Journalists - Eddie Curran
Some claim that events and information that became the basis for
many of the state's charges against Siegelman were first reported
by Eddie Curran.
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Eddie Curran is employed by the Mobile Register which serves the
counties of Baldwin and Mobile. Baldwin county is the location of the
computer glitch that altered the vote count resulting in Riley
"winning" the office of Governor of Alabama. He is currently taking
an unpaid leave of absence from the Register to write a book about
the Siegelman case. He also wrote a series of editorials (unpaid)
concurrent with the airing of the '60 Minutes' expose debunking the
show and its interviewees. [1] Eddie Curran's articles have told only
one side of the story when it comes to hyping the Siegelman case;
and as you can see by the list of articles below, Eddie Curran
aggressively hounded and hammered Siegelman at every turn.
In contrast, a roaring silence surrounds the Abramoff/Casino/Riley
relationship, the mysterious circumstances of the after-midnight
"recount" that gave Riley the election in 2002, or the unprecedented
no-bid contracts awarded by Riley's office.
The Mobile Press Register, which often has a Mississippi Casino
banner ad at the top of its web site, actually accused Siegelman of
"attempt[ing] to choreograph and manipulate news
coverage...causing irreparable harm...". These articles, which make
Alabama politics so entertaining to the rest of the country and the
world sound like "Saturday Night Live" scripts.[2]
In February, 2008, concurrent with the airing of a CBS "60 Minutes"
expose favorable to Siegelman, Curran began a series of articles
defending his earlier work and "debunking" the CBS "60 Minutes"
report and its sources in the Montgomery Independent. He wrote the
articles, he claimed, free of charge and the Independent put his
editorials on page one of their Saturday paper.
The Investigative Reporters and Editors organization and the
Alabama Press Association have honored Curran for his work.
[1] The Montgomery Independent 2/23/08
[2] The Press Register 10/05/02
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Eddie Curran - Articles about Don Siegelman
Eddie Curran is an investigative reporter for the Mobile Press Register.
In 2001, Mobile Press-Register reporter Eddie Curran began a
series of investigative stories focusing on the Siegelman Governor's
Office. The stories were credited by some (for example Leura
Canary's assistant Franklin) with resulting in a joint state and federal
investigation that on June 29 resulted in convictions against former
Gov. Don Siegelman.
<link to source which includes links to each article>
This is a list of Curran Articles:
No-bid incentives: Honda Mercedes, Sherrod Construction:
» No-bid job for Honda costs state $36 million
» Mercedes work may open up for bids
» Windom blames governor for bid-law loophole
» No-bid Honda project costly
» A point-by-point look at some Honda contract items
» Governor selected building company
» Siegelman backing a stronger state bid law?
» Governor seeks more money for incentives
» Gripes besiege Honda builder
» Siegelman seeks $97 million for industry incentives
» State withholds documents on Mercedes plant project
» No-bid deal: Subcontractor did work for hired company
» Record says governor's brother called about Honda contract
The 'Goat Hill' warehouse scandal:
» Questions halt state project
» Unexplained bills lead to investigation of construction project
» Warehouse contract found, but public denied access
» Pryor announces investigation of warehouse construction deal
» No answer at G.H. Builders
» Two contracts are released
» Siegelman fires construction firm
» State may face costs for halted G.H. deal
» Questions surround warehouse land sale
» Contract questions remain
» Investment experts: Warehouse deal bloated with fees
» Siegelman 'extremely disappointed' in friends involved in
warehouse deal
» Pryor got boost from Young
» Siegelman shakes up his Cabinet
» Young linked to state deals under scrutiny
» G.H. faces environmental penalties
» Grand jury hears testimony in state case
» Warehouse deal brought Bailey attention
» State may kiss $410,000 goodbye
» Indictment: Vaughan part-owner of property
» Man enters guilty plea in state warehouse deal
» Warehouse project figure pleads guilty
» G.H. officials don't respond to lawsuits
» Gov. Siegelman defends his integrity
» Broderick sentenced to a year's probation
» Ex-BCA boss Vaughan on trial today
» Witness says state may still build at site
» Testimony conflicts with past statements
» Vaughan acquitted of more serious charge
» Vaughan avoids jail for his role in warehouse deal
» Bank forecloses on property of failed warehouse deal
» Siegelman ex-aide is charged
» Officials at the news conference declined to identify a public official
» Motorcycle shop manager says attorney general's office examined
records of sale
» Plea document tells of sending $100,000 to friend
Gov. Siegelman's legal fees, law firm payments:
» Siegelman tight-lipped over money
» Siegelman sought, then spurned, fees from USA tobacco lawsuit
» Lawyer: Siegelman sought pay based on name value
» Siegelman target of ethics charge
» Siegelman: Former law firm paid him about $800,000 in severance
» Siegelman seeks to 'clarify' ethics form
» Disclosure could pose problems for Siegelman
» Siegelman reports law firm as largest source of income
» Panel to hear case against governor
» Hearing on Siegelman not yet a certainty
» Lawyers lay groundwork for case
» Siegelman scores important victory
» Letter says Vines' law firm paid Siegelman $50,000
» Washington law firm paid Siegelman fees
Finding the fat in state computer contracts:
» Quality Resaerch: Is contract best deal the state could get?
