How well do you know your Alabama politics? Staying up to date, or have you slipped? Note: Every now and then, at, MrDunnGoesToMontgomery.Com, we take a break from the wearying toil of research and reporting to have some…
By Eddie Curran In mid-September, I went to Montgomery to interview Alabama Public Service Commissioner Terry Dunn for a project I was working on involving certain Montgomery-based non-profits whose activities had this in common: They attacked people and organizations…
By Eddie Curran On Oct. 7, Yellowhammer News scooped the state press with what was presented as a “good news” story: That Haley Barbour was coming to Alabama to hold a fund-raiser for Chip Beeker, the former Greene County Commission…
Wallace bullied Alabama Power, and company officials vowed it would never happen again By Eddie Curran There are almost as many Alabama Power lobbyists working the Legislature as there are state senators. The company spent $50.4 million to influence politics…
By Eddie Curran Today (Feb. 10) I had the pleasure of seeing my byline above a story in an actual newspaper for the first time in ages. It felt good, like old times. A New York-based editor with the…
The first letter, to Alabama Power, was sent on Oct. 3, 2013. I’ve removed a number of the introductory paragraphs for the sake of sparing you the boredom of reading them. Attn: Michael Sznajderman Media Relations Coordinator Alabama Power/The Southern Company…
As noted elsewhere on the site, and in the letter, I was initially retained by a Mississippi group concerned about critical advertising and other media by JobKeeper and the Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy, or, PACE. I subsequently chose not…
By Eddie Curran In late September, I sent the following letter to Speaker Hubbard. I called his office and confirmed that it had been received. I was told by one of his chief of staff that I would be…
On Nov. 17, I e-mailed Yellowhammer Media president Cliff Sims the following letter. I cc’d it to Tim Howe, one of the partners in Swatek, Azbell, Howe & Ross. Dear Cliff, I have been provided with…
Former longtime Alabama Public Service Commissioner Jan Cook, left, and, at right, current PSC President Twinkle Cavanaugh. Cook is a Democrat and Cavanaugh a Republican, but when it comes to choosing between the interests of Alabama Power’s shareholders or its customers,…