Baldwin County Alabama School Board to sue BP for tens of millions for Gulf Of Mexico Oil Disaster… because they need money.

Alabamians complain about those whom they assert are lazy, shiftless, good-for-nothings who refuse to make any effort to work for a living, and then, according to them, mooch off the public dole, or sue others to survive.

Alabama has a reputation as being a “tort reform Hell,” for the outlandish awards given by juries.

And yet, the state does the same thing. Not only is that ironic, what’s even more ironic about it all is that the Mobile/Baldwin county area is a Republican stronghole… er, stronghold. Rather than raise taxes, shift resources or lower costs to pay for public services, they sue. It’s fiscal mismanagement at it’s worst.

Can you smell the hypocrisy cooking?

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BP receiving ‘significant 7-figure claim’ from Baldwin schools for Deepwater Horizon spill

By Rena Havner Philips | rphilips@al.com
on January 17, 2013 at 8:07 PM, updated January 17, 2013 at 8:24 PM

BAY MINETTE, Alabama – The Baldwin County school board voted unanimously tonight to present a claim to BP asking for an undisclosed amount of money to make up for tax revenues lost as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Citing attorney-client privilege, school officials would not say how much money they are seeking.

But, said board attorney Scotty Lewis, “It will be a significant seven-figure claim.”

In its resolution, the board voted to

Birmingham, Alabama hospital seeks permanent patient relocation

For those unaware, Cooper Green Mercy Hospital is a publicly-run hospital licensed to Jefferson County under the name “Jefferson Health System.” Recently, Jefferson County filed bankruptcy in what would have been very nearly the largest municipal bankruptcy filing, resulting from massive fraud perpetrated by former Mayor Larry Langford (popularly known as “LaLa”), and other members of the Jefferson County Commission, which is the elected ruling board overseeing  governance of county entities, including Cooper Green Mercy Hospital & Jefferson Health Systems.

Since 2005, CGMH has experienced a 27.8% decline in patient discharges, which is a measure of how many people are being admitted to the hospital.

As well, in response to numerous ongoing management problems, in 2012, from January to November, the number of Full Time Employees declined 27.27%. And as the hospital seeks to ameliorate the hemorrhaging, the hospital is moving away from Acute Care, and toward Primary and Urgent Care.

Toward that objective, the hospital voluntarily surrendered Cooper Green Mercy’s acute care hospital license to the state. And, in the course of their operations in the midst of this crisis, CGMH moved toward a system in which fees are based upon family size and income.

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Cooper Green inmate patients now being taken to Brookwood Medical Center, county officials say

By Barnett Wright | bwright@al.com
January 02, 2013 at 4:53 PM, updated January 02, 2013 at 5:05 PM

BIRMINGAM, Alabama — Inmates at the Jefferson County jail who need hospitalization will be taken temporarily to Brookwood Medical Center, now that Cooper Green Mercy Hospital is not accepting patients, county officials said today.

On Tuesday, Cooper Green officially became an urgent care facility, closing its emergency room and shutting down its inpatient care unit. That means patients – including inmates normally were hospitalized at Cooper Green — will be placed at other medical facilities.

“A permanent contract is being negotiated with an area hospital,” said Jefferson County Sheriff‘s Chief Deputy Randy Christian, “in the interim we are using Brookwood hospital for inmate’s requiring a hospital visit. We aren’t anticipating any problems going forward.”

The county does provide some in house medical care at the jail, but on occasion