I owe an apology to Mayor William Bell and the Birmingham City Council. I didn’t expect them to show the leadership the city needed. In the end, though, the Birmingham Board of Education had the final say.
After a series of 5-4 votes, Birmingham Schools Superintendent walked away from Tuesday’s Birmingham school board meeting with his job, but not much else.
I didn’t want to believe the Easter Sunday problems in Railroad Park were gang problems, but after seeing who posted video online, I believe differently now.
Two organizations focused on driving economic development in the Birmingham city center and its neighborhoods have decided to merge. The boards of the two organizations, Main Street Birmingham and Operation New Birmingham, approved an intent to combine their efforts.
The lines drawn over Superintendent Craig Witherspoon’s future are complex and and difficult to navigate. One detractor calls Withersppon an Uncle Tom for selling out to Over the Mountain white people, while Rev. Calvin Woods throws his support behind the school chief. Commenters on al.com react about as you’d expect, while the business community and [...]
Supporters of Birmingham Schools Superintendent Craig Witherspoon rallied Friday afternoon in Linn Park to support a contract extension for Witherspoon and oppose a move by some members of the Birmingham Board of Education to discuss his contract in a hastily-called meeting on a holiday weekend.
About 100 people rallied in Linn Park in support of Birmingham City Schools Superintendent Craig Witherspoon. The crowd included black elites and repatriated, well-meaning white people. But where was Mayor William Bell?
The Birmingham Board of Education has called a special meeting Friday to discuss Superintendent Craig Witherspoon’s contract. Witherspoon has battled with the politically vexing and frequently dysfunctional board throughout his tenure.
The Alabama Ethics Commission has voted 4-1 to refer ethics accusations against Birmingham City Councilor Lashunda Scales to the Attorney General’s office, which now has discretion whether to pursue a case against her. Last year by a local carnival operator accused the councilor of using her office and an off-duty police officer to threaten him in a financial dispute. Scales has denied any wrongdoing.
Evidently, right around the end of February, Birmingham and its metro area adopted a lot of Invisible Children. Oddly enough, our fair city and its suburbs had a significant impact on the success of the #Kony2012 movement.
