Donald V. WatkinsMay 31, 20193 minPublic Hearing Canceled on Sherman Industries’ Air PermitBreaking News--- By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 31, 2019 This morning, the Jefferson County Department of Public ...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 30, 20198 min“Mad Redneck” Disses Randall Woodfin; Calls Him a "Liar" Who is Controlled by the "Big Mules"By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 30, 2019 Dr. Zac Henson is a former Birmingham, Alabama-based social activist and ...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 26, 20195 minHas 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 Fa...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 22, 20194 minRandall Woodfin: One Last SecretBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 22, 2019 Yesterday, I published an article titled, “Thank you, Alabama Power Compa...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 21, 20192 minThank You, Alabama Power CompanyBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 21, 2019 Sherman Industries signaled today that it may not move its downtown concr...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 21, 20194 minWhere 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 withdraw...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 19, 201910 minWhy Randall Woodfin Will Not Fight Sherman IndustriesBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 19, 2019 Residents of the predominantly black Five Points West community of Birmin...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 16, 20194 minUncovering the Naked Truth About Woodfin’s Deal With Sherman IndustriesBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 16, 2019 Very few things in life shock me. The complicity of a millennial black m...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 14, 20194 minWoodfin Surrenders Five Points West to Sherman Industries Without a FightBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 14, 2019 On Monday night, Birmingham, Alabama mayor Randall Woodfin announced at a...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 12, 20197 minBetrayed: The Death of a Community from Dangerous PollutantsBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 11, 2019 In 2014, nearly 100,000 residents of Flint, Michigan were exposed to dang...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 10, 20195 minPine 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 Be...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 9, 20197 minDeath and Doom: The Saga of Sherman Industries and the HeidelbergCement GroupBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 9, 2019 Birmingham, Alabama residents never paid much attention to Sherman Industr...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 8, 20192 minConcrete Plant Relocation Plan Moving ForwardBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 8, 2019 Sherman Industries has not withdrawn its application for an Air Permit fro...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 7, 20193 minWoodfin Reverses Course; Now Opposes Toxic Concrete Plant Relocation PlanBreaking News--- By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 7, 2019 Four months after learning about Sherman Industries plan ...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 7, 20196 minRandall Woodfin: A Case Study in Selling Out a Neighborhood to a Known PolluterAn Exclusive Investigative Report By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 6, 2019 On October 3, 2017, Randall Woodfin won ...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 4, 20195 minWoodfin Blessed Plan to Relocate Toxic Concrete Facility to Black NeighborhoodExclusive Investigative Report By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 4, 2019 I watched the May 1, 2019 video of Birmingh...
Donald V. WatkinsMay 3, 20195 minBirmingham: A Return to Environmental RacismBy Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on May 3, 2019 In May of 1933, Birmingham, Alabama City Engineer A.J. Hawkins released a ...