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This is one of the images taken by Mojo Denbow earlier this evening at the “It’s Time to Pray” summit at Boutwell Auditorium in downtown Birmingham, AL. Click on the image to view a small slideshow, with links to the photos in his Flickr stream.
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There are days when you just want to curl up and hide; unfortunately that was one of those days for me, so I was not in attendance at the weekly city council meeting when Mayor Larry Langford drew comparisons between The Magic City and the City of Nineveh in the language used for his proclamation announcing “a day of prayer in sackcloth and ashes”. Like we said earlier, today was a busy day for the city’s chief executive.
Check out the Birmingham Weekly for a PDF of the proclamation and some video to go along with it.
You may want to let us know what you think about it… preferably over on Magic City Question.
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Mayor Langford speaks to students at Phillips Academy during Wachovia’s Way2Save event on April 22. acnatta/Flickr.
Larry Langford’s been a busy individual this morning. Here he’s seen talking to area school children during today’s Wachovia Way2Save event. Representatives from four area schools each received $2,000 for their scholarship funds at the event. The mayor spent most of the time he was at the event taking pictures with the children and answering questions about this morning’s approval of his proposal to pay for free bus rides in Birmingham beginning in May and running through August by the City Council.
According to the blog post made earlier today by The Birmingham News, the BJCTA board still needs to approve the proposal during their board meeting tomorrow.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, bus service, City Council, event, Free, Larry Langford, passes, proposal, Wachovia
Mayor Langford will be among the many in attendance at Linn Park tomorrow morning beginning at 11 a.m. as part of Wachovia’s Way2Save Challenge. Birmingham is the current stop on an 11-city tour that aims to educate consumers about the importance of saving. Some of our city’s youngest residents, pre-K students from John Herbert Phillips Academy, will learn to save their pennies in a piggy bank activity, while some of our other residents will be trying to make sure that more students have a chance to further their education, in a fun way…
Posted in 35203, Education, money
Tagged AL, Alabama, Birmingham, financial education, Larry Langford, Linn Park, scholarship grab, Wachovia, Way2Save
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford this morning laid out his plans to City Council members to completely revitalize Fair Park, a $125 – $150 million project that would be funded using portions of the recent sales and business tax increases, and could be completed in three years.All Langford needs now is the Council’s approval of the plan. It will be on the their agenda Tuesday.
“If ever there was a place that needs a shot in the arm, it’s Five Points West,” he said.
Langford said the project could be built debt-free using millions that the taxes are generating, plus unused money in the city’s budgets from stalled or inactive school and other capital projects. The city’s $55 million would jumpstart the economic development process.
Posted in 35208, City Council
Tagged AL, Alabama, audio, Birmingham, Fair Park, Five Points West, information, Larry Langford, plan, presentation, proposal
1856:
The first meeting of the Board of Trustees for what is now Birmingham-Southern College was held.
1948:
Mayor Larry Langford was born in Birmingham.
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Boutwell’s the tipping point tonight
This morning’s Birmingham News points out the frequency that days of prayer are held in the city (as Mayor Langford prepares for one this evening officially announced earlier this week) well as the rumblings about legal action that may be taken if it’s found to be an official government event. The event has definitely drawn some criticism, even locally. We even have our own veiled opinion, though from a slightly different angle.
We’ve gotten a few responses to our current Magic City Question; as we get ready to change it later on today, we’d welcome anyone else that wants to lend their voices to the conversation.
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Tagged AL, Alabama, April 25, Birmingham, City of Birmingham, Commentary, criticism, day of prayer, information, Larry Langford, link, mayor, opinion, proclamation