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		<title>Can Jefferson County break the bank?</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/20/can-jefferson-county-break-the-bank/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/20/can-jefferson-county-break-the-bank/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al LaPierre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles LeCroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Douglas MacFaddin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan Securities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelia Smoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Sewer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jefferson County has declared war on JPMorgan.]]></description>
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		<title>Considering the conspiracy that killed JeffCo</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/12/considering-the-conspiracy-that-killed-jeffco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/12/considering-the-conspiracy-that-killed-jeffco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen's Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABI Capital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles LeCroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Douglas MacFaddin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gardnyr Michael]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Larry Langford didn't shop alone.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The aftermath of Larry Langford </title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/04/the-aftermath-of-larry-langford%c2%a0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/04/the-aftermath-of-larry-langford%c2%a0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen's Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al LaPierre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week's verdict established Larry Langford’s guilt, but it will be a long time before we’re done settling all his unanswered questions.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>High stakes and cheapskates</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/20/high-stakes-and-cheapskates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/20/high-stakes-and-cheapskates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen's Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al LaPierre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bribes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gus Mayer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Buckelew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Rasmussen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=9548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The cost of corruption when politicians come cheap]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Life and Crimes of Larry Langford</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/14/the-life-and-crimes-of-larry-langford/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/14/the-life-and-crimes-of-larry-langford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al LaPierre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blount]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[conspiracy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gary White]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Katopodis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Buckelew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trial]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=9298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you watch Langford, one question arises: But for his character flaws, would he have ever been successful? ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Birmingham City Council runoff rundown</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/07/birmingham-city-council-runoff-rundown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/07/birmingham-city-council-runoff-rundown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 14:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carol Duncan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[City Council elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elias Hendricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernestine Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jay Roberson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Rogers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnathan Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kim Rafferty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leroy Bandy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Arrington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roderick Royal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[runoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheila Tyson]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=9110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Council President Carole Smitherman wins (for now). Richard Arrington loses big.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Birmingham admits deficit</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/24/birmingham-admits-budget-deficit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/24/birmingham-admits-budget-deficit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accounting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=8756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Birmingham Finance Department had claimed a $13 million surplus. It was off by only $41 million. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Jefferson County’s solution to financial crisis is more debt? </title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/16/jefferson-county%e2%80%99s-solution-to-financial-crisis-is-more-debt%e2%80%af/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/16/jefferson-county%e2%80%99s-solution-to-financial-crisis-is-more-debt%e2%80%af/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=8580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a few years ago this scenario was all too common. A man walks into [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>JeffCo&#8217;s New Coalition is old again</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/10/jeffcos-new-coalition-is-old-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/10/jeffcos-new-coalition-is-old-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizens Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Montgomery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Arrington]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=8332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham needs a new generation of political action, but the 'New' Coalition stopped short of radical change. ]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham 2010 budget violates city&#8217;s policy</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/04/birmingham-2010-budget-violates-citys-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/04/birmingham-2010-budget-violates-citys-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=8138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[City continues to spend millions from savings. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Council election yields mixed bag of nuts </title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/26/council-election-yields-mixed-bag-of-nuts%c2%a0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/26/council-election-yields-mixed-bag-of-nuts%c2%a0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elias Hendricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howard Bayless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Montgomery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lashunda Scales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheila Tyson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Hoyt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=7892</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After they’d taped all the returns to the City Hall walls Tuesday night, not much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Blount calls it quits</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/20/bill-blount-calls-it-quits/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/20/bill-blount-calls-it-quits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blount]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Don Siegelman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Scott Coogler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Scrushy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tourneau]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=7817</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are costs and benefits to smoking beyond what it does to your health. A [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Taxation with representation just legislation without imagination</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/12/taxation-with-representation-just-legislation-without-imagination/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/12/taxation-with-representation-just-legislation-without-imagination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Bob Riley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Rogers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As I write this, the Alabama Legislature is busying trying to fix what’s wrong with [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leapin&#8217; Larry counts it down</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/06/leapin-larry-counts-it-down/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/06/leapin-larry-counts-it-down/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al LaPierre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blount]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=7606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday Al LaPierre stood in the eighth floor courtroom at the federal courthouse downtown to utter [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leapin&#8217; Larry goes for broke</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/31/leapin-larry-goes-for-broke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/31/leapin-larry-goes-for-broke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Blount]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What he didn’t put into slot machines, he spent on clothes and cars. And when he spent all he had, he took more money from friends — friends who happened to be connected to the bond business.

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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Politician-Assisted Suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/23/politician-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/23/politician-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How a decade of blunders back-stabs left Jefferson County broke]]></description>
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		<title>Jefferson County gives Birmingham a glimpse of its future</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/15/jefferson-county-gives-birmingham-a-glimpse-of-its-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a question in my mind: Can corruption, incompetence and ego kill a government?
Sure, these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham council sees red over Langford budget</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/09/birmingham-council-sees-red-over-langford-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/09/birmingham-council-sees-red-over-langford-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
According to the city’s own accounting system, Birmingham is running a $17 million deficit for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Katopodis trial exposes political favors among friends</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/02/katopodis-trial-exposes-political-favors-among-friends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/02/katopodis-trial-exposes-political-favors-among-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Everybody they put on the stand knew what he was doing,” defense attorney Jim Parkman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jefferson’s Most Wanted:  Accounting for Political Corruption in Alabama</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/26/jefferson%e2%80%99s-most-wanted-accounting-for-political-corruption-in-alabama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/26/jefferson%e2%80%99s-most-wanted-accounting-for-political-corruption-in-alabama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a problem affecting our political culture here, and recent events have given us a [...]]]></description>
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