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Birmingham Officials Say City Can Handle Democratic National Convention

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The City of Birmingham is intent on winning the Democratic National Convention. Birmingham Mayor William Bell spoke this week to the Alabama Media Group to address media criticism that Birmingham lacks the hotel/motel space and the necessary infrastructure to host a convention of this size and national prominence. City … Continued
August 22, 2014

As Expected William Bell Re-elected in Birmingham Mayoral Election

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter For the first time in a long time, the Birmingham Mayoral election did not involve powerful personalities knocking heads over who would lead the city. Birmingham voters gave incumbent William Bell an easy re-election versus a crowded list of challengers whose campaigns never really captured the hearts and minds … Continued
August 28, 2013

Birmingham Mayoral Election on Tuesday

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday Birmingham voters will get their chance to decide who will be the Mayor of the largest City in Alabama. The Alabama Political Reporter recently covered a Mayoral forum at McElwain Baptist Church in East Birmingham. Most political commentators believe that incumbent Mayor William Bell will cruise through … Continued
August 27, 2013

Bell Faces Criticism from Challengers at Mayoral Forum

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The candidates for Mayor of the City of Birmingham faced off at a forum at McElwain Baptist Church in east Birmingham. Most political commentators believe that incumbent Mayor William Bell will cruise to re-election; but that did not prevent several challengers from running for the office saying that it … Continued
August 5, 2013

Alabama Receives $120 Million HUD Grants for Disaster Recovery

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Alabama Governor Robert Bentley (R) announced on Wednesday in a written statement that the state of Alabama will receive nearly $120 million in community development block grant disaster recovery funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Sewell announced that $49.1 million will be awarded to … Continued
March 28, 2013

Birmingham Gets $10 million TIGER Grant

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D) from Selma announced that the City of Birmingham was awarded a $10 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.  The money will be used to repair and complete a regional multimodal street network. Rep. Terri Sewell said, … Continued
June 20, 2012

Editorial: Mayor Bells Remarks May Be Good Politics But Is Bad Business

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter The Mayor of Birmingham, William Bell, said that Republican Presidential candidates who came to his city were the “Republican Circus.”  Then he launched into a vicious attack on Mitt Romney and ended with a campaign commercial for Barack Obama: “As Alabamians, we’re not going to be fooled by that, … Continued
March 13, 2012