by Daniel Morales Mayor Randall Woodfin’s policy decisions are at odds with the way he originally marketed himself to the people of Birmingham; he is acting seemingly more centrist in practice than he ran on being. Woodfin ran his 2017 mayoral campaign on fighting for single-payer healthcare and promising Birmingham residents to improve infrastructure. He was even endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders. Like Sanders, Woodfin embraced more progressive policies in his 2017 campaign — especially for Alabama, a state that hasn’t given electoral college votes to a democrat since 1976. Unfortunately, Woodfin has been struggling to keep many of his voters pleased in recent years as he moves toward the political center. In 2020, he announced a multimillion-dollar tax cut on the Birmingham Public Library system, which provides invaluable resources to educate and…
Author: Daniel Morales
by Daniel Morales The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 does not provide enough relief to combat the economic damage due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This inadequate aide comes at a time where the COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged our country, killing over 500,000 people. It has been around two months since taxpayers last received stimulus checks for $600, meaning that people who file their taxes individually have only received $1800 in economic stimulus since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. This bill provides stimulus checks of $1400 for individual taxpayers earning under $75,000 per year with other criteria for married…