The state auditor has refiled a lawsuit against Gov. Robert Bentley’s effort to build a hotel and conference center at Gulf State Park. Auditor Jim Zeigler and state Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow, both frequent critics of the governor, filed the lawsuit Tuesday in Montgomery court. The filing comes four days after a judge dismissed a similar suit filed by the…
A State Auditor’s meeting to receive documents from Gov. Robert Bentley and take his testimony under oath will be a public meeting. State Auditor Jim Zeigler says research indicates that such a meeting would not fit under any recognized exception to public meeting laws, would be in public office space, and involve public officials and public documents. “It is the…
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley says he is not responding to the state auditor’s order to testify before him. Bentley issued the statement Friday, a day after State Auditor Jim Zeigler said he was ordering Bentley to appear before him to answer questions about the use of state funds and his relationship with a former staffer. Bentley said the appropriate legal…
