Talk:Jefferson County, Alabama

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Bond Controversy
What is the difference between "default" and "technical default?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.61.151.128 (talk) 03:24, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll quote from the Birmingham News: "Technical default means the county has violated terms of the swap agreements with investment banks, including JP Morgan Chase. A payment default occurs if the county discontinues payments to the banks, which has not happened so far." --Dystopos (talk) 04:01, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

The sewer bond portion of the article says, "The debt structure now was such that there was no way that 700,000 people could pay it back over 30 years. The job could have been done for somewhere between $1.2 billion and $1.5 billion but shouldn't have cost 3.2 billion. Those selling the bonds weren't interested in whether they could be repaid as they would have moved on." This seems to be a paraphrase of comments made by the current head of the Sewer Commission from a 2011 BBC radio interview, but it reads like a statement of fact, perhaps due to the lack of quotation marks. Suggest the author of this part of the article edit it to make it clear that these are the views of one player in the controversy, one with a vested position. I suspect the comments are accurate, but.... Opus131 (talk) 23:11, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Debt per resident
Rolling Stone says $4,800, not $7,000. -- AnonMoos (talk) 19:47, 4 April 2010 (UTC)

Sewer Construction
"Much of this work was awarded to inexperienced companies, many of which have since been convicted of bribery, along with several county officials."

While there have been questions in news reports regarding some engineering work, there was never any report or accusation that contracting companies which repaired, rehabilitated and built sewers under the 1996 Consent Decree were "inexperienced companies." On the contrary, even in the cases of those who were convicted of bribery, court records indicate that a strict qualification process was in place for the cured-in-place sewer rehab work, for which only three companies in the U.S. were found qualified to supply the materials and oversee the process. Additionally, court testimony proved that all construction done by the companies on trial was completed in a competent and timely manner. Bamacartag (talk) 14:21, 10 May 2010 (UTC)


 * There was an extended interview between Lesley Curwen of the BBC World Service and David Carrington, President of Jefferson County Commission on on 28th February 2011. I'll put some material on her shortly but the interview is available here JRPG (talk) 14:54, 28 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Looks like the county voted to seek Chapter 9 Bankruptcy over the sewer construction deal. 24.156.216.144 (talk) 22:36, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Historical Ecology of Jefferson County
We are working on an entry for the historical ecology of Jefferson County. It will be uploaded on Tuesday - let us know what you think and please contribute if you are knowledgeable on the subject. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Annadestinmccown (talk • contribs) 21:40, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

Sources to consider for inclusion
found items which have not been incorporated but might help content


 * --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 19:22, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
 * --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 19:22, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Jefferson county alabama
While reading you article on Jefferson County I came across the section on the sheriff office. In the section it was stated that the department has 175 deputies, as a Deputy with this department I know we have that many deputies alone in the main county jail in downtown Birmingham. A total for the department is somewhere around 800. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.222.138.158 (talk) 08:00, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

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