JeffCo Residents Left Paying Bill on Billion Dollar Utility Scandal

| December 10, 2015 

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Another Alabama lawmaker uses social media as a political podium, this time encouraging his followers to buy more guns, a settlement regarding a major banking institution may have a lasting and negative impact on Jefferson County residents and is Kyle Whitmire the Archie Bunker of the new millennium? The answer in this week’s conversation with the political columnist from The Birmingham News and AL.com.

 

 

 

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