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	<title>Birmingham Weekly &#187; Carole Smitherman</title>
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		<title>What would Larry do?</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/12/24/what-would-larry-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Councilor Valerie Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garage Cafe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roderick Royal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In post-Langford Birmingham, doom is boring]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham leaders ignore financial crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/12/17/birmingham-leaders-ignore-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/12/17/birmingham-leaders-ignore-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[War on Dumb]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Roderick Royal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valerie Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Evidently, your city's money is someone else's problem]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham Election Night Live Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/12/08/birmingham-election-night-live-blog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/12/08/birmingham-election-night-live-blog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen's Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emory Anthony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mayoral election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Bell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham mayoral results live as they come in. ]]></description>
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		<title>Royal elected Council President, Smitherman reacts to loss</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/24/royal-elected-council-president-with-hoyts-help-smitherman-reacts-to-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/24/royal-elected-council-president-with-hoyts-help-smitherman-reacts-to-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madison Underwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen's Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2009 Mayoral Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aftermath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council president]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Council President Pro-tem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnathan Austin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mayoral race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven Hoyt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Smitherman says Hoyt broke a pledge of support, and Hoyt's election to Pro Tem might not be valid. ]]></description>
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		<title>Cooper running for mayor</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/05/cooper-running-for-mayor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/05/cooper-running-for-mayor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madison Underwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen's Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham mayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patrick Cooper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Bell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Patrick Cooper says he's going to fight crime, fix Birmingham's schools and create more jobs. ]]></description>
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		<title>Smitherman terminates Langford chief of staff</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/05/smitherman-terminates-langford-chief-of-staff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/05/smitherman-terminates-langford-chief-of-staff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen's Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alabama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chief of staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deborah Vance-Bowie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Citing need for public trust, Smitherman says Vance-Bowie created uncertainty at City Hall. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Smitherman fires Chief of Staff Vance-Bowie</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/05/smitherman-fires-chief-of-staff-vance-bowie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/05/smitherman-fires-chief-of-staff-vance-bowie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chief of staff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deborah Vance-Bowie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Moore]]></category>

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		<title>Dear (New) Mayor, Let&#8217;s talk sports&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/04/dear-new-mayor-lets-talk-sports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/04/dear-new-mayor-lets-talk-sports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Hooper</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Upon Further Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Barons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham domed stadium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Olympics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bryce Hospital]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[papajohns.com bowl]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=10023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoever emerges from the special election in December holding my city’s mantle of leadership inherits a sports scene that is in the direst of straits.]]></description>
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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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bhamweekly.com/?p=9998</guid>
		<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>Birmingham might need budget rewrite</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/03/birmingham-might-need-budget-rewrite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/03/birmingham-might-need-budget-rewrite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen's Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conviction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deficit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shortfall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[City's 2010 budget left $21 million of line items off the balance sheets. ]]></description>
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		<title>Smitherman says Birmingham underfunded by $20 million</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/03/smitherman-says-20-million-in-essential-services-underfunded-in-birmingham%e2%80%99s-budget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/03/smitherman-says-20-million-in-essential-services-underfunded-in-birmingham%e2%80%99s-budget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Madison Underwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Citizen's Digest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget shortfall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deborah Vance-Bowie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fund balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FY 2008]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FY 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[trial]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Sayler knew of the budget shortfall, Smitherman says. So did Birmingham Weekly. ]]></description>
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		<title>Smitherman on Sayler&#8217;s resignation</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/02/smitherman-on-saylers-resignation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/11/02/smitherman-on-saylers-resignation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jefferson County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interim Mayor Carole Smitherman says council and mayor's office were misled. ]]></description>
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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 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[Elias Hendricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ernestine Williams]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sheila Tyson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Council President Carole Smitherman wins (for now). Richard Arrington loses big.]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<description><![CDATA[After they’d taped all the returns to the City Hall walls Tuesday night, not much [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[city budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry Langford]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Sayler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
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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>
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		<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>

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		<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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		<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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		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jimmy Blake]]></category>
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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>Katopodis middle man in Langford car deal</title>
		<link>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/25/katopodis-middle-man-in-langford-car-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bhamweekly.com/2009/06/25/katopodis-middle-man-in-langford-car-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Whitmire</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carole Smitherman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John Katopodis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katopodis acted as middle man in Langford car deal, tried to trade $4,000 Corvair for $350 guitar. Also, Council President Smitherman says she didn't trust Katopodis. ]]></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>
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		<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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