Royal hopes for short interim mayor term
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New Interim Mayor
Birmingham City Council elected a new interim mayor to replace Carole Smitherman.BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—-
Roderick Royal was picked as Birmingham’s City Council President Tuesday, and as a result interim Mayor.
Royal lobbied for Council President, but hopes he does not have to serve as interim Mayor any longer than he must.
Since former Mayor Larry Langford’s fraud conviction on October 28th, Carole Smitherman has served as interim mayor after the conviction vacated the mayor’s office.
That interim term expired with the swearing-in of the newly elected City Council Tuesday.
Smitherman wanted to maintain her position as Council President, and interim Mayor by default, to provide Birmingham with stability until next month’s mayoral election.
However, Tuesday the new City Council voted 5-4 in favor of Royal.
He will serve as interim Mayor until one is elected.
That will happen on December 8 or January 19 if a runoff election is forced.
Also, the Council voted 5-4 to pick Steven Hoyt as Council President Pro-tem, which runs the council meetings when the Council President is away.
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Hey smitherman ya want some cheese with all that whine? Your own kind stabbed you in the back, what a shame GET OVER IT!!!!
well, here, it’s the truth. you’re just too stupid to believe it.
To roadking55:
Your opinion is just your opinion, and not the “Truth Spoken”.
we all hope its short also!
when is everyone going to understand, if you get all these blacks off the city council and county commission, then the city and county would be in better shape and run properly. TRUTH SPOKEN!!!!
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