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Hats off to Kyle Whitmire of the Birmingham Weekly whose column, “War on Dumb,” won first place for best political column in the 55,000-and-under circulation division at the 13th annual Altweekly Awards in Philadelphia. The column on politics in Alabama and Birmingham is week in and week out a worthwhile and interesting read. There’s no counting how many times I have started a conversation, “Did you read what Kyle Whitmire wrote about [Birmingham mayor] Larry Langford this week?”
Whitmire adroitly chronicles the Birmingham political circus so you don’t have to work so hard to keep up, makes the pathos entertaining to read, and wins awards while he’s at it. Congratulations, sir.
Thanks to Kathy.
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Congrat’s to Kyle. He deserves it. The column is always enjoyable and stimulating. Keep up the good work! G. (a nervous resident of Birmingham proper)
Did you provide a link to his article? I would like to read it.
Kathy @ http://www.queervoice.net/kmcmullen/2008/06/12/birmingham-weeklys-war-on-dumb-wins-altweekly-award/ has a link to Whitmire’s great letter, but as I commented over there, I’m surprised no one asked him who Senator Hinton Mitchell is before it was published.
Yes, Margaret, the first link in the post above takes you to the announcement of the award which links to the submitted entries.