Fraud: Turning Leaf Counseling
Turning Leaf Counseling & Educating--rather an odd name for an enterprise, isn't it? Perhaps that's because this "charity" belongs to Angel Gieske. She's set up to receive donations as a religious...
View ArticleFraud: City of Muscle Shoals & David Osborn?
We're adding a special post to our series on fraud...and a question mark since this will be determined in the courts. Has Muscle Shoals pulled the proverbial insulating wool over the eyes of its...
View ArticleNo, You Can't Say That Here...
Let's refresh our readers' memory on policy here. Please no profanity in comments. Your comment may be brilliant, but if it contains words we hope you wouldn't use in church, we won't publish it....
View ArticleGrandfathered In?
For the past two days, we've been discussing problems with certain job descriptions within the City of Muscle Shoals. One reader mentioned that some have been grandfathered in to these licensed...
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More Sinister Events at Walmart
From the Florence Police Department: The people in the picture below have been identified as Jason Lewis Kimbrough, 32, and April Dawn Hunt, 31. They have been begging for money at store parking lots....
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Remembering Clo Stoner
Clo Taylor Stoner was brutally shot dead last Monday, along with a second woman and a dog. This blog isn't going to focus on the "why" or other data that will come out if there is a trial. We've been...
View ArticleBryan Gibson of Shoals Ambulance Sues Former Colleague
This press release was recently sent to us:Priority Ambulance and its CEO Bryan Gibson filed suit today in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina against Gary Poirier, a...
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Evelyn Servin Strikes (Illegally) Again
Remember Evelyn Servin? In case you don't, here's a useful link:Evelyn ServinNow this rabble-rouser has stuck again...this time in Etowah County. Servin says she's breaking the law by blocking the...
View ArticleWhy Was Jorge Servin Deported?
Yesterday we blogged on the newest illegal activities of Evelyn Servin, a sometime Russellville resident who spends a great deal of time with the Hispanic community in Etowah County. In a TimesDaily...
View ArticleSuspects & Drug Dealers?
We’ve read the term “alleged suspect” twice recently—once in a UNA press release and once in a local online news site. No, gentle readers, there is no such thing as an alleged suspect. He may be an...
View ArticleHow to Fight DHR?
How do you fight the Alabama Department of Human Resources? The answer for most, is that you can’t. Why? Because it requires both the know-how and the resources, and those with both are rarely the...
View ArticleA Guest Editorial on Evelyn Servin
I was unfamiliar with Evelyn Servin, and unfortunately your excellent take on her, until I read of her exploits in the “Yellowhammer.” I feel you haven’t gone quite far enough in challenging Ms....
View ArticleA Keller Delay?
So Helen Keller Hospital, in its bid to appeal a new hospital in Lauderdale County, has struck again. To refresh your memory, RegionalCare won the right to build a new facility in East Florence. Keller...
View ArticleMedical Wars Rage On...
Ambulance Wars: An attorney for Shoals Ambulance CEO Bryan Gibson sent us a press release recently that stated in part: Despite the efforts of Gibson and his team, FirstMed was forced to file for...
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PAWS v. HASRA?
What Would Alfie Do?Yesterday we blogged on various “medical wars,” but there’s another local war raging and it isn’t pretty. PAWS (Pets Are Worth Saving) has legally challenged HASRA (Heart of Alabama...
View ArticleSome Profound Comments...
On HASRA v. PAWS: The split was PAWS 25% and HASRA 75%. PAWS to use their portion on spay and neuter, HASRA to use the money to benefit the animalsPAWS alleges that HASRA wanted to use the money for...
View ArticlePsychic or In Need of Psychiatric Help?
From a recent TimesDaily article on parole hearings: “We know what they’re going to say, anyway,” Janette Grantham of Victims of Crime and Leniency said. “They’ve found Jesus, and they want to go out...
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A Pit Bull Should Bite Paul Bussman
Paul Bussman, a Republican representing Cullman in the Alabama Senate, has effectively shut down the low-cost spay/neuter bill. Why? He's uncomfortable with it.Many of us are uncomfortable with the...
View ArticleA Horse With Many Names Comes to Florence
Florence Police Chief Ron Tyler says smack is back. You know...horse, the Big H, maybe Mexican brown or China white. We’re sure there are plenty of other names, but it’s been a long time since we read...
View ArticleWhat's Really Wrong at Hillshire?
Taking, but no giving? Everything in life is give and take. Next to family dynamics, nowhere is that more true than in the workplace. You work over 30 minutes without pay? No problem, but there...
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