It's a real shame that West Midlands mayor #RichardParker doesn't seem to value or want to take road safety and #ActiveTravel seriously - if he did, he'd pay a proper wage rather than a "small honorarium". After all, you get what you pay for.

#RichParkerLab #WMCA #BirminghamUK #Coventry #WestMidlands

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8d8j86dleo?xtor=AL-73-%5Bpartner%5D-%5BBBC+England%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_link_id=62134FAC-9085-11EF-843D-87A368911652&at_link_type=web_link&at_campaign_type=owned&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_medium=social&at_format=link&at_bbc_team=editorial&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_link_origin=bbcm

Portrait of #TommyDorsey, #WMCA, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947

#jazz #photography

Portrait of #TommyDorsey, #WMCA, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947

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Portrait of #JoshWhite and #MaryLouWilliams, #WMCA, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947

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Portrait of #JoshWhite and #MaryLouWilliams, #WMCA, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947

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Portrait of #TommyDorsey, #WMCA, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947

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Portrait of #TommyDorsey, #WMCA, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947

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West #Midlands Combined Authority (#WMCA) ratifies #devolution deal

"Devolution of the bus service operators grant and a new partnership with Great British #Railways to offer greater local oversight and control of public #transport services."
https://www.wmca.org.uk/news/wmca-ratifies-devolution-deal/
#urbanism #England #UK

Portrait of #TommyDorsey, #MelTormé, #GeorgieAuld, #RayMcKinley, #JohnnyDesmond?), #VicDamone, and #CabCalloway, #WMCA, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947

#jazz #photography

Portrait of #JohnnyDesmond, #MartinBlock, #CabCalloway, #GeorgieAuld, #MelTormé, #MaryLouWilliams, #TommyDorsey, #JoshWhite, #BerylDavis, and #RayMcKinley, #WMCA, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Oct. 1947

#jazz #photography