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Birmingham admits deficit

The Birmingham Finance Department had claimed a $13 million surplus. It was off by only $41 million.

By Kyle Whitmire
Let me start off by saying that I’m not an accountant. I didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. The totality of my accounting experience has been sitting in a federal courthouse for six
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Jefferson County employees may only work 36 hours per week

FY 2010 would bring back all employees, but full-time status up in air.

By Kyle Whitmire
Jefferson County's 2010 budget would bring back all county employees by October, but it is not clear whether all employees would be back full-time, county officials said Thursday. The county's fis
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Langford closes Birmingham City Hall for swine flu

Jefferson County Department of Public Health told mayor's office that closing was unnecessary.

By Kyle Whitmire
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford ordered City Hall closed and cleaned Friday because of a case of swine flu, despite advice from the Jefferson County Department of Public Health that such a precaution
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Jefferson County’s solution to financial crisis is more debt??

By Kyle Whitmire
Just a few years ago this scenario was all too common. A man walks into a bank. He has lousy credit. He’s not current on any of his bills. In fact, he’s on the brink of bankruptcy.? And yet, he ask
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JeffCo hires back revenue employees, delays others

Revenue employees will help collect taxes until revenue is available to bring back all workers.

By Kyle Whitmire
The Jefferson County Commission this morning voted to bring back as many as 40 revenue department employees to help the county collect taxes, but the commission did not vote to bring back about 1,000
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JeffCo's New Coalition is old again

Birmingham needs a new generation of political action, but the 'New' Coalition stopped short of radical change.

By Kyle Whitmire
I’ll admit something up front: I was rooting for the New Jefferson County Citizens Coalition. Not for the candidates the organization endorsed. Rather, I was hopeful for the promise and potential for
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Jefferson County brings back employees

Three commissioners want to bring employees back, but can they pay them?

By Kyle Whitmire
Three Jefferson County commissioners want to bring about 1,000 county employees back to work, even though they have not yet figured out a way to pay them — a move the county attorney and two commissio
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Birmingham 2010 budget violates city's policy

City continues to spend millions from savings.

By Kyle Whitmire
In 2007, Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford campaigned with the slogan "Let's do something!" At the time, I thought it was vapid and asinine, but nothing speaks like results. Lately I've been thinking ab
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Council election yields mixed bag of nuts

By Kyle Whitmire
After they’d taped all the returns to the City Hall walls Tuesday night, not much had changed, but this election cycle is far from over. The studious workaholic from District 3, Valerie Abbott, be
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Bill Blount calls it quits

By Kyle Whitmire
There are costs and benefits to smoking beyond what it does to your health. A real nicotine addict can’t spend more than an hour or two indoors without getting the jitters. When an opportunity finally