near the power plants, Finch and the 454lb alligator, 4 dueling bills on Pistol Permits-say not to AROW (Alabama Responding Officer Warning system), Finch says get someone to teach you proper firearms use, Cobia numbers down and other fishing conversation, Fanny Pack shooting and the MCU, the Strawman Series revisited, Swan Song-see ya snowbirds- we can put the salt and pepper shakers back on the restaurant tables, upon Ripp's 74th Bday remembering Belize and the Blue Hole, the Slap heard around the Eastern Shore, as outdoorsmen we are conservationist first-so please keep our woods/water litter and pollution free.

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Corona virus: pandemic or just an economy killer?, Liberty and your data (HB .308 is supported by the Sheriff of Baldwin County Huey Mack) USING MY PISTOL PERMIT APPLICATION INFORMATION FOR SOME DATABASE WILL GET YOU SUED: HARRY STILL says: try me, Bay Minette gear up for the speculative and unknown with the purchase of $40K worth of AR's(maybe they should be tied to chairs and made to watch Star Wars Episode I until it sinks in), The Wills Administration and the Professional Exodus from Bay Minette (some please 'splain to the Mayor and Council what an Exodus is), Mass shooting Milwaukee, SB52 would allow cities to elect to issue citations and summons instead of custodial arrest for some petty non violent crimes, Taxman Elliott's Entertainment District Legislation (non need to worry about a DUI in one of Chris's Districts), A lack of consensus on the New I-10 Bayway Project, No movement in McSharry Case 18 months after "alleged incident-caught on tape", Monuments Protection Bill (it's public art and a reminder to us how far we have come, together), The City of Orange Beach Water Board has a real life- no bs-election fraud going on right now (maybe/it depends=lawyers caveat), Congressional Candidates 2020 Super Tuesday Preview (Carville to Mooch), Condoism in Baldwin County, Is the paper lottery inevitable?, Alabama Legislature declares: PORNOGRAPHY PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS (seriously you elected these people and of course its another form of moral censorship), Flooded Houston, Scraping your Privacy, Catalyst candidates are a NO, Flooding on our rivers: turn around-don't drown.

A Special Ripp Report on Catalyst, Governor Ivey's High-stepper turkeys, Medical Cannabis Bill makes it out of the Alabama Senate Judiciary Committee, Bay Minette PD gets a grant for AR's (in preparation for a hypothetical), Laura Burke sues Coastal Alabama Community College over dismissal, Airbus slips tariffs, Austal sacrifices for Trump Wall, Alabama House Bill requiring vasectomy, Delta Flooding exemplifies reasons to remove coal ash, all the while SB 117 slithers through the legislature to redefine what a "landfill" is under Alabama Law (APCO), Parker Road Complaint to ALDOT, Baldwin County, and the City of Fairhope, Baldwin County Strategic Plan, Legal News, Board of Education budget inquiry, and Feb 22nd comedian and musician Whitmore Thomas will film an HBO special at the Flora-Bama Lounge.

Huey Mack, The Sheriff's lack of transparency regarding internal investigations, MCU's legitimate?, Fairhope 2020 Brochure, Alabama Legislative Session bills of interest and idiocy, The Strawman Case has a new Judge, BCBE Superintendent of Education Eddie Tyler does a "fox in the hen-house" TV spot with one of Baldwin's biggest developers, Economic Development News: 9,000 Acres changed hands in major land purchase I-10 area East of Bay Minette, Motions to reconsider the First Amendment Issues in the McSharry Civil Case, Congressional Candidates, Environmental News: Loxley gets $10M for sewer improvements, no action by Baldwin Legislative Delegation on Baldwin County Sewer Service (none planned this legislative session), Fairhope-Dyas Triangle Conservation Easement, Ripp Report Parker Road complaint, Yellowhammer News: corruption costs each taxpayer $1,300/year, Missed the PCI jackpot by that much.....

