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Posted on June 8th, 2009 in Bham Aggravator

Carns and Collins on WBHM

By Weekly Staff

Jefferson County has a sewer debt that’s all but unpayable, an occupational tax that has been nullified by a recalcitrant legislature and a fickle legal system, and a county commission split riven by political grudges. jeffcoseal

Last week, WBHM’s Tanya Ott spoke with two county commissioners, Jim Carns and Bettye Fine Collins, about the county’s troubles.

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