Screenshot of http://www.birminghamal.gov.
The first part of the overhaul of the City of Birmingham’s online presence started yesterday, when they unveiled their new birminghamal.gov website (and don’t forget to put the www in front of it when you put it in the browser). The empty space is actually filled with news from the city when you [...]

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UPDATE: 12.17.2007, 8:45 p.m., Bloomberg News’ updated post has additional information.
There are reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a federal judge to compel Birmingham mayor Larry Langford to testify as part of a continuing investigation after the mayor testified before the commission last week and did not answer questions, citing “privileges and [...]

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Mayor Langford immediately after the council vote on Tuesday.
Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo
One of the interesting things to do is to take a look at what others are saying about our new mayoral administration so far, particularly about this week’s vote. Here’s just a sampling from around our local blogosphere:
Mayor Langford, Pundit by the Pint
Birmingham’s [...]

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A couple of hours before the council approved the business license and sales tax increases, Mayor Langford opened his comments by presenting an XO laptop to those in attendance at the council meeting; he then passed the machine around among the councilors that were present.
Mr. Langford displayed the new laptop and demonstrated the computer to [...]

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Photo credit: Chotty via Flickr
Some residents in Forest Park-South Avondale decided that they would ask Birmingham’s new mayor for a favor during the early days of his administration. The old Avonwood Cleaners building has sat vacant for years and has already suffered a fallen in roof and vandalism as mentioned in this story from August. [...]

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While much of the conversation surrounding Mayor Langford’s revitalization plan has been around the ways that he plans to raise the monies to accomplish his goals, another discussion has occurred surrounding the laptops that he would like to have in school system children’s hands when they return from the Christmas holiday.
Last night 60 Minutes re-broadcast [...]

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Screenshot from iPetitions for opposition to tax increase.
One of our readers sent us a link yesterday to this online petition for residents against the proposed increases in sales tax and business license fees in Birmingham. It will be interesting to see how many signatures are collected. It’s not the only development from over the weekend [...]

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