Fairhope State of the City (lots of Southpark potential), Restore Act Funds, Sewer Overflow Prevention Plan, DNA Testing at USA and UAB as a logical continuation of the Human Genome Project (exciting stuff and they are looking for volunteers), BCSO Wrong Way Interstate Pursuit ending in the death of FIVE heads to the Baldwin County Grand Jury at the end of February, The Power of the Grand Jury, Hide your whatever! The Alabama Legislature is back in session and bad bills abound (PJ’s to CBD funding), Time running out on the Lottery (barn-burner State of the State Address), Raines Rushin Unpopular Opinions: I think lotteries are a form of a poor tax, Toll Road Vote for the Baldwin Beach Express, Amtrak will ride again and other exciting goings on in Mobile, Baldwin County Strategic Plan, The Presiding Judge of Mobile County retires in May 2020, Self-Defense Claim in Officer Tudor trial, Congressional Candidates reveal donations….$e$$ion$ in the lead, Spanish Fort Mayor -slap- case gets Connor’ed, Restore Act Funds for watershed study from Ft Morgan to Escambia County Florida (if you shrimp in Wolf Bay, Arnica Bay or Perdido Bay speak up) meetings over next 18 months, The Community Foundation of South Alabama, Military Absentee Ballot issues, Qualified Immunity (1982) when the cops destroy your house, Paul’s love affair with Lagniappe continues, And BTW NAS Pensacola attack was terrorist related and we ganked the leader of al Qwhathaveyou in Yemen for having planned it. Raines -1. Clays for A’s Benefit March 27th Bushy Creek Clays Perdido.

North Baldwin Utilities Muckraking, Impeachment ends? Liberty=Control of your labor market, Coastal Community College Contd, Child Custody Law Reform, Ripp Report: Freaky Friday/Wonderful Wednesday Catalyst Candidates, JOIN THE CONSPIRACY to Prosecute violent offenders and Protect the First Amendment, Savannah Estates divides Baldwin County Commission, Holman Prison Thunderdome (would have been a much cooler title than “Muckrakers”), Red Flag Tragedy, Alabama’s Mental Health Crisis, CoronaVirus (aka the Jim Beam Flu aka Seis de Mayo) Update from UAB, Steve Nodie sees Trump in himself (no s*&^), Still no Amtrak, Boom Boom Pittman storytime, Monroe Literary Festival, MPO’s $1.22B Bayway Bridge, Hogjawl Zigler, McSharry Criminal Case Cont’d as predicted.

What are we up to with this Podcast?, we lay it out for you; the Southern Association of Colleges and School investigating Coastal Community?; McSharry motions to quash decisions and purported appeals- Lagniappe and Damn the Torpedoes; Wonderful Wednesday Republican Candidates (Bill Hightower is the Catalyst Candidate and old friends with Boom-Boom Pittman (former State Senator who got a no bid contract to put oil boom out for the City of Fairhope, allegedly), Fairhope buys the clock corner, how much for 1,500 square feet? Fairhope then declares surplus the $2.6M worth of newly acquired recreation land and lease it to a farmer for $9,000 per year; Jan 20, 2020 Wharf letter; Atty Gen Marshall makes the most corrupt of the past decade: AL.com; 2020 Legislative Preview, newsflash "Taxman" Elliott on the fence on most issues; Virginia Red Flag Law; why does Baldwin County need to belong to a lobbying organization?; ERA passes, Alabama 7th, Stormwater Management at USA, USAID lawsuit, Alabama Senate Primary, and EPA waterway protection rollback.

Human trafficking, Just Mercy Ethics, Fairhope land deals, the who-shot-John of McSharry ruling, SWAT team training offered for church security, Gun rally and States of Emergency in Richmond Virginia on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day (white supremacists up to no good already in custody) stay away, and we kind of skewer the AL.com 20 movers and shakers in 2020.

Season 6 Episode 1 of the A& E Series 60 days in premiered last week. It is a shameful and terrifying glimpse inside one of the premier detention facilities in Alabama. But this is far from the first time incompetence put this place on the front page...we tell you the Backstory. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall tells the People of Alabama why he is opposed to Medical Marijuana . Carlos Ghosn (former CEO of Nissan Motor Corp) is in the wind with help of private security contractors. $28 million for 12,000 acres to be added to the Perdido River WMA. A bumper oyster season so far but high water is on the way. Barry Steam Plant/Coal Ash talk at 5 Rivers hosted by the Sierra Club. One good man's legacy: from the Alabama National Championship team, a Scoutmaster for more than 2 decades, and a storied legal career, Red Wilkins spent his golden years building a no kill animal shelter and he still practices law. Just Mercy is a new movie that chronicles the injustice the State of Alabama perpetrated against Walter McMIllan and the people you know you should probably ask about the first trial: the former DA of Baldwin County and the Former Alabama Chief Justice who was a junior prosecutor at the time and was assigned to help the out of town prosecutor with the case, according to the Lagniappe Article (Please check out the 60 minutes rewind video that was published to YouTube 5 days ago). The case against a vote for Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III. Preview: The South West Alabama Police Academy (SWAPA), shuttered after a sham investigation/prosecution in 2008, but what happened to the appropriation.

