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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jefferson County has declared war on JPMorgan.]]></description>
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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>
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		<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>Morgan Keegan exec has ties with Collins</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/20/morgan-keegan-exec-has-ties-with-collins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/20/morgan-keegan-exec-has-ties-with-collins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weekly Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[What the Weekly's Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bettye Fine Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bridge loan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Larry Ward]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something for Bettye Fine Collins&#8217; enemies to chew on. The News&#8217; Barnett Wright got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collins responds to resignation demands</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/15/collins-responds-to-resignation-demands/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/15/collins-responds-to-resignation-demands/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[layoffs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Jefferson County Commission President Bettye Fine Collins responds to SCLC&#8217;s resignation demand by quoting Napoleon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCLC, JeffCo employees demand state takeover</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/15/sclc-jefferson-co-employees-demand-state-takeover/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/15/sclc-jefferson-co-employees-demand-state-takeover/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Bishop Calvin Woods demanded the resignation of Commission President Bettye Fine Collins and asked Gov. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Jefferson County creditworthy?</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/11/is-jefferson-county-creditworthy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/11/is-jefferson-county-creditworthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[William Bell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Jefferson County is the poster child of municipal deadbeats, so how can they ask a [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
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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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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/15/jefferson-county-gives-birmingham-a-glimpse-of-its-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sheriff Mike Hale]]></category>
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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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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>JeffCo broke by Aug. 7</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/13/jeffco-broke-by-aug-7/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/13/jeffco-broke-by-aug-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jefferson County is bleeding cash and without drastic cuts could be broke by August 7, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carns and Collins on WBHM</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/08/carns-and-collins-on-wbhm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/08/carns-and-collins-on-wbhm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weekly Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bham Aggravator]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Jefferson County has a sewer debt that&#8217;s all but unpayable, an occupational tax that has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JeffCo preps $51 million in cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/05/jeffco-preps-51-million-in-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/05/jeffco-preps-51-million-in-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jefferson County has identified more than $50 million in budget cuts, but those reductions could [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jefferson County Commission President Bettye Fine Collins has asked county department heads to prepare cuts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jefferson County: the End is Near-ish</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/05/jefferson-county-the-end-is-near-ish/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/05/jefferson-county-the-end-is-near-ish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 01:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
State authorities last week seized more than $300 million worth of assets from four banks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy gets tough with muni bond players</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/04/italy-gets-tough-with-muni-bond-players/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/04/italy-gets-tough-with-muni-bond-players/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 16:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weekly Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If only we had elected officials here with the same kind of gumption Italian politicians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bruno&#8217;s on the brink</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/23/brunos-on-the-brink/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/23/brunos-on-the-brink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weekly Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employees of Bruno&#8217;s supermarkets are ready to go on strike if the supermarket chain is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alabama Senate bill would require Governor&#8217;s approval before county bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/08/alabama-senate-bill-would-require-governors-approval-before-county-bankruptcy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/08/alabama-senate-bill-would-require-governors-approval-before-county-bankruptcy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madison Underwood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Governmental Affairs committee of the Alabama Senate has okayed a bill that would require [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy or hand-tossed</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/03/26/bankruptcy-or-hand-tossed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/03/26/bankruptcy-or-hand-tossed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama Legislature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bettye Fine Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Riley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Humphryes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bond insurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carns]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shelia Smoot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is clear about what they don&#8217;t want
 
It&#8217;s not a great mystery why our political [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/03/12/commission-considers-prep-work-for-rate-hike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News & Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
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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>Last man standing</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/02/05/last-man-standing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/02/05/last-man-standing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Richardson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Humphryes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles LeCroy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Carns won&#8217;t budge, nor should he
It&#8217;s kind of a shame that Jim Carns serves on [...]]]></description>
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