Wade on June 2009
By Wade KwonA look back at all things and people and events 2009 …
Video: City Stages files for bankruptcy.
June 15 | Wade on Birmingham takes the spotlight in Birmingham Magazine’s June issue. Also featured, the Birmingham Blogging Academy and five urgently needed blog topics for the city.
June 18 | Annual downtown music festival City Stages asks for a bailout before the gates even open. And we take a hard look at the numbers.
June 18 | A big fine for a big crook: HealthSouth founder Richard Scrushy is ordered to pay a $2.87 billion fine in a civil suit. Much of his estate has been sold at auction, including his Vestavia Hills mansion and his car collection.
June 25 | Twenty years down the drain: City Stages ends more than $1 million in debt, failing to pay its vendors tens of thousands of dollars. Organizers filed for bankruptcy in July.
See all of our June coverage.
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Haiku flashback
appetite for deduction [June 8]
As my friend told me
about the cancer, I tried
to eat my sandwich.
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365 days of Birmingham’s best and worst: Wade on 2009
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