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Public Hearing Canceled on Sherman Industries’ Air Permit

Breaking News--- By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 31, 2019 This morning, the Jefferson County Department of Public...

Has Sherman Industries Hoodwinked Woodfin?

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 26, 2019 Yesterday, we stood in the 101-degree sweltering heat in front of 3240...

Thank You, Alabama Power Company

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 21, 2019 Sherman Industries signaled today that it may not move its downtown...

Where is our David? Goliath is Here

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 21, 2019 Yesterday, I learned that Sherman Industries has no intention of...

Uncovering the Naked Truth About Woodfin’s Deal With Sherman Industries

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 16, 2019 Very few things in life shock me. The complicity of a millennial black...

Woodfin Surrenders Five Points West to Sherman Industries Without a Fight

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 14, 2019 On Monday night, Birmingham, Alabama mayor Randall Woodfin announced at a...

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Betrayed: The Death of a Community from Dangerous Pollutants

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 11, 2019 In 2014, nearly 100,000 residents of Flint, Michigan were exposed to...

Pine Street Strategies: What Are We Getting for the Money?

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 10, 2019 On October 3, 2017, Randall Woodfin soundly defeated incumbent William...

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Death and Doom: The Saga of Sherman Industries and the HeidelbergCement Group

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 9, 2019 Birmingham, Alabama residents never paid much attention to Sherman...