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		<title>Smitherman to serve as Mayor until Nov. 24</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/29/smitherman-to-serve-as-mayor-until-nov-24/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/29/smitherman-to-serve-as-mayor-until-nov-24/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madison Underwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen's Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Council Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[succession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council President Carole Smitherman will serve as acting mayor until a new president is elected]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham Weekly Poll Watch</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/01/birmingham-weekly-poll-watch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/01/birmingham-weekly-poll-watch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weekly Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autodialers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[campaigns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[negative campaigning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poll Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[push polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robocalls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robodialers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the election season, Birmingham Weekly will be monitoring campaign activity, but to do so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two JeffCo bills advertised in Saturday paper</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/25/two-jeffco-bills-advertised-in-saturday-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/25/two-jeffco-bills-advertised-in-saturday-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:52:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comptroller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[county manager]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupational tax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes there&#8217;s more news in the classifieds than the rest of the paper. Saturday&#8217;s Birmingham [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham council demands forensic audit</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/16/birmingham-council-demands-forensic-audit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/16/birmingham-council-demands-forensic-audit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bond rating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=6992</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Birmingham City Council will ask the Alabama State Auditor&#8217;s office to conduct a forensic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JeffCo repeals sales tax holiday</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/07/jeffco-repeals-sales-tax-holiday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/07/jeffco-repeals-sales-tax-holiday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bettye Fine Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Humphryes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupational tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelia Smoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Bell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the state, shoppers will have a three-day sales tax holiday later this summer, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commissioner&#8217;s proposed pay cut may have to be permanent, attorney says</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/23/commissioners-proposed-pay-cut-may-have-to-be-permanent-attorney-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/23/commissioners-proposed-pay-cut-may-have-to-be-permanent-attorney-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madison Underwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bham Aggravator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama Code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bettye Fine Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Humphryes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[County Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Sewell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay cut]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=6153</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bobby Humphryes has volunteered to take a 20% cut in his County Commissioner salary as an act of solidarity with the county's hourly workers, who have had their workweek cut back from 40 hours to 32. However, Jefferson County Attorney Jeff Sewell has advised Humphryes that any voluntary pay cut may, by law, have to be permanent, lasting even into following terms. ]]></description>
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		<title>Langford blames police beating on &#8216;previous administration&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/21/langford-blames-police-beating-on-previous-administration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/21/langford-blames-police-beating-on-previous-administration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 20:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A.C. Roper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham police beating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Police Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On CNN Wednesday night, Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford tried to explain how the now-viral video [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Collins asks JeffCo departments for 33 percent cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/18/collins-asks-jeffco-departments-for-33-percent-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/18/collins-asks-jeffco-departments-for-33-percent-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 21:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[layoffs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupational tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=4750</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jefferson County Commission President Bettye Fine Collins has asked county department heads to prepare cuts [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Langford takes homestead tax break (in Fairfield)</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/07/langford-takes-homestead-tax-break-in-fairfield/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/07/langford-takes-homestead-tax-break-in-fairfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 22:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affidavit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fairfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homestead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perjury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[residency]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=4506</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford and his wife took a homestead exemption on their Fairfield home [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Council holds secret closed-door meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/22/council-holds-secret-closed-door-meeting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/22/council-holds-secret-closed-door-meeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnathan Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roderick Royal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[secret meeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Hoyt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=3452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A quorum of the Birmingham City Council met today behind closed doors, an apparent violation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council considers $15k for Witherspoon funeral</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/22/council-considers-15k-for-witherspoon-funeral/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/22/council-considers-15k-for-witherspoon-funeral/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miriam Witherspoon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=3446</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a special-called meeting today, the Birmingham City Council is scheduled to consider spending as much as $15,000 to cater the funeral of Councilor Miriam Witherspoon who died Tuesday. ]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham City Councilor Miriam Witherspoon dies</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/21/birmingham-city-councilor-miriam-witherspoon-dies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/21/birmingham-city-councilor-miriam-witherspoon-dies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miriam Witherspoon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When she spoke about “access,” it wasn’t the trite political jargon for having clout at City Hall. Instead, she was speaking of things most people never notice, like whether there are curb cuts where the sidewalks end.]]></description>
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		<title>Council to consider contractor disclosures</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/20/council-to-consider-contractor-disclosures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/20/council-to-consider-contractor-disclosures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Pitts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=3255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A resolution before the Birmingham City Council Tuesday would require groups and companies seeking city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tea time in Hoover</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/16/tea-time-in-hoover/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/16/tea-time-in-hoover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madison Underwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hoover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lee Davis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rallies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[right wing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ron Paul]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tea Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim James]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Citizens of Birmingham concerned about excessive government spending, among other things, exercised their rights to assemble peacefully on Wednesday, and joined groups in dozens of other cities in a "Tea Party" rally. Birmingham Weekly has video from the event.]]></description>
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		<title>Feds freeze out Langford on contracts, money</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/05/feds-freeze-out-langford-on-contracts-money/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/05/feds-freeze-out-langford-on-contracts-money/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al LaPierre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Blount]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The United States Environmental Protection Agency has informed Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford that he is suspended from participating in federal contracts and similar federally assisted activities.]]></description>
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		<title>Smitherman demands BJCC board seat for council</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/03/12/smitherman-demands-bjcc-board-seat-for-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/03/12/smitherman-demands-bjcc-board-seat-for-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BJCC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domed Stadium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Elkington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Council President Carole Smitherman wants a council member on BJCC or else no city money for a dome.]]></description>
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		<title>Langford gives council silent treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/03/12/langford-gives-council-silent-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/03/12/langford-gives-council-silent-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford has restricted city department heads from cooperating with the city council, a move councilors perceive as a retaliation for not rubber stamping the mayor\'92s agenda.]]></description>
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		<title>Commission considers prep work for rate hike</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/03/12/commission-considers-prep-work-for-rate-hike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday the Jefferson County Commission will consider a resolution that would take the county a step closer to raising rates and creating new fees that would raise revenue for the debt-ridden sewer system.]]></description>
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		<title>Collins threatens to kick out columnist for asking question</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/02/03/collins-threatens-to-kick-out-columnist-for-asking-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 18:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bettye Fine Collins threatened to have Birmingham Weekly columnist Kyle Whitmire escorted from the building after Whitmire asked her if she stood by a statement she made a week earlier.]]></description>
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		<title>Inauguration Trail Pictures (moving and still)</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/01/24/inauguration-trail-pictures-moving-and-still/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photographic evidence of the Weekly's journey to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration of America's 44th president, Barack Obama.]]></description>
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