Original sentence: Jefferson County's debt amounts to over $7,000 per man/woman/child in the county, making it is among the most indebted municipal governments in American history.The county is governed by a five-member commission with legislative and executive duties
Edited sentence: Also note he has doubled business licenses recently (March-2008) so we can expect more businesses to move out of the metro area in the coming years- reducing the tax base further still.He has since become the mayor of Birmingham and based upon his history- will bankrupt Birmingham as well.Jefferson County's debt amounts to over $12,000+ per man/woman/child in the county, making it is among the most indebted municipal governments in American history.Note that former county commissioner Larry Langford is the same person who pushed for a 93 million water park several years ago near Bessemer Al- about 12 miles SW of Birmingham- it later going bankrupt and being sold for 5 million.The county is governed by a incompetent five-member commission with legislative and executive duties