» State: No federal funds spent in computer deal
» Siegelman proposes contract reform
» ASD's demise: An inside look at computer deals in state
» Public Safety officials were surprised to learn of ASD's termination
» Firm gets OT despite protests
» "Who is Charlie Stephenson?"
» Vendors: Bidding process one-sided
» Contracts yanked off agenda
» State gets refund for computer services
» Firm sues computer contract adviser
» State computer bids scrapped again
» State auditor looking into Group One contract with ADECA
» Salesman got $1.4 million for contract
» Review faults ADECA, says Web designer performed duties
» Feds blast state Web contract
» Feds want state refund next week
New details on state lottery foundation:
» Firm's PAC makes donation to now-dissolved lottery foundation
» Questions unanswered on lottery donation
» Democrats helped fund the last lottery campaign
» Pitt pledges to clarify party's lottery-related loan records
» Records reveal new mission for foundation
» Foundation records still unavailable
» Lawyer: Lottery foundation to show financial records
» Foundation received big donations
» Alfa: Donation never meant for lottery
» Memo shows Siegelman sought revision of post-lottery foundation
» Deductions incorrectly taken
» Alfa officials questioned about gift to foundation
The battle for public records:
» Governor's staff bars interviews with investigative news reporter
» Siegelman lawyer to screen all media document requests
» Governor: New records policy not tied to Register reporter
» Officials defend, amend policy
» State agrees to produce some records
» Other Views
» Editorial: Why Gov. Siegelman should scrap his records policy
» New state policy may target only certain record requests
» Paper's rights said violated
» No written policy on records, says aide
» Editor dismisses conspiracy claim involving reporter
» New Siegelman policy on records
» Register receives altered records
» State withholds documents on Mercedes plant project
» Riley reverses Siegelman records policy
Governor's contingency fund:
» Lori Siegelman billed travel costs to state, records show
» Siegelman defends wife's travel bills
» State paid bill for Siegelman family's trip to Virgin Islands
» Contingency fund records lack supporting documentation
» Siegelman pays state $33,791
» Auditor: Purpose of many expenditures still unexplained
Other reporting:
» Perkins is said to be one of Gov. Siegelman's key policy advisers
» Politically connected consultant sought hazardous waste tax cut
» Governor got high sale price for home
» Questions over water institute's spending
» Governor held up pension contracts
» Governor's stockbroker nets profits from state contracts
» Siegelman aide, personal broker did real estate deals
» Panel queries lawyer's billings
» Register receives altered records
» Senators' law firms reap fees for state bond work
» Some say commission ruling could lower ethics standards in
Alabama
» Consultant with close political ties paid $500,00 for tax work
» Buyer suggests lawyer arranged sale of governor's house
» ADECA grant process tainted, employees claim in lawsuits
» Papers show trial lawyer paid accountant for Siegelman house
» Trial to begin in lawsuit against Lanny Young, company
» Waste Management Inc. says it will investigate tax deal
<link to source article>
http://www.al.com/specialreport/mobileregister/index.ssf?contracts.html
Some claim that events and information that became the basis for
many of the state's charges against Siegelman were first reported
by Eddie Curran.
