so austin was re-elected 5-4 to council pres, and the mayor's guy lost for pro tem pres. austin then moved to reassign parking and office spaces. now we left with 2+ more years of this clusterfuck.
hahah http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/05/as_city_hall_turns_council_mem.html As City Hall turns: Council members facing eviction squat in offices on May 12, 2016 at 3:07 PM, updated May 12, 2016 at 3:09 PM What started out as friction at Birmingham City Hall has turned into ... eviction. Affliction. I wish it was fiction. I'm telling you Stephen King couldn't make this stuff up. And he invented the Crimson King, Lord of Discordia, which may or may not also be a dancing clown. He's got nothing on Birmingham and its discordant clowns. Birmingham City Council President Johnathan Austin, fresh from winning re-election to the council's highest office, this week ordered that all four members of the council who voted against him must move out of their offices at City Hall, and into other spaces on the corridor. But at least two council members – Kim Rafferty and Valerie Abbott – balked. "I respectfully decline the reassignment of my office and staff," Rafferty wrote to Austin Wednesday. Abbott wrote that she will "not cooperate." And all of a sudden duly elected council members were squatters. In their own offices. This morning Council Administrator Cheryl Kidd, on orders from Austin, began the process of having the council members moved out, whether they wanted to go or not. Kidd sought Public Works employees to physically clear out the offices so Austin supporters Sheila Tyson and Lashunda Scales could move into offices that were deemed more prestigious. Even that resulted in conflict. The mayor's office, which has authority over Public Works and other city workers – including the locksmith – instructed employees to disregard the order. The mayor's office said public works employees would help move council members, but only if they wanted to move. So council members like Rafferty sat in her office – surrounded by boxes packed before she decided to resist the move – wondering if the office would be taken against her will. "I'm tired of being disrespected by my peers," Rafferty said. "We should not be pawns in the war he (Austin) is having with the Legislature and the mayor. We should be running the business of the city." Austin – who also changed council parking spots and committee assignments as soon as he was elected – said all the council members will move, but disputed that it was an eviction. "We are not in the eviction business," he said. "Everybody will move on their own." But it doesn't look like it. Abbott – who has served on the council for 14 years and has worked in the same office for most of that time – said she has "grown weary of the pettiness of certain members of the council." "I feel like I'm back in sixth grade," she said. Boxes in the City Council hallway, and Councilwoman Kim Rafferty protecting her office.John Archibald | [email protected] Which might just be generous. Austin also made requests for public works painters to fix minor damage in the officers and repairs spots where pictures had hung. Those requests had not been fulfilled today, because those painters were on jobs at recreation centers. Where they are needed. Where they ought to stay. City employees don't need to be tied up in the council's petty conflicts, or in the tiresome battle between the mayor and council. They have enough on their plates trying to serve the people of Birmingham. Which is what they were hired to do. Which is what the politicians better learn to do. This is not a kingdom. Or a Stephen King novel. It's a city, that needs to demand better. Birmingham is in the middle of a $420 million budget process. It has construction bonds to approve. It faces murders almost every day, and needs street improvements and neighborhood attention and repair of parks. It has a thousand things in the works. And for days council members squat and squabble over how far to move their stuff. The next move is out.
BEWARE I decided I was going to go on Zillow and update my house value. 2 days later...a letter from the county with that new value. Don't care, since it was hideously undervalued, but still...
http://www.annistonstar.com/the_daily_home/it-was-very-crazy-woman-who-struck-bear-near-alpine Some lady hit a freaking bear in Pell City.
Country artist Sturgill Simpson is coming to Birmingham. The singer-songwriter will perform in the Magic City on September 11, at the Alabama Theatre. The show will start at 8 p.m. The show is presented by Birmingham Mountain Radio. Simpson's most recent album, "A Sailor's Guide to Earth," is his most personal album, he said on his website. "I wanted it to be an exploration of all the different types of music that I love- a musical journey...I listen to a lot of Marvin Gaye, a lot of Bill Withers. I like the way George Harrison sings and tried to incorporate that. Some people will say I'm trying to run from country, but I'm never going to make anything other than a country record. As soon as I open my mouth, it's going to be a country song," hesaid. The musician was inspired to write the album's songs about his life as a touring musician and from his time in the Navy. Simpson produced the record, his third album, himself. Six tour stops have already sold out. Tickets for the Birmingham show start at $35 and go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. Get your tickets on ticketmaster.com, any Ticketmaster outlet, or by calling 800-745-3000.
It really is amazing how incompetent our city council is. Here's are photos of Jay Roberson wasting our taxes on vacations and lip gloss... Too bad Birmingham City schools aren't good enough for his wife to teach at or children to attend.... I really hate this guy...plus I observed him cheating near the 18th green at Highlands a few months ago...approaching the green he yipped it, made sure the other cart wasn't looking, looked at his stooge next to him, and said "I didn't hit that" and took another quick swing....POS.
glad i'll have to water my grass on a day james fucking spann said we'd get an inch try .1 you bitch. gonna be dry next week. remember to water, because that shit gonna be gettin brown here in a bit. we are just at average for the year but we front loaded a lot of that.
RegionsTradition @RegionsTrad 11m11 minutes ago Is it too late to ask for an encore? @TaylorHicks, The News Brothers & @PGA_JohnDaly ROCKED IT!! #regionstradition
Heard Taylor Hicks got down on his knee and played a little melody on his harmonica before he teed off. Seriously though.
My app shows rain Saturday afternoon (Salsa Showdown) is that still accurate, I know the apps aren't always spot on.
lol very isolated. 20% at best. might rain for 5 mins. whoopity doo. we need 1.5 inches a week for 3+ weeks to get back to normal we only had 1.5 inches the entire month of may
that is the rain total for the entire week. its not a front. its more of a trough with a ridge that is fucking us. aka we are gonna be cooked like in an oven, high pressure is much easier to heat up
@spann 3m3 minutes agoHoover, AL Just getting word the long awaited I-65/I-22 interchange in Birmingham opens June 20.