Lu-Lu's bill soars higher

EXCLUSIVE

Legal costs for Bessemer Councilwoman Louise Alexander are continuing to soar even though the trial is over.

Besides the original bill for $367,000 from White Arnold & Dowd, there is still an invoice for $76,000 pending from the first attorney in the case, Glennon F. Threatt.

Combined, it comes to a whopping $443,000 for the defense.

The Tribune has learned that the first bill from White Arnold & Dowd was for about $500,000.

For some unknown reason they discounted the total.

At a City Council meeting last fall, U.W. Clemon said he was giving a discount to the city. Instead of charging his usual rate of $750 an hour, he agreed to defend Alexander for the paltry sum of $500 an hour.

Mere chicken feed.

—Tribune staff report