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	<title>Birmingham Weekly &#187; Bettye Fine Collins</title>
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		<title>Will Jefferson County sue JPMorgan?</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/10/will-jefferson-county-sue-jpmorgan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After more revelations of shady bond dealings, commissioners say a lawsuit may be in the future. ]]></description>
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		<title>Blount recounts selling bonds, buying Langford</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/22/blount-recounts-selling-bonds-buying-langford/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blount and Langford hid deals from Bettye Fine Collins, were afraid she'd leak to media. ]]></description>
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		<title>Langford jury seated, opening statements Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/19/langford-jury-seated-opening-statements-tuesday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Al LaPierre]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bettye Fine Collins]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charles LeCroy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kickbacks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Potential witnesses include Alabama Power CEO Charles McCrary, Commission Pres. Bettye Fine Collins. ]]></description>
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		<title>Hale explains Sheriff Dept. cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/29/hale-explains-sheriff-dept-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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Jefferson County Circuit Judge Scott Vowell has approved a plan by Sheriff Mike Hale to [...]]]></description>
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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>
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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>Jefferson County employees may only work 36 hours per week</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/17/jefferson-county-employees-may-only-work-36-hours-per-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/17/jefferson-county-employees-may-only-work-36-hours-per-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travis Hulsey]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FY 2010 would bring back all employees, but full-time status up in air. ]]></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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		<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>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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		<description><![CDATA[
Jefferson County is the poster child of municipal deadbeats, so how can they ask a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jefferson County back in business?</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/10/jefferson-county-back-in-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/10/jefferson-county-back-in-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three commissioners want to bring county's employees back, but two commissioners and the county attorneys say the move could be illegal. Read the story here.]]></description>
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		<title>Jefferson County brings back employees</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/10/jefferson-county-brings-back-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/09/10/jefferson-county-brings-back-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three commissioners want to bring employees back, but can they pay them? ]]></description>
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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>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>
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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>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>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>
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		<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>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>
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Jefferson County has a sewer debt that&#8217;s all but unpayable, an occupational tax that has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JeffCo votes for SWMA withdrawal</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/12/jeffco-votes-for-swma-withdrawal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/12/jeffco-votes-for-swma-withdrawal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 18:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BARD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bettye Fine Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evironment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SWMA]]></category>

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The Jefferson County Commission voted again Tuesday to withdraw from the Storm Water Management Authority, [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alabama Legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bettye Fine Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Italy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Carns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[swaps]]></category>

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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>Collins: Keep JeffCo in SWMA</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/23/collins-keep-jeffco-in-swma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/04/23/collins-keep-jeffco-in-swma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bettye Fine Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SWMA]]></category>

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Commission President Bettye Fine Collins wants Jefferson County to remain part of the Storm Water [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[JPMorgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ratepayers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shelia Smoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Bell]]></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>State of the Shitty</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/02/05/state-of-the-shitty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/02/05/state-of-the-shitty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bettye Fine Collins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Saylor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is this Birmingham&#8217;s last act? 
 
It was the best of times. It was the worst of [...]]]></description>
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