Backstory Podcast

5,851,494 SARS-COV-2 infections world-wide, 1,720,0000 in the USA with 16,554 in Alabama with 281 cases in Baldwin County, Alabama. The CDC says antibody tests are at best 50/50. The Bully Pulpit as coined by President Teddy Roosevelt, meant "the best" or "greatest"; time has not been kind to the term "BULLY" and we have some prime examples. President Donald J Trump has taken to Twitter and made some questionable comments to say the least. Suggesting that former Republican Congress Joe Scarborough (R-Pensacola, Florida) killed one of his staff members, regardless of the evidence to the contrary. When flagged by Twitter he responds with an Executive Order related to censorship on social media platforms. Bully. Mr. Ripp attended the Fairhope Council Meeting and the Bully Catalyst Council was on full display. Mr. Ripp was advocating for Paula DiNardi, the victim of an assault case at the hands of local Irish Pub owner Ronan McSharry, the case was tossed by Circuit Judge Clark Stankoski. The City Prosecutor "mansplained" to Mayor Karen Wilson that he has nothing to account for to the People, Ms. DiNardi, nor to her. Locally Sheriff Huey Mack (as a petty retaliation for Paul Ripp dragging him into court by his ear) has suspended Mr. Still's security pass to the Courthouse over some suspicious photography activity that Mr. Still explained to the Courthouse Security Committee; who have refused to buck the Sheriff. This is the second since the Podcast started that the Sheriff has employed this tactic but this time Mr. Still is not allowed to take any electronic devices into the Courthouse. Bully. An addendum has been filed to the Judicial Inquiry Commission Complaint filed against Circuit Judge Joseph Norton with some interesting diagrams that purport to demonstrate several conflicts of interest in his hearing the Bass v. Baldwin County Sewer Service (Burke, Delaney, Pennstar, ect, ect, ad nauseum). Strawman Dorsey, Taxman Elliott, and a menagerie of other Catalyst players in this episode.

I am asking the Committee to immediately reinstate my Courthouse Security Pass. This is completely retaliatory, unethical, and unacceptable to me as a member of the Bar and a citizen of this County.

Paul Ripp goes to the Fairhope City Council Meeting to get some answers surrounding the alleged mishandling of the case detailed below. As you will see the wagons circle, adults are told they don't understand plain language, and the Council- when cornered- adjourn the meeting. The idea that something like this is going on should make you go to the meeting next time to advocate for the victims. If you are a resident of Fairhope, you are a victim of this miscarriage of justice as well. You paid good money for it.

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The assault charge against Ronan McSharry, owner of McSharry’s Irish Pub in Fairhope, has been dismissed by a Baldwin County Circuit Judge.

On Thanksgiving Day 2018, McSharry was accused of pushing a Fairhope woman off a barstool at a different Fairhope establishment.

The victim in the case was alleged to have suffered a concussion from the incident.

McSharry was convicted of Assault 3rd degree in Fairhope Municipal Court in April of 2019. He appealed that conviction.

During the appeal, defense attorney John Beck filed a motion to dismiss the charge because the complaint “does not charge an essential element of the charge of Assault in the Third Degree.”

The complaint, as originally filed in Fairhope Municipal Court, reads as follows:

OFFENDER, RONAN FRANCIS MCSHARRY, DID, WITH INTENT TO CAUSE PHYSICAL INJURY TO ANOTHER PERSON, TO WIT: PAULA DINARDI, BY PUSHING HER IN THE CHEST AGGRESSIVELY AND PUSHING HER OFF HER BAR STOOL. THESE EVENTS OCCURRED IN THE POLICE JURISDICTION OF FAIRHOPE, AL.

The Alabama definition of Assault in the Third Degree states:

A person commits the crime of assault in the third degree if:

(i)With intent to cause physical injury to another person, he causes physical injury to any person

Beck argued in the filing that because the complaint doesn’t allege that an injury happened, the charge should be dismissed.

McSharrys attorney filed the motion to dismiss on January 7, 2020, but the response wasn’t filed by Fairhope’s attorney Marcus McDowell until January 22, 2020.

On the same day, McDowell also filed a motion to amend the complaint to correct the alleged error, that motion was denied and the case was dismissed by Baldwin County Circuit Judge Clark Stankoski on March 27.

Attorneys are given seven days to file responses to motions, according to the Alabama Rules for Criminal Procedures.

John Beck tells NBC 15 that the one-year statute of limitations on misdemeanors had also passed by the time the motion to amend the complaint was filed.

Court records indicate that on two separate occasions, the Fairhope City prosecutor failed to file paperwork with the court within the legally allowed timeframe.

An appeal filed by Fairhope to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals challenging the dismissal wasn’t filed until April 17, 2020.

The appeals court denied that appeal request.

McSharry still faces a public intoxication charge.

By Jeff Burlew Tallahassee Democrat

Posted Mar 18, 2020 at 1:57 PM

An FBI agent checking out a complaint about police corruption in Franklin County ended up handcuffed in the back seat of a patrol car after running into deputies who doubted his true identity.

The ordeal unfolded after Special Agent Alexis Hatten traveled from Panama City to Carrabelle to ask about a citation the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office gave to a prominent businesswoman but later pulled back from the courthouse.

It escalated into a roadside confrontation — all caught on bodycam video —between Hatten and the deputies. During the six minutes Hatten spent locked in the cruiser, he cried out for cool air and demanded to be released.

