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So goes Birmingham…so goes America

Posted on November 29, 2012 by David Sher

The presidential election is over. Many people felt this election would make or break America. When discussing the ramifications of the U.S. going broke or being driven into socialism, this small blog about metro Birmingham seems inconsequential. Then I ran … Continue reading →

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I hate being a jerk

Posted on August 8, 2012 by David Sher

I feel like a jerk when I write a negative piece about Birmingham. It pains me to criticize the community I love so much. And it’s particularly hurtful when I get an e-mail from a community leader and friend chastising … Continue reading →

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Birmingham is best in the world

Posted on July 11, 2012 by David Sher

Usually when someone makes a brash statement that something is the best in the world, its considered hype or exaggeration. However, we can say with complete confidence that Birmingham has the biggest and best civic clubs on earth. Our Birmingham … Continue reading →

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Is Birmingham different than the Titanic?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by David Sher

  Here’s a comment I received on my post, Let’s move to the suburbs and attack the City of Birmingham.  I was trying to make a point that our region has suffered because many of our affluent and well educated … Continue reading →

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Go home and get your act together!

Posted on June 13, 2012 by David Sher

Our BBA (Chamber of Commerce) takes a trip to Washington every year to visit our Alabama Senators and Congressmen and to lobby for legislation and money. The BBA prepares a priority agenda and typically a small group of business leaders, … Continue reading →

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We’re losing our children

Posted on June 6, 2012 by David Sher

I was eating lunch at Rotary and I couldn’t believe the table conversation. A Rotarian who is also a business owner said, “I am so disappointed in Birmingham.  I hope when my children graduate college they’ll move to another city … Continue reading →

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Let’s spend $125 million stealing from one another

Posted on April 18, 2012 by David Sher

Birmingham has always been known as a “steel” town.  Now we should be known as the “steal” town. While our peer cities are recruiting companies from other regions, we steal businesses from each another.

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Convoluted government brings us to our knees

Posted on March 28, 2012 by David Sher

  The year was 2002.  Dave Adkisson, the then Birmingham Chamber of Commerce President, and I were in St. Louis jogging early one morning when we struck up a conversation with a local runner. He asked where we were from … Continue reading →

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How can we have UAB and suck?

Posted on March 22, 2012 by David Sher

  When our Chamber of Commerce (BBA) visited Charlotte in 2004, we were greeted by the President of the University of North Carolina Charlotte. Charlotte’s a city on fire, but the first words out the President’s mouth were, “We don’t … Continue reading →

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Does Birmingham have poor corporate leadership?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by David Sher

  I had the opportunity to talk with a new corporate CEO who moved to Birmingham from Nashville a few years back. I asked, “So what do you think of Birmingham?”  Then I looked down at my shoes waiting to … Continue reading →

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