Press Releases & Articles

 

Official Announcement

Birmingham , Alabama, January 26, 2010 – I ran for this office hoping to bring a successful solution to the county's fiscal problems. For the last 3-1/2 years, I feel that I have been going 90 miles an house on a bridge to nowhere. It is time to move on.

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Commissioners Jim Carns and Bobby Humphryes Begin Salary Payback

Birmingham , Alabama, July 31, 2009 – Today we, Commissioners Jim Carns and Bobby Humphryes, began our promised 20% return of the salaries paid us by Jefferson County with delivery of personal checks payable to the Jefferson County Treasurer.

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Drained

August 2009 - Bogged down in the high finances of a sewer system, Alabama's biggest county is on the verge of bankruptcy. Article from Governing magazine.

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33% Budget Cuts for District 5 Office

Birmingham, Alabama, June 23, 2009 – The loss of operating revenues previously generated by Jefferson County’s occupational tax impacts everyone from its employees to the citizens we are paid to serve. Those we ask to make significant sacrifices to adjust for the current financial crisis should not be required to do so by those who are not willing to share the burdens.

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FOX Business: Largest-Ever Bankruptcy for U.S. County?

FOX Business reports on Jefferson County's sewer debt issues.

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