Category Archives: Citywide

Mayor Kincaid presented his proposed budget for the city of Birmingham during yesterday’s city council meeting. The $329 million budget would be the largest in the city’s history.

The budget is currently available in PDF format from the city’s website. The following links will take you to the general sections of the presentation:

• Mayor’s Budget Message
• Mayor’s Proposed Operating Budget Fiscal Year 2008
• Mayor’s Proposed Capital Budget & Capital Improvement Program

Kincaid also told the council that hard copies of the proposed budget will be available at all Birmingham Public Library locations. Continue reading →

The Magic City will be hosting representatives from The Crescent City for the first part of the week. Our guests will be the Fleur-de-lis Ambassadors from New Orleans beginning this morning. This will be the second visit made by the partnership since its formation (the first was to Boston, MA). They will be in town for two days meeting with our city’s political, business, civic and philanthropic leaders, in addition our local mainstream media outlets. Continue reading →

Apparently it’s time for another rate increase at the United States Postal Service . Beginning today sending that letter (that you almost never write anymore anyway) is going to cost $0.41. That is unless you need to add all of those other letters that you haven’t sent out either to that envelope that’ll be an extra $0.17 per ounce.

All of your other favorite postage rates have gone up in price as well, a reflection on the rising cost of making sure that it still gets to you through snow, sleet, or… well we haven’t seen rain in a while, now have we?

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