Hoover should lead the way in reducing the grocery tax

Updated 8/22/23 – Hoover Councilor Dr. Casey Middlebrooks contacted us with some errors in our post regarding the Hoover’s tax rate and what the state allows a city to cut as it pertains to groceries. We have updated the post with the correct information. The corrections are noted. Also updated to show resolution passed by…

Fair and Reasonable Decision

Failing to plan is planning to fail – Alan Lakein On Monday, June 5, 2017 the Hoover City Council will be voting on approving the First Amendment to the Blackridge Planned Unit Development (Blackridge PUD) and to the Eleventh Amendment to the Trace Crossings Planned Unit Development (Trace Crossings PUD). . Both amendments consist of several items, which will…

What difference can one person make?

In a city with a population of 88,000, one person represents 0.0011363636363636363% .  Yet that one person can make a significant impact. Today we lost a person who, if you’re a resident of Hoover, has impacted your life, whether you know it or not. That person was Dan Fulton, an educator who retired from the Birmingham…

Live Streaming the Hoover City Council Meetings

During the municipal election campaign of 2016 many of the candidates, including myself, spoke about having a livestream of the Hoover City Council meetings. Technology has advanced tremendously in this area over the past few years.  What used to be available only to news organizations is now available to most consumers.  “We’re going live to…