Woods Hobbs, a junior majoring in political science and history and chairman of The Blackburn Institute, spoke at the Tuesday Tuscaloosa city council meeting regarding Blackburn’s warrant clinic, hosted by The Blackburn Institute which will take place on April 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Downtown Tuscaloosa.
“There’s over 15,000 outstanding misdemeanor and traffic violation warrants in Tuscaloosa County alone,” Hobbs said. Hobbs and his associates will be working with Judge McKinney and the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to put the project together.
“If you have an outstanding warrant, then you can come in, get it dealt with and get back in the Judicial System because it causes a huge backlog in the system. We’re trying to fix that,” Hobbs said.
District 5 Councilor Kip Tyner congratulated Hobbs and his team for the work they put into the project.
“You are always involved in great work and great things for the community, and it is appreciated,” he said.
Additionally, the Tuscaloosa City Council announced the annual Tuscaloosa Gauntlet, a military style obstacle course race, and the West Alabama Multicultural Alliance Fest, a festival celebrating the region’s culture on Tuesday.
The gauntlet race will take place on April 17 and 18 at Sokol Park. The WAMA Fest will be on Sunday from 2-4 p.m and will take place at the Tuscaloosa River Market.
The council also announced that they will not meet next Tuesday due to the District 3 Municipal Election that will take place on April 14 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
