
Today’s guest columnist is Frank McPhillips.
Charles Zukoski, Jr was Mountain Brook’s first mayor, elected in 1942, weeks after the City was incorporated.
He also was, without doubt, among the most brilliant and creative public servants in Mountain Brook’s history, lauded by the Birmingham Post-Herald as the City’s Thomas Jefferson “who established its law and precept [and] brought light and order to its human relations.”
Zukoski also harbored a secret that wasn’t revealed until after he left office. Continue reading The stunning secret of Mountain Brook’s first mayor