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New pieces at BCRI fall into place

Posted on December 18, 2008 | 2 comments

Photo: Bob Farley/f8Photo

David Davis, building and grounds superintendent at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, adjusts the plastic covering Bull Connor‘s armored vehicle at the Institute’s Human Rights Gallery on Tuseday morning. The vehicle was used by the Birmingham Poilice Department and the former public safety commissioner during the 1960s.

The armored vehicle has been cut in half and will be the focal point of the Institute’s renovated gallery. BCRI plans to unveil the renovation during its Martin Luther, Jr. Birthday Celebration on Monday, January 19, 2009. The facility opens free to the public that day at 9 a.m.

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Dean and Co. invade the interwebs

Posted on December 17, 2008 | Leave a comment

Screenshot of the new Dean and Company website.

So, those of us that have cable service here in Birmingham, AL are familiar, or at least know about Dean and Company. They’ve been on television for 30 years and now they’ve got a website. They were on Rick and Bubba this morning to formally launch it and It’s just as off the wall and… well, you go ahead and take a look for yourselves.

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The reason for the paratransit stall

Posted on December 17, 2008 | Leave a comment

Remember yesterday’s On the agenda post? Well, according to sources, some City Council members said they needed extra time to determine whether the $1.7 million paratransit expenditure would be deducted from the BJCTA’s FY2009 operating budget or would be in addition to that amount, leading to a two-week delay on the item.

Well, I’m in New York City and I’ve got an interesting (or frustrating) take on it – check it out over on My Birmingham.

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Birmingham City Schools get Inauguration Day off

Posted on December 17, 2008 | Leave a comment

We’ve just learned that the Christmas break calendar has been changed for Birmingham city students. We’ve also learned that students will have Tuesday, January 20, 2009, off for Inauguration Day in addition to the Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Schools and offices will be closed for the 19th. Employees will be in on January 20, 2009, is now an in-house professional development day. 

Students will be out of school from December 19 through January 2, 2009 for the Christmas holiday break; they’ll be back in session on Monday, January 5, 2009.

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The Caputo Report has arrived

Posted on December 17, 2008 | Leave a comment

The Birmingham blogosphere is always growing, and recently we’ve seen some interesting additions to the mix. One of them is The Caputo Report, written by our regional Chamber of Commerce‘s vice president of public policy, Pascal Caputo.

The first official blog from the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce has hit the ground running having just completed a poll about the necessity of a county manager for Jefferson County. The chamber has been supporting this initiative for some time, including a bill introduced in Montgomery earlier this year. It’ll be interesting to see how the Chamber uses this tool in the future.

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Lights and tradition, and a little boost

Posted on December 16, 2008 | Comments Off on Lights and tradition, and a little boost

Head on over to Timetable and you can check out Terri’s ideas for having fun one evening during the holiday season and Josh’s look at holiday celebrations at one of Birmingham’s historic West Side sites. Plus, you may be able to help the guys from Wild Sweet Orange get into heavy rotation on MTVu. Sounds like a reason to head on over, doesn’t it?

Of course, you could just share your favorite song of the holiday season with everyone over on Magic City Question … maybe…

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Larry’s been busy too

Posted on December 15, 2008 | Leave a comment

Today’s been a busy day insofar as Birmingham mayor Larry Langford’s legal issues are concerned. This afternoon the legal team representing the mayor against federal charges brought against him recently asked that his right to a speedy trial be waived due to the amount of information that must be sorted through. The team will be hoping that the ruling in response to this motion is in their favor, unlike the ruling that was handed down earlier in the day involving the case brought against him by Central Alabama Pride, Inc. in late August.

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