Suspicious Deaths are Piling Up on the Political Front in Alabama

[kpete]

Monday, September 20, 2010
Suspicious Deaths are Piling Up on the Political Front in Alabama
Ralph Stacy

A senior vice president at the Business Council of Alabama (BCA) died last week from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, marking at least three people with ties to our state's ruling conservatives who have died under unusual circumstances in the past six months.

Ralph Stacy was in charge of strategic communications and was a chief lieutenant to BCA president Bill Canary. Montgomery police have released few details about Stacy's death, except to say they responded last Tuesday to a report of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at BCA headquarters. Stacy's funeral was on Friday.

We have described Alabama as Ground Zero for justice-related sleaze during the George W. Bush administration, and the state's political environment has been toxic for years. Republican Governor Bob Riley has documented ties to the Jack Abramoff scandal. And for about a year, Riley has been leading a crusade against gambling in Alabama, apparently to help protect the market share of his Choctaw gaming supporters in neighboring Mississippi.

A federal investigation is ongoing into gambling-related activities in the Alabama Legislature. And we reported 12 days ago that Leura Canary, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, might be planning indictments of 10 or more prominent Democrats as an "October Surprise" designed to have an impact on the November elections. Among Canary's possible targets are Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks, a proponent of an education lottery, and gambling magnate Milton McGregor.

more:
http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2010/09/suspicious-deaths-are-piling-up-on.html

[Lochloosa]

1. Why is Canary still a U.S. attorney? Why?

[QC]

2. Apparently no one has the power to remove her. n/t

[indepat]

5. Certainly it seems no one in Justice is gonna be removed for blatantly apparent malfeasance or

misfeasance. ;)

[Lochloosa]

6. She serves at the pleasure of the WH. They can remove her anytime they like.

[gratuitous]

10. Uh, 12-level Vulcan chess

It's a very deeeeep strategy. Can't say any more right now as it would upset the whole apple cart . . .

Oops, did I say "apple"? Forget that. I did NOT say "apple."

Trust us.

[QC]

11. We must trust and obey. n/t

[gratuitous]

12. You are learning, comrade

Well done. Looks like a spot in the Re-Education Camps may have opened up. {Begins scouring DU for apostates}

[QC]

13. I do try, brother.

By the way, I heard a rumor today, but you must promise not to tell anyone where you got this information. They say the choco ration will increase from ten grams to five grams next week!

[Bitwit1234]

9. When the administration changes hands MOST of the new

administration is changed and the US attorneys in office are replaced with the new administration choice. OBAMA failed to do that. Which he was entitled to do. This is exactly what they did to Sigleman to get Riley in office. They got away with it once and now they are doing it again. Remember Rove bitching about one of those Western States that didn't prosecute more Democrats before Bush's second term.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Republicon Family 'Values' are at the bottom of the sleaze pit

as Republicons prove over and over and over...

[BurtWorm]

4. Someone better make those Canaries sing.

:patriot:

[el_bryanto]

7. Kind of reminds me of that list of people Clinton had supposedly killed.

Except shorter I guess. And presumably more credible.

Bryant

[xchrom]

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