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Phillips CDA contracts not at Oxford City Hall
People looking for contracts signed by Oxford’s Commercial Development Authority won’t find them at City Hall where the board meets. They’re up the road on East 13th Street in An...
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Oxford promised to pay CDA bonds
OXFORD — The development of two large commercial projects in Oxford happened because the City Council made a promise to pay back debts of its Commercial Development Authority.
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Oxford s Commercial Development Authority has enabled the town to attract such businesses as the stores at the Oxford Exchange. Photo: Stephen Gross/The Anniston Star The Silent Partner: Changes in law give more power to cities
Landing a big retail store in Alabama sometimes takes serious bait. Since 1994, Oxford’s Commercial Development Authority has been the city’s fishing pole. The city baited the CDA...
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Members of Oxford s Commercial Development Authority meet with Oxford Mayor Leon Smith. Photo: Stephen Gross/The Anniston Star file The Silent Partner: Oxford mayor has financial ties to Commercial Development Authority activities
Several financial ties connect Mayor Leon Smith and the board promoting the city’s commercial development. Smith sees nothing wrong with these links between his political fundraising, one ...
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The Silent Partner: Commercial Development Authority board responsible for Oxford's growth
by Dan Whisenhunt
Staff Writer
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Five years ago, there was little but an overgrown wooded area south of Interstate 20's exit 188. Today the once-empty space is dominated by the city's new economic engine, the Oxford Exchange...
The Death of Willie Brewster: Where are they now?
by John Fleming
Editor at large
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An update on the major figures in the case of the 1965 shooting death of Willie Brewster Sr.
The Death of Willie Brewster: Finding strength in the pain
by John Fleming
Editor at large
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Four-plus decades does little to blunt the pain that Willie Brewster's widow, Lestine Easley, feels today.
The Death of Willie Brewster: Guns, bombs and Kenneth Adams
by John Fleming
Editor at large
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One name often mentioned in the turbulent history of the civil rights movement in this part of Alabama is Kenneth Adams. The case of Willie Brewster, shot down by nightriders in July of 1965, is no...
The Death of Willie Brewster: The agent, the judge and the trial
by John Fleming
Editor at large
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As to the facts of the case of Willie Brewster, a man shot to death by nightriders on a lonely stretch of Alabama 202 more than four decades ago, Harry Sims is as detailed as the frayed onion-skin ...
The Death of Willie Brewster: Memories of a dark time
by John Fleming
Editor at large
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During the darkest days of the civil rights movement, 7-year-old Willie Brewster Jr. took his dying daddy’s hand in an Anniston hospital and held it tight as the reality of the darkest day of his y...
FBI Brewster case file 2
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The FBI's case file on the shooting of Willie Brewster. Part 2 of 2.
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