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City Council

Hoover City Council eyes $60 million to $90 million bond issue | #citycouncil

The Hoover City Council on Tuesday plans to vote on whether to authorize an investment banking firm to prepare documents so the city can borrow an estimated $60 million to $90 million for a new interstate interchange, performing arts center and other capital projects. Council members still are contemplating exactly how much money they want […]

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Mayor

Hoover mayor to give 2023 state-of-the-city address Jan. 18

Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato is scheduled to deliver his 2023 state-of-the-city address to the Hoover Area Chamber of Commerce next week. Brocato is to give the speech at the chamber’s monthly luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham — The Wynfrey Hotel on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The mayor’s speech typically is the highest-attended chamber luncheon of […]

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City Council

Hoover council to consider buying Lorna Road office building for $1.9 million | #citycouncil

The Hoover City Council on Monday night is scheduled to vote on whether to spend $1.9 million to buy an office building on Lorna Road for a relocation of Fire Department administrative offices. The property in question is the Lorna Professional Building at 3021 Lorna Road, currently owned by Ratliff Partners. Hoover Mayor Frank Brocato […]

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Alabama

Whitaker takes on DuBose to represent Alabama House District 45 | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Kari Mitchell Whitaker has never run for public office before, but the Dunnavant Valley resident decided to put her name on the ballot for Alabama House District 45 after having trouble getting in touch with her representative, Dickie Drake. She was not pleased with some of his votes and couldn’t reach him to share her […]

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Alabama

Libertarian Carson Lester seeks Alabama House District 56 | #elections | #alabama

Carson Lester grew up in a conservative, Christian home in Georgia and quickly got involved in Republican politics as a young adult. At age 22, he became the youngest chairman of the Laurens County Republican Party in Georgia and worked on Republican Herman Cain’s U.S. Senate campaign in 2004. However, over the years, his views […]

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City Council

Hoover City Council at odds over changes in YouTube recordings | #citycouncil

For more than five years, the Hoover City Council has been recording and broadcasting its meetings on a city YouTube channel, and those meetings were available for anyone to go back and review at any time. That’s no longer the case. At some point this year, videos of previous Hoover public meetings were removed from […]

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Alabama

State legislators visit the Homewood Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon | #elections | #alabama

This month’s luncheon for the Homewood Chamber of Commerce saw two state senators and a state representative give a legislative update to guests. State Representative David Faulkner, state Senator Dan Roberts and state Senator Jabo Waggoner shared the podium to discuss Alabama’s progress as well as its future at the luncheon at The Club on Tuesday, […]

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Alabama

Is this seat taken: School system, ‘culture wars’ headline issues in upcoming council elections | #elections | #alabama

Mountain Brook residents will head to the polls Aug. 23 to select representatives for three of their five City Council seats. For some of the new faces among the candidates, concerns about the school system and cultural hot-button topics were the driving forces behind their decisions to run for office. But city services, infrastructure and […]

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