Backstory Podcast No 190 Scalped

This podcast discusses several significant events in Alabama and beyond, including terrorist attacks, political corruption, and a potential gubernatorial succession crisis should Governor Kay Ivey resign. The hosts also examine local news stories, such as a fatal shooting, a reciprocity shoot out in Bay Minette, Alabama on Friday, and the discovery of a submerged car containing a missing woman from Mobile. Furthermore, they analyze a controversial bill that would grant the Governor-Attorney General -Sheriff greater control over municipal police forces and discuss a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision surrounding a mismanaged scholarship fund wherein the Director of the Alabama Ethics Commission is accused of self dealing as a Trustee; he is also a member of the Alabama State Bar. Mr. Ripp and Mr. Still have pursued this case with the Ethics Commission, the State Bar and in Montgomery County Circuit Court in the form of a Writ of Mandamus, to no avail. The conversation incorporates discussions of the impacts of wildfires in California and concerns about mental health among veterans.