Posted by Recent news of interest from around the Magic City…
- The Jefferson County Election Commission set a Feb. 5 election date to replace Larry Langford on the Jefferson County Commission. Gov. Bob Riley has not publicly yielded in his conviction that he will appoint the Langford’s replacement. Irresistible force may meet the immoveable object in court.
I am not schooled enough in the legal particulars to suppose how it would turn out (and in an amusing moment last week, a judge reminded Riley that Riley also was not schooled in the particulars of law), but I do believe that a loss in court would be something of an embarrassment for Riley especially after he lost in court on the matter of whether he could appoint a replacement to the Mobile County Commission.
- Birmingham Mayor-elect Larry Langford is not letting grass grow under his feet. Not even sworn in, a legal challenge to his election, but he meets with the city’s police chief and she announces she’s stepping down.
- Regarding Hoover High School… If you didn’t know something was wrong before, you have to suspect it when a NY Times blog is taking note of a far away high school football team in Alabama, here and here.
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Something that hasn’t been considered yet by the folks in jefferson county: where will they come up with the money for a special election?
The election is scheduled for the same day as the presidential primary. That should keep the cost down.
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