New Years resolutions, Bail Reform in New York State, The Ripp Report Freaky Friday, Alabama prison issues, The Jack Wilson Complex, Alabama AG and the Equal Rights Amendment to the US Constitution, Georgia wins the water wars, Red Snapper recreational angler regulation to be given to the State of Alabama, 23 and me genetic databases vs privacy, The New Business Council of Alabama, Scouts of America appoints new National Executive, Unanimous votes abound in Bay Minette even though Councilman Phillips ran on a reform platform, so what changed (Nov 10. 2017) Tune in for the Backstory!

Proposed legislation would include the profession of law enforcement officer as a protected class under Alabama's Hate Crime Law, a "Blue Lives Matter" bill proposed by none other than the "Tax Man" himself, State Sen. Chris Elliott (R?-Daphne), Baldwin County Sewer Service has multi-million dollar tax liens- another responsibility of the Alabama Public Service Commission- to ensure the economic viability of a private utility provider, Ripp confronts the Fairhope Council at the December 23, 2019 Council Meeting..the recreation land- $2.6 million worth- is being leased for agricultural purposes, we again encourage you to watch the Documentary "Hot Coffee" on amazon prime to get some insight into what is going on in your court system, Raines finds the Clotilda, the Mayor of Spanish Fort allegedly slaps an employee (there is a video) and a mess like only we can make in Baldwin County ensues. And on a personal note, North Baldwin County lost a fine young man on Christmas Eve and we are keeping his family and friends in our thoughts and prayers. Another is in the hospital we wish him a speedy recovery.

New legislation is proposed for a Mental Health Court in Baldwin County (more details needed), a mass shooting at NAS Pensacola by a Saudi National has been determined to have been a act of terrorism, 2nd Amendment talk (including Roof-Koreans- gun show warnings- gun trusts- etc), an update on citizen activity to address regulation of private utilities in Baldwin County by the Public Service commission (is their inability to regulate a happy coincidence or was it by design?), Hangout Fest 2020 on hold, and since Paul is out having shoulder surgery and wasn't here to stop us we discuss the death of Jeffery Epstein, we all approve but was it by his own hand? Iron Bowl: Tua Many Players On The Field!

The Scouts of America...well that escalated quickly. We are joined by two former BSA National Staff members to discuss these issues; we have: 1. the always informed Eagle Scout Raines Rushin and 2. former Dive-Master, Explorer Scout, and UT grad Jennifer Morton. Both currently have children in Scouts of America programs. Are female scouts about inclusiveness or a money grab by an organization on the ropes? We discuss The Mobile Area Council Executive Board's financial follies and the indignity with which they treated some of my fellow Eagle Scouts, with the help of the former Scout Executive Michael Hartigan. We suspected a bloody end when Commissioner Tucker Dorsey of "Strawman" fame was given the prestigious Golden Eagle Award by this group of geniuses in 2016. In other news, The Law Office of Harry Still, III has been evicted by North Baldwin Utilities. Was it something we said? And the Boss Hoggs at the City of Bay Minette are at it again, allowing a big red barn to be constructed on the border of the Canterbury Subdivision. I was thinking we could paint "SEE ROCK CITY" on the roof. Making lemons (The Wills Administration) into lemonade. And just when you though there were no more surprises, my fiancee Pamela joins me in studio for her first Podcast.

Poarch Creek Indians make a $1 Billion Dollar offer to the State of Alabama: all they want is a monopoly in return, Mobile Bay-keeper gets a new truck donated by Baldwin County Sewer Service, discussion of The Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics, Bay Minette PD dash cam video shows lack of probable cause (the Backwoods clip of the week), Motion to Quash McSharry Subpoena, The Klumpp PUD and the Fairhope Municipal Judge, Lease Issues at The Wharf, Baldwin County Children's Foundation, Ripp Consumer Reports, Catawba Swamp Land, The Public Service Commission's role in Alabama Power Company having the funds to be a major political player in Alabama, and finally the Coroner is the only person under Alabama Law who can arrest the Sheriff so lets put him and his people under the control of the Sheriff's Department (or does somebody have a dumber idea?).. oh yeah, Sheriff Horton in Etowah County allowed A&E network to send 6 undercover journalist into his jail, that WAS dumber. We'll keep you posted.

Backstory Podcast #11 Unopposed by Backwoods Media LLC

Today we have a short but informative podcast for you! Paul Ripp from the Ripp Report takes over in Harry's absence. Not only do we go over the Judge/Developer combo but we also give a precursor to our next podcast involving Family Court.

