Thursday, March 02, 2017

More On Outcasts

It looks like that wasn't the first Outcast Voters League gun stunt
with media complicity. Good thing it appears to be a toy.
You know that Outcast Voters League calling for more "gun laws" while violating existing ones?

I can't find a record of them being a nonprofit anywhere, including the AL Secretary of State corporation records, Guidestar and Melissa Data. I did find a record of them being a PAC.

I wonder if member donations help pay for their activities? Anybody know how to navigate the system to find financial reports?

Interesting, one of their big causes is absolving ex-Bloomberg mayor Larry Langford of his crimes.

I'd forgotten I wrote this. And I'd forgotten these additional Frank Matthews "character" indicators:
Matthews had used “racially-derogatory language to cast aspersions” on Langford’s opponent during the 2007 Birmingham mayoral election, headed a campaign to support Langford during his trial, and was ultimately fired from his position with the city after “profanity laced” tirade. He responded to his firing by calling then-acting mayor Roderick Royal “’Napoleon’ and a ‘liar.’”
It’s also documented that Matthews was behind campaign flyers attacking Langford’s rival for supporting an openly gay candidate, and that he did so using a “Paid for by Faith in Birmingham” disclosure (another group not registered with the Alabama Secretary of State). Curiously, and deceptively, because his political alliances are Democrat, that earned him a featured spot on People for the American Way’s “Right Wing Watch” site, which characterized Matthews’ surreptitious campaign as “Gay-Baiting in Birmingham: Syphilis, Sexual Perversion, and Personal Grievances.”

1 comment:

Mack said...

Excellent research and reporting.