Let’s get Birmingham back on track
For a top-tier city, Birmingham has a problem that is beginning to prove costly – for businesses and residents – and has the potential to...
Sep 1, 2017
City parking crisis: less talk, more action
What would happen to Birmingham if they ran out of places for people to park their cars? It’s more than a rhetorical question, as...
Aug 1, 2017
Revamp system to curtail gerrymandering
Efforts to end the politically-rigged process of redrawing electoral districts, known as gerrymandering, that may soon have a realistic...
Aug 1, 2017
Birmingham focus must remain on retail
Urgent city meetings are occurring in Birmingham to clarify the definition of personal services for the purpose of determining whether...
Jul 1, 2017
Education needed to combat rising STDs
The startling and alarming rise in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among young people aged 15 to 24 and gay males in this country,...
Jul 1, 2017
Don’t let education study gather any dust
This past year, Governor Snyder assembled a 16-member gubernatorial education commission, known as the 21st Century Education Commission,...
Jun 1, 2017
Old Woodward project now city debacle
No one likes road construction, and there was not a business in downtown Birmingham, ours included, that was not dreading the upcoming...
Jun 1, 2017
Municipal ordinances must be followed
For months, the city of Birmingham has been wrestling with the owners of the Emagine Palladium Theater over their decision to close their...
May 1, 2017
Leave immigration tasks for ICE officers
Pressure by the Trump administration to partner with federal immigration enforcement agencies to identify or detain undocumented...
May 1, 2017
Target new bistros for city Rail District
In 2007 the city of Birmingham developed and passed a unique ordinance, the bistro liquor license ordinance, as an economic catalyst for...
Apr 1, 2017
