Category Archives: Election ’07

Election ’07: It’s time

Posted on October 9, 2007 | Leave a comment

Voting on Election Day

Photo credit: Bob Farley/f8photo

A scene similar to this one is playing out throughout the city of Birmingham today as people prepare to make their voices heard. The polls have already been open for three hours and will remain open until 7 p.m. this evening.

There are more than 118,000 people registered to vote in this year’s mayoral election. We hope that you will take the opportunity before you and vote for whoever you think will best serve our City.

Click here to see a list of places that are holding election results viewing parties.

Visit our Election ’07 site in case you still have to make up your mind. In particular, visit the Your Questions, Their Answers section to hear from several of the candidates on issues important to you.

Stay tuned later this evening for our coverage of the results of this general election.

Mayoral election return party, Steppers and Walkers

Posted on October 9, 2007 | Comments Off

Join the Metro Birmingham ADC as they watch election returns at one of the newest spots in downtown Birmingham. Steppers and Walkers has happy hour specials from 3 – 8 p.m.

Cost: Free to enter

Location:
Steppers and Walkers
2223 4th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203

Don’t forget to visit Election ‘07 to help you make your decision if you’re still undecided.

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The Innocents & Mayoral results party, Rojo

Posted on October 9, 2007 | Leave a comment

Rojo’s offering anyone who voted for mayor free chips and salsa! The guys from Steak Verhoeven will also be showing The Innocents (1961) starring Deborah Kerr, directed by Jack Clayton, in the side room beginning at 7:30 p.m.

From the email announcing tomorrow’s movie:

In late 19th century England, an inexperienced young woman (Kerr) becomes governess to a small orphan girl living in a lonely stately home occupied only by the child, a housekeeper and a small complement of servants. Her initial misgivings allayed by the child’s angelic nature, her anxieties are once more aroused when the girl’s brother, equally captivating, is sent home from boarding school for wickedness of some unspecified kind…

Cost: $0

Location:
Rojo
2921 Highland Avenue, South
Birmingham, AL 35205

Don’t forget to visit Election ‘07 to help you make your decision if you’re still undecided.

Mayoral election return party, Bottletree Cafe

Posted on October 9, 2007 | Comments Off

After you’re finished voting on Election Day, wear your “I Voted” sticker into The Bottletree on October 9; they’ll give you one (1) complimentary beer. It’s their way of thanking you for getting out there and voting. You’ll also be able to watch the results on their big screen throughout the evening.

Cost: $0 to get in and one free beer if you voted

Location:
The Bottletree
3719 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35222

Don’t forget to visit Election ‘07 to help you make your decision if you’re still undecided.

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Mayoral election return party, Steel Urban Lounge

Posted on October 9, 2007 | Comments Off

Join the folks from Urbanham.com while waiting for the formal announcement about the winner (or winners) of the general election for Mayor of Birmingham. There will be food and drink specials throughout the evening.

Cost: $0

Location:
Steel Urban Lounge
2300 1st Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Don’t forget to visit Election ’07 to help you make your decision if you’re still undecided.

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Random Shots: Signs of the Times

Posted on October 8, 2007 | Leave a comment

Photo credit: André Natta

It’s getting down to the wire for the candidates in this year’s mayoral election. Our Election ’07 site has been updated to include links to local websites, blogs, mainstream and alternative media and selected posts from our own coverage. We hope that this and other last minute changes to the site provide as complete a picture as possible for you to make a decision before the polls open tomorrow morning throughout Birmingham.

Check in with us tomorrow night as we provide coverage of returns.

Election ’07: A different perspective on Larry, and everybody else

Posted on October 5, 2007 | 6 comments

Kyle Whitmire over at Birmingham Weekly has written an extensive article about Larry Langford in this week’s edition. The piece takes a look primarily at his political career, with extensive focus on VisionLand (now Alabama Adventure) and recent personal problems.

It’s definitely an interesting time to run this piece, especially considering that the next Weekly will not hit the streets until after we’ve either determined a clear winner or at least know who’s got two more weeks of campaigning ahead of them in this year’s race to the mayor’s office.

This is of course not including the outrage over a political cartoon published in The Birmingham News Tuesday that has been viewed as an attack on both Langford and Kincaid, the last minute entries into the mayoral commercial campaign by Kincaid and Bell, the pronouncement about race being a major issue in the election or the interesting response given by Cooper about Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin endorsing the incumbent and holding a fundraiser for him on Wednesday morning.

Business is definitely about to pick up…

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