Published on: January 19, 2018 at 5:00 AM

By Michael Tomberlin

When Toyota and Mazda announced they would build their $1.6 billion in Huntsville earlier this month, there was much excitement from the various city, county and state entities involved in the process and the international media that gathered in Montgomery to herald the news.

A project of this magnitude and its 4,000 jobs is great for Alabama, which has been fortunate to have many such announcements over the years.But in the days since, some have viewed this great success for Huntsville as a slight against Birmingham.

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