Miscellaneous
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.