It looks like Larry Langford will be the new mayor of Birmingham.

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What do you all think?

Langford seems, to me, a terrific "big idea" guy that doesn't follow through very well on those ideas.

He thinks big, but maybe he thinks "a little too big for his britches."

Jefferson County Commissioner Larry Langford was elected mayor of Birmingham on Tuesday night after waiting 28 years for a shot at the job.

Langford, who in his 1979 bid for mayor declared he would win without a runoff, managed to do exactly that Tuesday night, leading the field of 10 candidates with 50.33 percent, 26,227 votes, according to unofficial results. Provisional ballots had not been counted.

His nearest challenger, lawyer Patrick Cooper, had 29.54 percent, 15,392 votes. Two-term incumbent Bernard Kincaid was a distant third with 8.12 percent, 4,234 votes.

"This city has all the potential in the world. It's time to do something in this town," Langford told an overflowing crowd of supporters at his campaign headquarters in a former restaurant on Third Avenue North.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2007/10/langford_elected_mayor.html

[Syrinx]

1. I like what I hear from him so far.

Progress.

[piedmont]

5. Visionland. Nuff said. nt

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6. hasn't Visionland, now Alabama Adventure, been a success?

I'm not sure about this, but isn't the park now considered an economic plus?

I know it went bankrupt under Langford, and he sold it to private interests.

But isn't it a positive for the Birmingham area economy now?

If I'm wrong, I'm sorry in advance. ;)

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2. Cooper is challenging in court case.

Says Langford was not legal resident of B'ham.
We'll see.

[Syrinx]

3. I was actually rooting for Cooper in the election

But since I live in Tuscaloosa, it's mainly a spectator sport for me. Though, it would be good for the state for our largest city to have a competent government for a change. (The wee pun is intentional, I guess.)

What I like about Larry Langford is that he hates the status quo. (Though, I don't see why schoolchildren really need laptop computers.)

It seems like Patrick Cooper is being a sore loser.

I remember Larry Langford way back when he was a reporter for channel six, when he had a huge Afro, and a skinny Bob Barker-style microphone.

Man, I'm getting old. ;)

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4. His brother, Jay (A.J.) ran for state senator down here.

I supported him and worked on his campaign, but he got waxed.
Repugs are way too entrenched in Baldwin and Mobile counties.