Posted by Over at the Birmingham Weekly, Kyle Whitmire has begun a series of articles looking at the causes and possible solutions.
Should be interesting reading over the summer and maybe food for thought as we head into next year’s elections.
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This should be well worth reading.
I think the corruption in Alabama politics comes from
a media that fails to hold officials to account in fact the media likes to attack anyone who rocks the boat.
The other principles part of the problem is the fact that the state is dominated by small group of special interests and good ole boys and gals.
The elite runs the state regardless of the Democrat or Republican lable.
When was the last time public corruption was prosecuted by Troy King? All of these cases are prosecuted by the Federal Government because King has so compromised his office. Gambling spread under Kings watch and so did public corruption.