CLANTON Mayor: Billy Joe Driver 1,090 Lee Helms 665 Jason Pierce 146 City Council: District 1 Jeffrey “Doc” Price 415 Danny Carter 166 Charles Powell 16 District 2 Bobby R. Cook 214 Lynn Bush Best 130 District 3 Sammy Wilson 258 Al Headley 136 District 4 Awlahjaday “Day” Agee
MULGA Mayor Wayne Jones 18 Joy Smith 55 Lester Turner 20 Keith Varner 129 City Council District 1 Mike Oden 34 Gwen Higgins Powers 25
The long-anticipated rewrite of Alabama’s tenure and job evaluation law for teachers and school administrators was introduced in the Legislature last week. It would require regular evaluations of teachers and tie part of their performance rating to student growth. But it does not include the controversial proposal to tie teacher bonuses to student test scores,
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District Attorney, 10th Circuit, Jefferson County Name: Charles Todd Henderson Date of birth: July 18, 1964; age 51 Residence: Pleasant Grove Political experience: Ran for Jefferson County Sheriff, 2014; executive committee member, Jefferson County Democratic Party, 2014-present; member, Jefferson County Progressive Democratic Council. Professional experience: Private practice, 2003-present; accredited veterans attorney, 2013-present; special counsel to
Miss important stories from BirminghamWatch this year? Want a refresher on subjects likely to make news in 2016? Here are ten BirminghamWatch stories from 2015 to check out or read again. Alabama Teacher of the Year Leaves Classroom. Here’s Her Story. “No Guarantee” for Future Tax Breaks to Help Rescue Historic Birmingham Buildings Fall Behind, Pay the Price: Remediation Rate Story Alabama Cities Act Quickly, End Deals with Company Criticized for Collection Tactics Sound Familiar? Jeffco’s $5Million-plus Financial Software Not Working Right Study: Alabama’s Government Integrity Ranks Among Best in a Bad Lot Jim Williams, PARCA and a Scorecard on Improving Alabama Government Assignment Birmingham: Build on City’s Assets to Create Innovation Powerhouse At UAB, Carly’s Law Leads to Trial of Cnnabinoid Drug to Treat People Suffering from Seizures At Hueytown Elementary School, Love and Data Tackle Alabama’s Education Problems
Photographer Walt Stricklin has helped us see our city for much of the past two decades, first at The Birmingham News, now often at art shows, and recently as a contributor to BirminghamWatch. It’s Walt Stricklin’s work that greets all of us on BirminghamWatch.org, with his city skyline view in the site logo. This holiday week, please join BirminghamWatch in enjoying his distinctive photographs of places that define Birmingham, for ourselves and others.
By CODY OWENS, WELD FOR BIRMINGHAM: The man’s phone rang. Someone on the other end wanted to buy a gram of hashish from him (hashish is a condensed product of cannabis with a high concentration of tetrahydrocannabinol, otherwise known as THC). The man said it’s good.
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