Emanuel Ford

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Emanuel B. Ford of Smithfield is the President of the Smithfield community and former president of Birmingham's Citizen Advisory Board.

He is a 1999 graduate of Leadership Birmingham. On August 11, 2005 he filed suit against the City claiming false arrest and excessive use of force. The suit was dismissed by summary judgement.

Ford ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic candidate for Alabama House of Representatives District 54 in 2006. Much of his campaign funding came from George Barber and Barber Companies, developers of the The Crest on Red Mountain. As president of the CAB, Ford argued for the Birmingham City Council to approve the rezoning required for the project to move forward. He also lambasted Council member Valerie Abbott (an opponent of the rezoning) for her employment with a subsidiary of BellSouth, which he believes is in violation of Birmingham's Mayor-Council Act.

Ford was succeeded as CAB president by West End community president Sheila Tyson in January 2009. In the 2009 city election Ford ran against incumbent Dannetta K. Thornton Owens for a seat on the Birmingham Board of Education.

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References

  • "Redmont Crestfallen." (October 18, 2007) "Birmingham Weekly. Vol. 11, No. 8. pp. 4-5
  • Ruisi, Anne (January 16, 2009) "Sheila Tyson elected president of the Birmingham, Alabama Citizens Advisory Board." Birmingham News
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