The Trussville Tribune

Nov 19th, 2019

May 17th, 2019

On 4/20/2017, the publisher of this paper, Scott Buttram, posted statements to Facebook decrying the unanimous passing of HB284 by Alabama's House of Representatives, calling Autism a 'cottage industry', saying diagnoses are 'handed out like M&Ms', that he would 'highly recommend investing in autism clinics. You'll be a bajillionaire (sic)', suggested children with special needs should be expelled rather than helped. When confronted by families who have been touched by Autism, he deleted their comments and blocked them. It's surprising to me that someone who makes a living off of the 1st Amendment would participate in censorship and I would hope his ignorance, bigotry and exclusion toward children with special needs and their families will not be tolerated.
Feb 4th, 2018

The publisher of this paper took a personal stance against autistic children on his Facebook profile. When exposed as being discriminatory toward special needs children, he deleted comments and blocked the poster. He refuses to return phone calls or answer messages explaining his discrimination against autistic children.
Oct 3rd, 2017

Jan 24th, 2017