Birmingham Blues

UPDATE:  Per the Birmingham News, Larry says he’ll deny a parade permit as well.  Does he have the authority to do that?  He says it’s not about discrimination, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck…
I hope he gets his ass sued off.
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Birmingham mayor Larry Langford has denied a request from [...]

And another shoe drops…
A federal grand jury is investigating Jefferson County bond deals and Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford’s financial dealings.
Steve Sayler, the county’s finance director from 1989 to 2007, and Norm Davis, who was a county financial adviser during Langford’s tenure as commission president, were in the grand jury room at U.S. District Court in [...]

Tanya Ott of WBHM Public Radio interviewed Larry Langford for yesterday’s broadcast. Listen here. He spent most of his time claiming that the media is persecuting him, that other mayoral candidates have orchestrated the SEC investigation against him (despite the fact that the investigation started well before last fall’s election), and that he [...]

Birmingham mayor Larry Langford should have his picture in the dictionary beside these two words. He wants to screw over the residents of Glen Iris because city councilor Valerie Abbott made him mad:
Saying he no longer trusts the City Council member who represents the Glen Iris neighborhood, Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford says he will [...]

This hasn’t been a good day for Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford. First, Jefferson County senators failed to approve either of two proposals to raise the mayor’s pay (one would be immediate, the other would be effective at the beginning of the next term of office). Then Transit Director David Hill found his backbone [...]

…to help him with his sackcloth-and-ashes praying-on-the-streetcorner extravaganza. Yep, he’s invited Bishop Eddie Long, “one of the most virulently homophobic black leaders in the religiously based anti-gay movement”, to participate in tomorrow’s spectacle [edit: scheduled for 6 PM CDT Friday 4/25]. Here’s a taste of what Bishop Long says in the pulpit:
“It is [...]

Mayor Larry Langford to the city of Birmingham: I will put on a big publicity stunt event where I talk a bunch of people into wearing burlap bags, and that will solve the city’s crime problem.
I only wish I were kidding.

It’s pop quiz time. Kyle Whitmire rocks! (Warning: if you don’t appreciate pointed Larry Langford humor, don’t click the link.)
In related news, the Birmingham Weekly’s website has a spiffy new look. Check it out. And the Weekly got a mention at Whedonesque for the inclusion of Serenity: Collector’s Edition on its [...]