Poarch Creek Indians gaming monopoly (and their political defense thereof), The Golden Triangle aka the split of Highways 31 and 59 in the Stapleton Community has been annexed by the Town of Loxley and is home of one of the biggest residential developments in Baldwin County: 12k residential units approved in 2006 as a PUD, The Reconstruction of Asa Carter, Coal ash is a-O.K. with ADEM Director LeFlour, The 2019 National Report Card (Bama last in Math). Fairhope multifamily residential developments. Special thanks to Josh Moon of the Alabama Political Reporter and the news program "The V" for participating and informing us of the issues related to "Poarch Creek Accountability Now" a new dark money group with former State Senator Gerald Dial as their spokesperson.

Frank Brown Songwriters Festival, Alabama Public Service Commission regulation of private sewer, Bay Minette Open Records request, Fairhope purchase of 113 acres of recreation land for $2.65M with no budget plan, City of Fairhope v McSharry, Writ of Mandamus in the McSharry civil trial, Theresa Brown details her account of events regarding her citation and prosecution in Baldwin County. Alabama Power Company negotiates a fine with ADEM related to a chemical spill/fish kill. Is the SRO program the best way to keep schools safe? And finally please go watch a speech regarding the Alabama Constitution of 1901 by Julian Butler, Esq. hosted by the Tennessee Valley League of Women Voters as part of their Bi-Centennial Celebration in Huntsville.

Today's topic is a little less about corruption and a whole lot about influence. While everyone agrees that coal ash that has been piling up at the North end of the Mobile Tensaw River Delta at Barry Steam Plant operated by Alabama Power is a huge environmental mess, there is little mistaking ALPCo's intention to bury this toxin laden material right where it sits today, on the banks of the Mobile River. We are joined by Capt Raines Rushin from Texas and Cade Kistler of Mobile Baykeeper. We also speak with Alabama State Senator Cam Ward about his decision to leave the legislature behind and run for Place 1 on the Alabama Supreme Court. There is a public information meeting at the Loxley Civic Center on October 23rd at 9:30am related to the Cap-In-Place proposal for Barry Steam Plant.

Backstory Podcast #6 Ready, Fire. Aim..THE FAIRHOPE BUDGET PROCESS by Backwoods Media LLC

Fairhope Budget Woes, Baldwin County Political goings on are described as the Dallas TV Show- Article by Rob Holbert of Lagniappe, the legal opinion that the Bayside Academy can not use the Texas House property for a parking lot, and our opinion that the laws as currently written require that the Public Service Commission must regulate private sewers in Baldwin County.

The Ripp Report: Fairhope City Council purchases land for recreational purposes at the intersection of CR 32 & CR 13- relying upon sketchy comps, the sale of a historical home by Daphne Mayor Haygood to Bayside Academy for a parking lot, an update on the Baldwin County Commission attorneys, and finally a complaint filed with the Attorney General. Also in this episode, The Battle for McCurtin Creek (a portion of the Baldwin County Megasite) and private sewer + the lack of regulation= poor public policy.

Suspension of courthouse privileges. ICMA's (International City/County Management Association) new vague conduct unbecoming guidelines, social justice trumps free speech? The ICMA Staff was unable to explain if the compelled use of gender neutral pronouns are intended to be a component of this policy. Or if a refusal to use said pronouns would constitute bullying. And to counter any idiotic inferences about race, please go to YouTube and watch any recent videos by Dr. David Reich, Harvard Medical School and the Hughes Medical Trust on his new techniques into ancient DNA (https://youtu.be/990052wQywM) or the CARTA Series on Human-Climate Interaction and Evolution (https://youtu.be/nLmCbBVq0xM). DNA | Mammoths, Neanderthals, and Your Ancestors by the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University (https://youtu.be/pOj170kogg0) is also fascinating. Hard science puts any kind of racial supremacy to bed. Our intent is to educate not offend. Paul Ripp's screen debut in Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee Trailer on Showtimes Youtube Page (https://youtu.be/TjBgNwAVLWQ) . And if there is a porno called "The Ginger with a Heart of Gold" it is completely coincidental.

Backwoods and Ripp break down the alleged cover-up of the death of a confidential informant working with the Baldwin County Drug Task Force. According to the Sheriffs office press release he took his own life via seat-belt in a moving car. The investigators assigned to work the case were never told that he was an informant, information that may have altered their method of inquiry. Change.org has a new Petition that we encourage you as a Citizen of Baldwin County to sign. Any form of regulation of Private Sewer in Baldwin County is supported by the Backstory Podcast. Streaming the Truth to Light.

The subject matter of the first podcast/livestream will be an introduction to your hosts, upcoming livestream subject matter, and a discussion of the proliferation of private sewer in Baldwin County. We will briefly discuss the I-10 toll project.