It’s one of those things we take for granted living in our Birmingham region.
It’s an important quality of life issue—one we seem to take for granted.
We may be at the bottom of many lists, but this one—we excel.
The idea for this piece came in the form of an e-mail…
“David, todays bham news….Mayor in shootout , Katapodis appeal denied, and Malzahn new auburn coach…that’s our front page headlines….buried on page 8 or so….the REALLY GOOD NEWS Continue reading Birmingham has done it again!
When I write about Birmingham, I typically receive comments like, “The City of Birmingham’s a disaster, but metro Birmingham and the suburbs are doing just fine.”
Certainly the City of Birmingham has seen better days, but when our city sneezes our suburbs catch a cold.
In previous blogs I’ve mentioned that Birmingham’s metro is the slowest growing of its Southern peers Continue reading How’s metro Birmingham doing? Ask Southwest Airlines
The presidential election is over.
Many people felt this election would make or break America.
When discussing the ramifications of the U.S. going broke or being driven into socialism, this small blog about metro Birmingham seems inconsequential.
Then I ran into this piece written by Jim Clifton, Chairman and CEO of Gallup, and he reinforced the importance of our efforts to make our metro Birmingham great. Continue reading So goes Birmingham…so goes America
Moses was a remarkable guy.
He parted the Red Sea, brought us the Ten Commandments, and delivered the Israelites to the Promised Land.
If you need someone to accomplish a task, Moses’ resume looks pretty good.
However, even if you could convince Moses to run for political office in metro Birmingham, he would be unable to make us competitive. Continue reading What if Moses was Mayor of Birmingham?
As you may have heard a petition filed by a Chuncula resident seeking Alabama’s withdrawal from the U.S. reached 25,000 signatures and now requires a response from the White House.
The petition asks the administration to “peacefully grant the state of Alabama to withdraw from the United States of America and create its own new government.”
Well, if this is a good idea, I’ve got an even better one. Continue reading Metro Birmingham should secede from Alabama
Nothing makes me angrier than to see anti-Birmingham; anti-black comments following my blog.
The racial comments are usually insinuated, but they are there—none the less.
There’s a community of people in our region who accuse Birmingham of failing and blame African-Americans for it. Continue reading Black folks are moving into your neighborhoods
If you want the Birmingham haters to go crazy, write something nice about Birmingham.
Praising Birmingham brings out the devil in them.
When Teresa Thorne, the Executive Director of CAP, bragged that downtown Birmingham was as safe at Mt. Brook or Vestavia… Continue reading Birmingham haters on war path
Forbes has again ranked Birmingham as one of America’s Most Dangerous Cities.
This is absolute nonsense and another example of how our “too many” governments are screwing us up and ruining our reputation. Continue reading BALONEY: Birmingham named 5th most dangerous city
ComebackTown: To create a discussion on creating better government for our region.
According to an article on al.com on October 11, “A rift developed between the city and county after Birmingham filed a lawsuit to keep open the inpatient care unit at the county owned hospital for the poor. The county responded by withholding chairs and tables for the city’s referendum…”
I only know what I read on-line, so I don’t know the real story, but I have three and four year old grandchildren who get along better than our politicians. Continue reading Birmingham sues Jefferson County–na na na na na na
Ever since I began posting blogs with the intent to begin a community conversation on better government, I’ve received my share of criticism.
I was probably a little bit naive, but it came as a surprise.
I have a passion for our Birmingham region and I thought I was doing a good deed.
I’m not running for office and as best I can tell, I’m not benefiting financially. If anyone has any money making ideas, please let me know. 🙂 Continue reading Why many are criticizing David Sher