“I can’t believe this is happening,” the veteran FBI agent said. “You think this is funny, but it won’t be funny after today.”

5,154,492 SARS-COV-2 cases Worldwide- 1,610,000 in the US- 13,418 in Alabama- 270 in Baldwin County. Hydroxychloroquine revelations from the White House. Acute Kidney Injury resulting from COVID-19. Logic applied to Wuhan geography. Speaking of plagues we wish we could get rid of, Huey Mack has been named the 4th most powerful local government elected official according to the YellowHammer News. ADEM and AG Marshall sue Fairhope for violation of the Alabama Water Pollution Control Act (will cost millions, too bad they blew it on some land by the airport). Possible State and Local deficits due to Emergency shut-down. Raines says the F word, we watch a cool video montage, we discuss Scrushy-Seigleman, the Balch and Bingham firm featuring Big-Wig Birmingham executives and a for-sale State Rep related to a refusal of the AG to turn over records related to their prosecution (from some years ago) under the Alabama Open Records Act. McSharry slips the noose, for good (assault of a woman captured on video). Who will speak for Paula DiNardi? Paul Ripp has asked every level of law enforcement in this State and the Federal Authorities to look into this case. No response. Busy cracking a cell phone at NAS Pensacola to verify what we already knew.

No Representation is made that the quality of legal services to be preformed is greater than the legal services provided by other lawyers. The Southwest Alabama Police Academy was a fixture in our small town of Bay Minette in Baldwin County, Alabama. You are about to hear an unbelievable tale of political co-option of the system and our local loss of the Southwest Alabama Police Academy at Faulkner State Community College (now Coastal Alabama CC). So to quote some Raines Rushin: CUI BONO? Literally meaning "who benefits?," cui bono? is a rhetorical Latin legal phrase used to imply that whoever appears to have the most to gain from a crime is probably the culprit. The participants: District Attorney David Whetstone, District Attorney Judy Newcomb, ADA (now State Rep.) Matt Simpson, Sheriff Huey Mack, Executive Secretary of the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission: Chief Alan Benefield (Chief of what I have no idea) and let's not forget the Examiners of Public Accounts who never in 20-odd-years audited this place before the 2003 investigation. And at the time Congressman Byrne was making his bones cleaning up the 2 year college system and this was a part of that cleanse, as Rep. Simpson can surely attest (ADA who prosecuted Mrs. Vines). Interestingly, the defense raised eyebrows at the fact this career bean-counter at the Examiners of Public Accounts suddenly became the CFO at Bishop State Community College. These are the stories that we know and are going to continue to tell. From the source. Mr. Davis and Mrs. Vines did a very brave thing to come on here and speak truth about powerful people. I hope you will thank them if you ever have the pleasure to meet such a fine lady and gentleman. What a DAMN Tragedy.

4.5 Million SARS-COV-2 cases worldwide with 1,442,924 in the United States of that 11,216 in Alabama and 244 in Baldwin County (with 8 deaths). The Ripp Report: Catalyst Baggage, The US Supreme Court this week took up 11 cases on Writs of Cert: requests for the court to accept 11 cases arising from lower court decisions involving plaintiffs seeking redress for violations of their civil rights. In 10 of the cases — in all but one, the government defendants were in law enforcement — the civil rights claims were dismissed because courts granted the defendants qualified immunity. In one case the courts denied immunity. Additionally- Wisconsin Supreme Court rules their Governor can’t maintain his stay at home order, over the top judicial activism. Alabama SB 161 use of Cares Act (Sen Doug Jones burns his time asking questions about safeguarding the Cares Act Money from his home legislature), farmers are destroying pigs because there are not workers at the slaughterhouses, University of West Florida Staff member has Covid-19, Auburn says it will have football and class as usual, Joe Rogan moving to Texas? Who cares? Rep. Dan Crenshaw (Will Ainsworth tweeted at Tesla this week as well after Elon says he’s leaving California if they don’t open up), Sen Richard Burr (R-NC) resigned from his position as the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee when it was revealed he was the subject of an FBI investigation into insider trading related to information he used to profit before Sars-Cov-2 was announced as a National Public Health Emergency (think what would Paul Hubbard do?), Mississippi casinos open May 21, Gadsden State is getting back to class, 401 new cases on Thursday May 14 2020, highest number of cases reported in one day in Alabama. Please follow the link in the comments to Backstory Podcast Solos #1 SWAPA (an unbelievable co-option of the system).

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New SARS-COV-2 numbers top 3,935,000 worldwide, with 1,282,000 in the United States- 9,375 in Alabama- 205 Cases in are Baldwin County as of May 8, 2020. Alabama's trajectory does not meet the CDC gating requirements. Ripp v. Mack (Sheriff of Baldwin County) Petition Denied (details below), Governor Ivey announces an extension of the "Safer At Home Order" with relief for close contact services and restaurants (with restrictions on social distancing). The Governor can't yet visit her classmates at the nursing home. The importance of contrarians. Be your own filter when it comes to the news you ingest, especially when you read about Michael Flynn getting off the hook with the US Department of Justice.

Raines Rushin interviews Paul Ripp regarding the petition he filed seeking a Writ of Mandamus compelling the Sheriff of Baldwin County, Alabama, Huey Mack, to enforce Governor Ivey's "Safer At Home Order".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPnrB4P1WP4