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REDIRECT ALERT! (Scroll down past this mess if you're trying to read an archived post. Thanks. No, really, thanks.)

Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu.

This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things.

Friday, August 29, 2003

Birmingham, Birmingham--Greatest City in Alabam'

Candidates target city blight, apathy, negative attitudes

As if we don't have a negative enough image among folks from beyond our borders, we seem determined to enhance it as much as possible.

It's really not a bad place here at the foot of Red Mountain--could be better, but then again, what couldn't (aside from Trussville, obviously). But that kind of talk won't get you elected. Of course, it doesn't help attract new people and businesses to a place you describe as a crime-ridden, broken down, blighted, illiterate, poor, and apathetic, so you're probably not doing the folks who live here any favors.

posted by Terry at 10:40:00 AM

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