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 Posted by Helen Hammons, on August 21st, 2008, at 8:57 am DECATUR, Ala., Aug. 21, 2008 – What a jury is allowed to know about in a trial and what they are not can make a big difference in how a defendant is viewed. In the case of Rep. Sue Schmitz (D-Toney) one key person that can’t be heard from at the trial is Ed [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on August 20th, 2008, at 10:44 amDECATUR, Ala., Aug. 20, 2008 – For prosecutors the case is simple: Did Sue Schmitz do the things she told the CITY Program she did? Their answer, “No, she didn’t.” And, Assistant U.S. Attorney William Athanas says, when Schmitz started to be questioned about things she said, “Don’t you know how I got this [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on August 19th, 2008, at 9:50 amDECATUR, Ala., Aug. 18, 2008 – Based on questions asked of potential jurors and court filings in the federal trial of Alabama State Representative Sue Schmitz (D-Toney) on fraud charges, part of the ongoing federal probe into alleged wrongdoing in the two-year college system, the Alabama Education Association’s (AEA) name may be heard a lot [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on August 8th, 2008, at 6:57 am MONTGOMERY, AL. – According to Alabama Community College System Chancellor Bradley Byrne Alabama has the “unfortunate distinction of having the lowest access to higher education of any state in the nation. What we’re seeing over and over again is that for a lot of students, they just can’t afford it.” However, help is on the [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 24th, 2008, at 8:27 am Governor Bob Riley says Alabama two-year colleges and their presidents are doing a good job in helping Alabama continue to push the envelope when it comes to economic development. But before they rest on their laurels, Riley reminded the presidents that he is not slowing down and that last week he was “talking to [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 24th, 2008, at 7:52 am By most accounts, Bradley Byrne’s first full year as chancellor of Alabama’s two year college system has been a successful one. And, that success has tongues in Montgomery and other areas of the state wagging with talk that Byrne is one of the leading, if not the leading candidate, for the Republican gubernatorial nomination [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 23rd, 2008, at 4:25 pmBradley Byrne will not be required to give up his position as chancellor of the two-year college system, at least for now. Alabama Education Association-backed individuals filed suit last year claiming Byrne’s appointment as chancellor came about in an “improper, illegal meeting” in violation of the state’s Open Meetings Act and that Byrne’s selection [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 23rd, 2008, at 9:49 am If you look in the dictionary beside the word optimist, do not be surprised if you see a picture of the chancellor of Alabama’s two-year college system. Sunday evening, at a gathering of the Alabama Community College Presidents’ Association, Bradley Byrne laid some of that optimism, along with a little realism, on his [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 10th, 2008, at 12:39 pmUPDATE: Attorneys for Richard Scrushy have withdrawn their appeal (pdf) of the issuance of a writ requiring Scrushy to return to Birmingham to give a deposition in the consolidated class action cases related to the accounting fraud at HealthSouth during Scrushy’s tenure. Related Articles: Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 10th, 2008, at 8:50 amThe federal court for the Northern District of Alabama issued a writ (pdf) late Monday afternoon directing former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy be returned to Birmingham for the taking of a deposition in the consolidated class action stockholder/bondholder litigation. Attorneys for Scrushy sought on Friday to have the order of Magistrate Judge T. [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 7th, 2008, at 8:13 am Following up on a story first reported here on the Parlor, former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy Friday afternoon filed an appeal with federal District Judge Karen Bowdre, asking Bowdre to reverse and stay Magistrate Judge T. Michael Putnam’s order of June 2, issuing a writ requiring Scrushy to return to Birmingham for a deposition [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 6th, 2008, at 1:29 pm The Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church adopted the below resolution related to Alabama’s tax system on June 4th. The conference adopted a similar resolution in 2003. Resolution to the Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church June 1, 2008 WHEREAS, since the days of John Wesley, Methodists have had a strong [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 4th, 2008, at 12:56 pmThe government has decided not to ask the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to look at whether or not the sentences of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and businessman Richard Scrushy were too low. The government had earlier hoped Judge Mark Fuller would sentence Siegelman to 30 years and Scrushy to 25 years and [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 3rd, 2008, at 2:22 pmThe appeal of former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy, the entire 118 page brief, can be found here (.pdf). The day after federal Magistrate Judge T. Michael granted a joint motion for former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy to be brought to Birmingham to be deposed in the consolidated stockholder/bondholder case, in which investors are trying to [...] Posted by Helen Hammons, on June 1st, 2008, at 4:49 pmWhile former Governor Don Siegelman has been pleading his case as a free man, while his case is under review at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, little has been heard of his former co-defendant former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy, continuing to serve his time in a federal prison facility in Beaumont, Texas. Mr. Scrushy, whose [...] |
ChangeI wish my friend Hinton Mitchem godspeed and good luck after his retirement from public service. Hinton, on Monday, announced what many had suspected — he will not seek re-election. I remember meeting Hinton for the first time while I was a student at Auburn University. He served the people of his [...] Ten Minutes in the House, Senate Moves On Here is a quick preview of the upcoming week in Montgomery. This week will be a standard legislative schedule for the House. We will be in session on Tuesday and Thursday with committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday. Back in the Day... Union Avenue in Ozark in the 1920s |
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