Terri Michal Challenges City Hall Silence | Birmingham News

Birmingham AL News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 8, 2026 · 1m

Terri Michal, a Birmingham resident ejected from a city council meeting two weeks prior for speaking at consecutive sessions, returned this week to demand accountability—questioning why police intervened without an official removal order and why no council member defended her. She called on elected officials to speak up, prioritize residents’ health and resources over development, and stop treating community-first governance as radical. While Birmingham’s policy restricting back-to-back public comments is technically fair and applied equally, a review reveals it’s unusually strict compared to…