............................................................................................................
Eddie Curran is employed by the Mobile Register which serves the
counties of Baldwin and Mobile. Baldwin county is the location of the
computer glitch that altered the vote count resulting in Riley
"winning" the office of Governor of Alabama. He is currently taking
an unpaid leave of absence from the Register to write a book about
the Siegelman case. He also wrote a series of editorials (unpaid)
concurrent with the airing of the '60 Minutes' expose debunking the
show and its interviewees. [1] Eddie Curran's articles have told only
one side of the story when it comes to hyping the Siegelman case;
and as you can see by the list of articles below, Eddie Curran
aggressively hounded and hammered Siegelman at every turn.
In contrast, a roaring silence surrounds the Abramoff/Casino/Riley
relationship, the mysterious circumstances of the after-midnight
"recount" that gave Riley the election in 2002, or the unprecedented
no-bid contracts awarded by Riley's office.
The Mobile Press Register, which often has a Mississippi Casino
banner ad at the top of its web site, actually accused Siegelman of
"attempt[ing] to choreograph and manipulate news
coverage...causing irreparable harm...". These articles, which make
Alabama politics so entertaining to the rest of the country and the
world sound like "Saturday Night Live" scripts.[2]
In February, 2008, concurrent with the airing of a CBS "60 Minutes"
expose favorable to Siegelman, Curran began a series of articles
defending his earlier work and "debunking" the CBS "60 Minutes"
report and its sources in the Montgomery Independent. He wrote the
articles, he claimed, free of charge and the Independent put his
editorials on page one of their Saturday paper.
The Investigative Reporters and Editors organization and the
Alabama Press Association have honored Curran for his work.
[1] The Montgomery Independent 2/23/08
[2] The Press Register 10/05/02
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Eddie Curran - Articles about Don Siegelman
Eddie Curran is an investigative reporter for the Mobile Press Register.
In 2001, Mobile Press-Register reporter Eddie Curran began a
series of investigative stories focusing on the Siegelman Governor's
Office. The stories were credited by some (for example Leura
Canary's assistant Franklin) with resulting in a joint state and federal
investigation that on June 29 resulted in convictions against former
Gov. Don Siegelman.
<link to source which includes links to each article>
This is a list of Curran Articles:
No-bid incentives: Honda Mercedes, Sherrod Construction:
» No-bid job for Honda costs state $36 million
» Mercedes work may open up for bids
» Windom blames governor for bid-law loophole
» No-bid Honda project costly
» A point-by-point look at some Honda contract items
» Governor selected building company
» Siegelman backing a stronger state bid law?
» Governor seeks more money for incentives
» Gripes besiege Honda builder
» Siegelman seeks $97 million for industry incentives
» State withholds documents on Mercedes plant project
» No-bid deal: Subcontractor did work for hired company
» Record says governor's brother called about Honda contract
The 'Goat Hill' warehouse scandal:
» Questions halt state project
» Unexplained bills lead to investigation of construction project
» Warehouse contract found, but public denied access
» Pryor announces investigation of warehouse construction deal
» No answer at G.H. Builders
» Two contracts are released
» Siegelman fires construction firm
» State may face costs for halted G.H. deal
» Questions surround warehouse land sale
» Contract questions remain
» Investment experts: Warehouse deal bloated with fees
» Siegelman 'extremely disappointed' in friends involved in
warehouse deal
» Pryor got boost from Young
» Siegelman shakes up his Cabinet
» Young linked to state deals under scrutiny
» G.H. faces environmental penalties
» Grand jury hears testimony in state case
» Warehouse deal brought Bailey attention
» State may kiss $410,000 goodbye
» Indictment: Vaughan part-owner of property
» Man enters guilty plea in state warehouse deal
» Warehouse project figure pleads guilty
» G.H. officials don't respond to lawsuits
» Gov. Siegelman defends his integrity
» Broderick sentenced to a year's probation
» Ex-BCA boss Vaughan on trial today
» Witness says state may still build at site
» Testimony conflicts with past statements
» Vaughan acquitted of more serious charge
» Vaughan avoids jail for his role in warehouse deal
» Bank forecloses on property of failed warehouse deal
» Siegelman ex-aide is charged
» Officials at the news conference declined to identify a public official
» Motorcycle shop manager says attorney general's office examined
records of sale
» Plea document tells of sending $100,000 to friend
Gov. Siegelman's legal fees, law firm payments:
» Siegelman tight-lipped over money
» Siegelman sought, then spurned, fees from USA tobacco lawsuit
» Lawyer: Siegelman sought pay based on name value
» Siegelman target of ethics charge
» Siegelman: Former law firm paid him about $800,000 in severance
» Siegelman seeks to 'clarify' ethics form
» Disclosure could pose problems for Siegelman
» Siegelman reports law firm as largest source of income
» Panel to hear case against governor
» Hearing on Siegelman not yet a certainty
» Lawyers lay groundwork for case
» Siegelman scores important victory
» Letter says Vines' law firm paid Siegelman $50,000
» Washington law firm paid Siegelman fees
Finding the fat in state computer contracts:
» Quality Resaerch: Is contract best deal the state could get?
