December 28, 2007 12:42 AM

Happy Christmas, war is over

Or is it?

We have some catch-up work to do in Alabama. In his fight for the Birmingham mayor's office, Patrick Cooper is dropping his legal challenge, "citing the time the litigation would take and a desire to move on to other projects," the Birmingham News reports. This move follows an appeal in the case, which could've received hearing in the Alabama Supreme Court as early as mid-January.

That concludes our coverage day here, I think. Good luck to both of the fall's candidates and to Birmingham. Thanks to The Terminal blog for linking and keeping me updated on the events in its fair city, and thanks to Amit for pushing for coverage. As Cooper spends less time keeping his Google PageRank in shape, we wish the best to the two charitable groups that will receive his future efforts, Birmingham Vision and the Alabama Roadrunners. They're worth my first and only PageRank-affecting link to Cooper's site: You can find details on both groups on this page.

I turn now to "Patrick Cooper Jazz" … now beating me on Yahoo.

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  1. Patrick Cooper: Greetings from Evanston, Ill. » Blog Archive » Patrickcooper.com is Patrick Cooper again, and it feels good says:

    [...] the legal challenges have been over for months, but I'm talking about the real issue. The search battle, which Amit first raised in October, [...]

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