Category Archives: Alabama

Round 1 goes to the protesters; is it right?

By now you should know that the City Council voted unanimously to revoke the business & liquor licenses of a gas station owner on the city’s East side. The decision has led to some interesting commentary over on the Birmingham News’ breaking news blog. So after you’ve finished looking at the story that was filed and the 20+ comments (there are more listed but some are repeats), let’s hear what you think about it.

NOTE: It’s interesting to note that the decision from the courts on the case has not been made yet.

Random Shots: It’s almost time over at Eastwood

Sign At Eastwood Village

Photo credit: André Natta

Workers work to finish installing a sign for one of the new businesses opening up on the former site of Eastwood Mall. A quick look around the new shopping center, known as Eastwood Village, lets you know that plans are for the property to become fully operational in the near future. Stores moving into the development include rue 21, Shoe Carnival, Starbucks Coffee, Old Navy and Salsarita’s. Oh yeah, and Wal-Mart.

Related links:

Birmingham Rewound: Eastwood Mall
WBHM.org: Paying for Progress, 10.13.2006
The Birmingham News: Eastwood Village awakens, 6.29.2006

Election ’07: It’s getting there

We’re slowly adding features to the Election ’07 site. We’ve actually started using the blog this morning, asking what should be the most important question about the race:

Just what are the issues?

Yesterday we learned that William Bell and Ray Brooks will also be participating in our online forum, joining those that we announced yesterday.

Finally, later this morning we’ll also be adding an Election ’07 calendar to the site’s sidebar that will list upcoming candidate events. We only have two to start the list, so if you’re a candidate you may just want to send your schedule in to us so we can share it with everybody else.

A look back: September 11

2002:

9.11 Memorial In Downtown Birmingham

Photo credit: André Natta

The 9/11 Memorial Walk was dedicated along 19th Street North at 4th Avenue North.

Courtesy: Bhamwiki.com

Random Shots: Building a new future

Fountain Heights Construction

Workers make progress on one of several homes in the Fountain Heights neighborhood where construction began on infill housing last year. The homes are being constructed in the Northern Triangle area of the neighborhood as part of a HOPE VI development. The award-winning revitalization plan for Fountain Heights was the focus of last month’s ONB Breakfast Briefing.

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Election ’07: A Submit your questions update

NOTE: Hear their answers to your questions on our Election ’07 site!

We wanted to let you know what was going on with our proposed interviews with the mayoral candidates. We have currently received commitments from Valerie Abbott, Patrick Cooper and Carole Smitherman to participate in our podcast interviews. We have also been contacted by representatives from Mayor Kincaid’s campaign, though we have not been able to secure a commitment from him as of yet. It is our intention to begin posting their answers to your questions on our election site this coming Friday, September 14. We will have answers being posted by Monday, September 17.

If you’d like your candidate to participate, you may want to contact them and encourage them to do so.

A look back: September 9

September 9:

1934:

Poet Sonia Sanchez was born in Birmingham.

1957:

Shuttlesworth
Fred Shuttlesworth attempted to integrate Phillips High School

2003

Voters turned down “Amendment 1“, Governor Bob Riley’s proposal to make Alabama’s tax system more progressive.

Courtesy: Bhamwiki.com