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Birmingham Buzz # 51 -- BULLETIN -- July 30, 2003

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Buzz supporters form PAC, schedule fundraiser

Supporters of more responsible government for Birmingham have formed a political action committee and scheduled its first fundraiser for this Friday, Aug. 1.

Neighbors for a Better Birmingham cordially invite all potential donors to a fundraiser on Friday at 7 p.m. at the home of Birmingham Buzz Editor Clinton Baller, 388 Greenwood St.

The PAC was established by Baller and fellow Buzz editors Christopher Longe and Shelli Weisberg. Donations of up to $500 per person will be accepted. The money will support efforts by the Buzz and others to elect more responsible candidates to the Birmingham City Commission.

“The fundraiser will be an opportunity to contribute, to get your name on a list of supporters, if desired, and to meet several candidates for office and learn about the upcoming race in general,” Baller said.

Incumbent commissioners Dianne McKeon, Russell Dixon, Dante Lanzetta and Mayor Seth Chafetz have all indicated they will run for re-election in November. Also in the running are Tom McDaniel, former chairman of the Birmingham Historic Board; former commissioner and Mayor Scott Moore; Julie Plotnik, who ran an unsuccessful campaign for commissioner two years ago, and resident Denise Grzech.

Considering running are attorneys Stuart Sherman and Lex Kuhne, and longtime Birmingham watchdog and former commissioner and Mayor Dorothy Conrad.

Neither the Buzz nor the PAC have endorsed any candidates as yet, but Baller says it is likely they will both strenuously oppose the re-election of Lanzetta.

“Lanzetta is the single most negative influence on Birmingham today,” Baller said. “He may have done some good for our city in the past, but times change, and Lanzetta has certainly changed. He is angry and manipulative, and it’s time for him to go.”

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