Victoryland machines rigged to give Langford guaranteed jackpot?

In the ongoing saga of the absurdity in the Birmingham's mayor's office, there may be a new chapter just coming to light. A civil suit was just filed in Macon County by a Victoryland patron claiming that the electronic gambling machines were rigged in someway to guarantee large payouts to Birmingham's mayor, Larry Langford. An affidavit from a security guard who worked at Victoryland states that the park manipulated the machines in someway to guarantee large payouts to Langford and other particular individuals. The security guard also claims that there were several occasions between 2006 and 2008 when Langford was escorted to certain machines by park employees. Of course, Victoryland is owned by longtime Langford friend and supporter, Milton McGregor. Apparently, the plaintiff filed the lawsuit after Victoryland refused to pay her money she won on a machine at the park, citing a machine malfunction.

I guess we can just add this to the ever-increasing pile of questionable (to put it mildly) things that have come to light about La La since he was elected mayor. Honestly, I really did not see this accusation coming at all, but I have now come to realize that I should never underestimate the depths of the corruption in this man's life and what else may be lurking just under the surface. Langford can definitely be likened to an onion, with each layer that is peeled away, the more he stinks.

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Birmingham's Survival Plan

Well, the wait for an update on this story wasn't very long at all. You can read the details of La La's plan HERE. Sphere: Related Content

La La has a secret??

According to The Birmingham News, Larry Langford has a secret he is calling his "Birmingham Survival Kit." It took great self-restraint to not make just one of the many jokes that immediately came to mind when I think about any "secret" La La may have, but I only have so much time in my day. Apparently, this secret has something to do with Langford's new plan to pay for streetcars, scholarships and a dome stadium without raising any more taxes or going to the bond market. I guess I can see one positive in this plan - Langford may actually realize that Birmingham cannot afford these initiatives he continues to propose.

This must be one heck of a "survival kit" if it will allow the city to pay for all of these items without raising taxes or using the bond market. I am almost scared to find out what this secret is for many reasons, but I think the fact that Langford even mentions the bond market as a financial option for this city may be the most frightening. I guess he's forgotten the SEC complaint currently pending against him and others for their past dealings in the bond market. There is a really good article by Joe Mysak that explains the issues involved in huge ball of wax much better than I can. You can read that piece HERE.

You can check out the story regarding La La's secret HERE. I am sure I will be updating this story very soon with details of the secret. I can't wait....... Sphere: Related Content

La La is at it again.....

I obviously didn't get to see my Selig moment last night during the all-star game and I am definitely paying for my decision to stay up and watch all 15 innings last night, but it was worth it.

Now, on to more important matters such as more initiatives proposed by the mayor of our fair city, Larry Langford. I no longer am surprised by anything I hear come out of city hall, seriously, so why should I be surprised when I hear this morning that La La is "looking into" the possibility of a high speed train that would run between Birmingham and Atlanta and Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Yes, you read it correctly - a freaking monorail from Tuscaloosa to Atlanta is the newest brainchild of La La.

I must give credit where credit is due and it looks like one of La La's initiatives will actually become reality - Birmingham International Airport will be renamed in honor of civil rights leader, Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth. This is a wonderful idea and I'm happy to see this is one of Langford's initiatives that can be crossed off the list as completed, HOWEVER, this check mark has unfortunately come along with another addition to the uncompleted list - the monorail.

As I have said about the numerous prior initiatives proposed by Langford, this idea alone may not be a bad idea, but it is not alone. It is placed on an ever-growing list of initiatives/ideas that are themselves ever-growing in their scope and grandiosity. Where will this end? Could Birmingham possibly host the Iditarod one day? What about the next G8 Summit? Has the United Nations seen what Birmingham has to offer over New York??

I guess it is totally logical for a city that can't even afford to follow through with their promise of free rides on city buses to now consider building a monorail from Tuscaloosa to Atlanta. I am really beginning to get frustrated and embarrassed over this spectacle La La is making of Birmingham. These ideas may come from a good place, but when you are the mayor of a struggling city you can't afford to offer crazy/unattainable proposals and there should be no need for these. We have more than enough problems in Birmingham currently to keep Langford busy creating initiatives for the next 20 years, but instead of trying to build our city up from the inside out he has chosen to tear it apart from the inside out.

Someone needs to inform Langford that the natives are becoming very restless and this increases with each of these ridiculous proposals. I have no idea what the solution is or how the La La-era will ultimately turn out, but I feel like this city is being cheated of its potential by this nonsense. Birmingham is/was a city that I felt was ready to make a huge push forward in every sense - socially, financially, culturally. Instead, it appears we have chosen to ignore this wonderful opportunity in pursuit of ideas that are not even feasible. I only hope the city will still be ready once La La is done with it.......

I have updated my Squidoo lens on La La to reflect the new initiatives and I've also added some pretty funny videos. Check it out HERE Sphere: Related Content

I Couldn't Resist....

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Langford says Birmingham Olympic bid no joke

This was the title of an article in The Birmingham News this past week. This comment is a perfect example of why Birmingham citizens' blood pressure has been on a steady increase since La La, aka Larry Langford, has taken office as the mayor of the Magic City. So, according to La La, we should not think for a second that the rumors of a bid for the 2020 Olympics by Birmingham is a joke. Why would this be a joke? $500K just to APPLY isn't anything when you are as rich as the city of Birmingham and Jefferson County...........oh yeah, they aren't rich at all. That may be why some people could think these rumors are a joke. Actually, they are so NOT rich that Jefferson County is on the verge of filing the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history.

The thing that makes this potential gigantic bankruptcy filing especially important to this discussion is the fact that La La served on the Jefferson County Commission from 2002-2007 and until 2006 he was the Commission President and Commissioner of Finance and General Services. As the Commissioner of Finance, La La orchestrated a series of complex bond swaps that were proposed as solutions to the County's ever-compounding debt......stay tuned for more on this saga. Sphere: Related Content