Tag Archives: Maury Shevin

Government structure, Guest blogger, UAB, What's great about Birmingham

Do folks in Mountain Brook live in a bubble?

September 6, 2017 David Sher 5 Comments

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest bloggers are husband and wife Maury Shevin & Joyce Spielberger. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

We got a surprising amount of push back from our blog post: “Why We Escaped the Mountain Brook Bubble.”

Some people thought that we were picking on Mountain Brook.

Others accused us of hypocrisy.

Still others said we are both “Pollyannas”.

This started us thinking more about whether folks in Mountain Brook really do live in a bubble. Continue reading Do folks in Mountain Brook live in a bubble? →

Guest blogger, What's great about Birmingham

Why we escaped the Mountain Brook bubble

June 21, 2017 David Sher 10 Comments

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest bloggers are husband and wife Maury Shevin & Joyce Spielberger. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

Having lived much of our lives outside of the City, why move into the City?

We’ve made our livings in the City of Birmingham, but so do many other non-residents.

So, what compelled us to want to make the City our home?

First, and foremost, we were done being in the suburban bubble. Continue reading Why we escaped the Mountain Brook bubble →

Alabama Constitution, Government structure, Guest blogger

Birmingham’s rough and tumble world of political intrigue

September 28, 2016 David Sher 2 Comments

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Maury Shevin. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

For the last nine months, I have been meeting with opinion leaders and opinion makers both within and without the City of Birmingham to find out what a run for the Birmingham City Council would take. Continue reading Birmingham’s rough and tumble world of political intrigue →

Guest blogger, Race relations

Why a divided Birmingham can’t survive

May 9, 2016 David Sher 1 Comment

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Maury Shevin. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

There are two Birminghams.

At least two.

The historical reason for our two Birminghams is known to most of us. Our history of racial segregation and economic colonialism is pretty widely known. The result of Birmingham operating under those conditions for nearly all of its first 100 years, has left people of good intentions trying to overcome a terrible legacy–a legacy of unprincipled abuse leads to a world of fear and doubt and mistrust.

How can any white man, in a suit, be trusted? Continue reading Why a divided Birmingham can’t survive →

Guest blogger

Birmingham renaissance: Not so fast!

August 18, 2015 David Sher 4 Comments

ComebackTown is published by David Sher to begin a discussion on a better Birmingham.

Today’s guest blogger is Maury Shevin. If you’d like to be a guest blogger, please click here.

ComebackTown has been an excellent forum to discuss issues surrounding “regional cooperation.”

I’ve published my joyous thoughts about Birmingham’s successes of recent years and our potential for even more with regional cooperation. The Birmingham naysayers have been awfully quiet during this period. And, I don’t want to stir them up, but… Continue reading Birmingham renaissance: Not so fast! →

Guest blogger

Metro Birmingham mimics Three Stooges

April 2, 2013 David Sher 5 Comments

Comebacktown published by David Sher & Phyllis Neill to begin a discussion on better government for our region.

Today’s guest blogger is Maury Shevin, a Birmingham native.

Remember, “One for all! All for one!! Every man for himself!!!” I do and if you are of a certain age, then you do too. It is a line made famous by the infamous Three Stooges. And, boy, doesn’t it now relate to our community? Continue reading Metro Birmingham mimics Three Stooges →

To begin a conversation about a better Birmingham