Heads and tales: Hoover hazit

The latest from the enchanted kingdom of Hoover …

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Long arm of the law of supply and demand: The city police department may bump up its pay for new hires with experience to help it compete with cities across the country. Starting pay is $38,500, but those with a few years of service stand to gain in the long run. Note how Hoover didn’t threaten its current officers with payback or leave it all to God alone.
• Hoover eyes pay increase to recruit experienced police [Birmingham News]

The road to Ross Bridge: Creepy analogy of the day: If Ross Bridge Golf Resort and Spa were a dude, men would want to be him and women would want to be with him. Such is the success of the mega-resort and planned community in the wilds of Oxmoor Valley. It celebrated its first anniversary Thursday. In that time, more than 102,000 guests from 50 states and 30 countries have played 30,000 rounds of golf and received nearly 14,000 spa treatments. Not to mention the 1,000 meetings and 26 weddings. A big selling point? Says the resort’s sales director: “(Coca-Cola, Phizer and Glaxo) are companies that would not have hosted meetings in Birmingham if Ross Bridge were not here. We have had numerous companies choose us to avoid the traffic congestion in Atlanta.” Come for the golf, stay for the ozone.
• Raves for Ross Bridge resort [Birmingham News]

Wednesday night lights: A quick programming note: The MTV reality show “Two-a-Days” (still not loving that name) premieres at 9:30 tonight with an hourlong show. (The other eps will be a half-hour.) Because not every channel in America hasn’t done something on Hoover High’s championship football team (we’re looking at you, Lime and Encore Comedy West), we’ll see what really goes on behind the scenes of a closely watched football program in a well-heeled suburb that’s not on a beach. Look for more coverage on Wade on Birmingham, if we’re not busy too watching “So You Think You Can Coach?” or “Rock Star: Vova Nova.”
• Hoover High’s champion football team focus of new MTV series [Associated Press]

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