1887:
John Henry competed in a legendary contest against a steam hammer.
Courtesy: Bhamwiki.com
Category Archives: Alabama
A look back: September 20
Posted in A look back, Alabama, history, Leeds, Quirky
Election ’07: Implementation and challenges
Today’s questions in the Your Questions, Their Answers series over on Election ’07 deal with the issues of implementation of existing plans, the creation of new ones and the challenges that face whoever is victorious at the end of this race.
Implentation of existing plans
Their biggest challenge
Check out the entire series (it runs through Friday) and post your comments about their responses. We’d also encourage you to comment about last night’s mayoral forum on wiat.com over on our “What do you think about the candidates?” page.
Posted in Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, Election '07, politics
A look back: September 19
1942:
Author J. Gordon Melton was born.
1985:
Pitcher Gio Gonzalez was born.
Check out this video of the White Sox prospect’s delivery:
Courtesy: Bhamwiki.com
Posted in A look back, Alabama, Birmingham, history
Magic City Question: Your comments about Jeffco budget cuts
The Jefferson County Commission passed their fiscal 2008 budget today. The $660 million budget cuts $23 million total for the arts (notably the Cultural Alliance) and currently vacant county positions. The Birmingham News Breaking News blog has a brief post about the vote, which was along party lines.
What are your thoughts about the budget and what it means?
Posted in Alabama, Art, Birmingham, Magic City Question, Regionwide
Election ’07: The first “major” forum is tonight!
We’re looking forward to this evening’s mayoral forum at WorkPlay. You can check out this Election ’07 calendar entry to find out more details about this evening’s event at WorkPlay.
Our plan (or André’s plan) is to hang out in the bar beginning at 5:30 p.m. He may even have some t-shirts to give away this evening to those that can spot him (not that spotting André working on a laptop during happy hour in a bar is that hard).
He’ll be collecting your comments about the forum and sharing them on the site. So check in with him when you get there this evening.
Oh yeah, and check out his quotes in this morning’s Birmingham News article about young professionals’ interest in this election.
Posted in 35233, Alabama, Birmingham, Citywide, Election '07, politics
