Today's Birmingham News includes an interview with former Mayor Richard Arrington, who tells reporter Joseph D. Bryant he may run for mayor again in 2011. Arrington is 75, and also says he'll be active in this Fall's City Council races.
I took this photo when Arrington was in a runoff election for mayor in 1979, and accepted my invitation for a radio debate on WERC with his opponent, conservative lawyer Frank Parsons. He won 30-years ago this October 30th, becoming Birmingham's first black mayor on November 13th.
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ReplyDelete(So I see that the author can't edit posts.)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I was hoping to add that perhaps the blog entry should've instead been entitled "Arrington Reflux."
Well, if Arrington is elected, it would probably just go to show that "The Tragic City" can't get enough of a good thing! They're just not fed up with him!
Hack, hack, cough, choke... arrrgh!
Say Tim... ever thought about running for Mayor of Bummin'ham?
Sorry Kevin...if there's a box I can check to let you edit your posts I don't know where it is!
ReplyDeleteReflux: cute. (-:
As for running for mayor..hmmm. I'm already a member of one of the least respected professions, why not go for one even less liked, right?