Comments on: Vote 2007: Mayor Langford, we presume

By: Free rides to nowhere « Silent Speaking

Free rides to nowhere « Silent Speaking — Wed, 14 May 2008 06:29:27 +0000

[...] we shouldn’t expect anything different from him though. After all, in his bid for office, he reportedly said the city needed a “crazy man” as mayor. If that is the case, I doubt there is anyone better qualified for the job than [...]

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:19:50 +0000

I’ll be long gone from Alabama before it happens, but I will watch from a distance with great interest when Birmingham receives one black eye after another under Langford’s “leadership” starting with the black eye the Feds will likely deliver from one of the various ongoing investigations involving Langford.

Sadly, Birmingham voted him into office and as such, deserve what they are sure to receive under a Langford regime.

As a side note, I would have voted for anyone with a comprehensive plan to have the trash cleaned up from the sides of the road. This is the filthiest place I have ever lived. Don’t Alabamians understand what a trash can is for?

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:12:57 +0000

Give Langford a chance. He has enough support to have some kind of mandate. He probably a greater likelihood of succeeding than Cooper. And he has a reasonably good track record in public service, where Cooper had none.

Langford got the votes he did because he’s extremely popular among black voters, especially in Western districts. (And most of his white detractors don’t live in the city.) I live west of Birmingham, where Langford is the only politician who has done anything significant.

By: Wade

Wade — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:33:57 +0000

southtrek: You’re right — Cooper has very little chance in a runoff. He should cede graciously, roll up his sleeves, run for council in two years, and keep his eye on a mayoral run in 2011 or 2015. Winning 30 percent (and beating an incumbent) is a great start.

pretty helmet: I don’t think it was conspiracy as much as brutal incompetence. I’ve lived in Birmingham proper for four years, and it took me one errant trip to figure out that in Crestwood, city elections take place in one location, state/fed in two others (because of a split congressional district). So new residents typically have no idea that the polling places are fixed, but different depending on the type of election. Crazy.

By: pretty helmet

pretty helmet — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:13:45 +0000

i find it quite interesting that an entire district was misinformed (read: not informed) about new polling places.

and maybe i am out of line on this but i think the only reason langford received the votes he did is because the black community thinks that cooper is too “white”. how sad.

By: southtrek

southtrek — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:28:25 +0000

While Cooper might have grounds for a recount, I doubt he could win in a run off unless a lot more voters decide to get off their hands.

While his tenure will be entertaining, I find the prospect depressing.