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	<title>Birmingham Weekly &#187; Birmingham City Council</title>
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		<title>Chartering progress: a Birmingham Charter update</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/14/chartering-progress-a-birmingham-charter-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/10/14/chartering-progress-a-birmingham-charter-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jesse Chambers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["Sustainability Salon"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Institute of Architects Birmingham chapter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Architectural Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Charter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catalyst]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catalyst Sustainability Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crispin Piazza]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Harper Yielding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Building Focus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Resource Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karan Grover]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Sznajderman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.N. Climate Change Conference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham Charter organizer James Smith will speak at Green Resource Center]]></description>
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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>
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		<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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		<title>Birmingham City Council cuts deal with green manufacturer</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/27/birmingham-city-council-cuts-deal-with-green-manufacturer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/08/27/birmingham-city-council-cuts-deal-with-green-manufacturer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madison Underwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Green Space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April Odom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Solar Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Solar Manufacturing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable construction materials]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Atlanta-based manufacturer of environmentally-friendly construction materials will build a new manufacturing facility in Birmingham, according to an incentive agreement approved by the Birmingham City Council.]]></description>
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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>&#8220;Enormous white elephant&#8221;: Valerie Abbott makes the case against a dome</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/29/an-enormous-white-elephant-valerie-abbott-makes-the-case-against-a-dome/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/29/an-enormous-white-elephant-valerie-abbott-makes-the-case-against-a-dome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sports & Leisure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upon Further Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domed Stadium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tropicana Field]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Valerie Abbott, the most vocal opponent to Birmingham’s planned multi-purpose domed facility, discusses her opposition to the project with Birmingham Weekly.]]></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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		<slash:comments>4</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>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sheriff Mike Hale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travis Hulsey]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=6932</guid>
		<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>Mayor refuses council demand to trim budget</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/13/mayor-refuses-council-demand-to-trim-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/13/mayor-refuses-council-demand-to-trim-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bond swaps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justice Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=6862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford has refused a city council request to reduce spending in his 2010 [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Kincaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Finance Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New World Accounting software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=6707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
According to the city’s own accounting system, Birmingham is running a $17 million deficit for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Council president responds to Bham deficit</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/06/council-president-responds-to-bham-deficit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/06/council-president-responds-to-bham-deficit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Saylor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=6599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Council President Carole Smitherman responds after learning the city is running $17 million in the red, rather than the $13 million surplus previously projected by the finance department. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Birmingham $17 million deficit revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/06/birmingham-17-million-deficit-revealed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/07/06/birmingham-17-million-deficit-revealed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News & Views]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=6597</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford&#8217;s 2010 proposed budget shows a potential surplus of $13 million, but [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Numerous non-profits queue up for city funding</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/26/numerous-non-profits-queue-up-for-city-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/26/numerous-non-profits-queue-up-for-city-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Courtney Haden</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Column]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bingo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bingo permits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Urban League]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for Urban Missions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Stages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earl Hilliard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joel Montgomery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnathan Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Gallery of the Greats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Birmingham News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Titusville Development Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=6404</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ 
Six-dollar beer at City Stages? Nuts.
A bunch of the boys were whooping it up at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham elections set for August 25</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/24/birmingham-elections-set-for-august-25/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/24/birmingham-elections-set-for-august-25/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madison Underwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bham Aggravator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOJ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The DOJ has approved the City of Birmingham's request to move the City Council and Board of Education elections to Aug. 25. The elections were  originally set for Oct. 13. The city requested the change so Birmingham could comply with the Help America Vote Act, which requires six weeks between elections and runoffs (previous Birmingham elections had allowed only three weeks) to allow for the arrival and counting of overseas and absentee ballots.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The worst City Stages ever?</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/23/the-worst-city-stages-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/23/the-worst-city-stages-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Weekly Staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bham Aggravator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Stages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george mcmillan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=6137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The bad news keeps rolling on for City Stages. Last week, just days before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham City Council votes to bail out City Stages</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/17/city-stages-city-stages-bailout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/17/city-stages-city-stages-bailout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madison Underwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bham Aggravator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bailout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council Wrap-Up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Stages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Stages 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george mcmillan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham&#8217;s City Council voted Tuesday to grant the 2009 City Stages festival $250,000 of city funds [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Leapin&#8217; Larry gets his fix</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/04/leapin-larry-gets-his-fix/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/04/leapin-larry-gets-his-fix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:10:39 +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[Birmingham City Hall]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milton McGregor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Q: Is he a friend of yours, Mr. Milton McGregor?
A: Oh, I know him. Yes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The long service of &#8216;Miss Nina&#8217; Miglionico</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/06/the-long-service-of-miss-nina-miglionico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/05/06/the-long-service-of-miss-nina-miglionico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 21:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nina Miglionico]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nina Miglionico served as president of the Birmingham City Council during years of turbulence and [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnathan Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maxine Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roderick Royal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steven Hoyt]]></category>

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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Miriam Witherspoon]]></category>

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		<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>
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		<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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