» State: No federal funds spent in computer deal
» Siegelman proposes contract reform
» ASD's demise: An inside look at computer deals in state
» Public Safety officials were surprised to learn of ASD's termination
» Firm gets OT despite protests
» "Who is Charlie Stephenson?"
» Vendors: Bidding process one-sided
» Contracts yanked off agenda
» State gets refund for computer services
» Firm sues computer contract adviser
» State computer bids scrapped again
» State auditor looking into Group One contract with ADECA
» Salesman got $1.4 million for contract
» Review faults ADECA, says Web designer performed duties
» Feds blast state Web contract
» Feds want state refund next week
New details on state lottery foundation:
» Firm's PAC makes donation to now-dissolved lottery foundation
» Questions unanswered on lottery donation
» Democrats helped fund the last lottery campaign
» Pitt pledges to clarify party's lottery-related loan records
» Records reveal new mission for foundation
» Foundation records still unavailable
» Lawyer: Lottery foundation to show financial records
» Foundation received big donations
» Alfa: Donation never meant for lottery
» Memo shows Siegelman sought revision of post-lottery foundation
» Deductions incorrectly taken
» Alfa officials questioned about gift to foundation
The battle for public records:
» Governor's staff bars interviews with investigative news reporter
» Siegelman lawyer to screen all media document requests
» Governor: New records policy not tied to Register reporter
» Officials defend, amend policy
» State agrees to produce some records
» Other Views
» Editorial: Why Gov. Siegelman should scrap his records policy
» New state policy may target only certain record requests
» Paper's rights said violated
» No written policy on records, says aide
» Editor dismisses conspiracy claim involving reporter
» New Siegelman policy on records
» Register receives altered records
» State withholds documents on Mercedes plant project
» Riley reverses Siegelman records policy
Governor's contingency fund:
» Lori Siegelman billed travel costs to state, records show
» Siegelman defends wife's travel bills
» State paid bill for Siegelman family's trip to Virgin Islands
» Contingency fund records lack supporting documentation
» Siegelman pays state $33,791
» Auditor: Purpose of many expenditures still unexplained
Other reporting:
» Perkins is said to be one of Gov. Siegelman's key policy advisers
» Politically connected consultant sought hazardous waste tax cut
» Governor got high sale price for home
» Questions over water institute's spending
» Governor held up pension contracts
» Governor's stockbroker nets profits from state contracts
» Siegelman aide, personal broker did real estate deals
» Panel queries lawyer's billings
» Register receives altered records
» Senators' law firms reap fees for state bond work
» Some say commission ruling could lower ethics standards in
Alabama
» Consultant with close political ties paid $500,00 for tax work
» Buyer suggests lawyer arranged sale of governor's house
» ADECA grant process tainted, employees claim in lawsuits
» Papers show trial lawyer paid accountant for Siegelman house
» Trial to begin in lawsuit against Lanny Young, company
» Waste Management Inc. says it will investigate tax deal
<link to source article>
http://www.al.com/specialreport/mobileregister/index.ssf?contracts.html
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