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  1. Smitherman won't say who Cooper called. Says she is tired, is going home to prepare for thanksgiving. Presser over. #bham 1:15 PM Nov 24th from txt
  2. Smitherman says she knows Patrick Cooper was calling councilors trying to get them to vote for Royal for council president. #bham 1:14 PM Nov 24th from txt
  3. Smitherman says she got played today, politics at its worst. But is a Christian & says she'll be done w/ this issue when presser over. #bham 1:13 PM Nov 24th from txt
  4. Royal, who became Mayor, might not legally be allowed to have made that vote for Hoyt as pro tem. Would mean 5-4 vote was not valid. #bham 1:11 PM Nov 24th from txt
  5. Kyle asks if Hoyt is legally pro-tem, as Royal became Mayor as soon as he was elected Council Pres & could not vote in pro tem elect. #bham 1:08 PM Nov 24th from txt
  6. Says her budget review process would have reduced city department needs by $9 million dollars. Says #bham is a vibrant city, not gloomy. 1:04 PM Nov 24th from txt
  7. Smitherman says city needs stability, honesty, someone whose word can be trusted. Says Hoyt pledged his vote to her last night. #bham 1:02 PM Nov 24th from txt
  8. Press conference at city hall. Smitherman to read statement saying Hoyt did not keep his word on Council President vote. #bham 1:00 PM Nov 24th from txt
  9. @bmjp Chubby's is not a strip joint. Apparently it was a rap/hip-hop concert hall. New place (#Bham Entertainment Center) will be R&B, rest. 11:27 AM Nov 24th from TweetDeck in reply to bmjp
  10. Abbott agrees with Parker. So that's another $500k from the city's funding. On to Old & New Business. I'm outta here. #bham 11:15 AM Nov 24th from txt
  11. Funding put in place, contracts in, vote passes unanimously. Parker says it saddens her heart to fund it out of fund balance. #bham 11:13 AM Nov 24th from txt
  12. Abbott says she may have to hold her nose and vote to say for this out of fund balance due to urgency. Vote now. #bham 11:11 AM Nov 24th from txt
  13. Abbott says funding for this was part of unfunded items former finance director Steve Sayler left out of the budget. #bham 11:10 AM Nov 24th from txt
  14. A city attorney said Choy is working on a (the) police brutality case, Leitman is working on personnel board issues. #bham 11:08 AM Nov 24th from txt
  15. The contract is an extension for outside counsel to represent Birmingham. Choy Lichenstein - $200k, Leitman Siegal Payne - $300k. #bham 11:07 AM Nov 24th from txt
  16. Attorney, councilors are trying not to name what case Choy and Leitman's firms are working on. There's ongoing litigation, apparently. #bham 11:02 AM Nov 24th from txt
  17. Attorney says the $500k legal services contract for the two firms is a continuation of a previous contract which has more work. #bham 10:59 AM Nov 24th from txt
  18. Austin and Parker want to wait until they receive some sort of finance report, due Dec. 15. That's good. Don't spend fund balance plz. #bham 10:57 AM Nov 24th from txt
  19. Now up--$500k for legal services from fund balance. Finance says there is no other funding source. Parker wants to wait, not spend. #bham 10:55 AM Nov 24th from txt
  20. Austin says he was working with the information they had. The license app was referred back to committee. #bham 10:52 AM Nov 24th from txt