Is Cooper Green keeping JeffCo in the red?
When you scratch at what makes Jefferson County’s budget different than other counties, the answer is Cooper Green Mercy Hospital. But are residents willing to continue indigent care?
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Jefferson County disasters, natural and unnatural
Jefferson County commissioners want to renew job tax but don’t count on Montgomery’s support.
Beason, Bachus and Pate promise primary won’t be boring
A crook, a racist and a crazy man run against each other for Congress. It’s not the beginning of a joke, just an election campaign.
Carrington says receiver misled county commission about Regions concessions
Regions says it told John Young’s attorney it had sold all Jefferson County debt in August, but the commission was left in the dark until October.
If you want to know what the future looks like, Look to the past
It’s easy for prognosticators to wring their hands over the future. As an old editor once said to me, “The younger generation is always going to hell.
Johnson un-sex scandal overshadows unsexy education
Second-tier politician’s New Zealand un-sex scandal grabs headlines while governor proposes to screw Alabama school children by robbing education trust fund.
For some Alabama Democrats, the party’s over
Rep. Patricia Todd calls herself an Obama Democrat, but she no longer caucuses with the Alabama Democratic Party. Meanwhile, former rising star Artur Davis draws more ire from state Dems.
A tale of two budgets: JeffCo could learn a lot from Birmingham
Transparency is a word that usually hangs like a Christmas ornament decorating a lie. But the City of Birmingham has it. Jefferson County does not.
In Memory of Lost Time
No one is taking this seriously any more. No one involved — not the commission, not the Legislature, not the governor — has any credibility left.
Now is the time for Jefferson County bankruptcy
Jefferson County should have filed for Chapter 9 a long time ago, but because of political dawdling, must now settle for second-best.
