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As IBM team members spend the next three weeks in Birmingham focusing on the city's food deserts, I figure the team could spend a few minutes fixing the city's broken website.

Here are 10 broken elements that I have found:

1. The current website advertises Birminghamal.gov as a "united" website, but the link is broken. And how united can a government be when the city council has its own website?

2. The "Public Transportation" tab cannot be clicked. Surely you aren't surprised.

3. The "Arts & Museums" tab leads to a nonexistent website.

4. The city's Code of Ordinances isn't online. Out of the state's 10 largest cities, Birmingham is the only one that does not have its local laws online. Even Elba, a town of 3,000 has its laws online. (No offense meant, Elba.)

5. Â strange character shows up on the "court downloads" page.

6. Maybe it's just something with Judge Â ndra D. Sparks.

7. The Department of Public Works' recycling brochure must have been trashed.

8.The Office of Economic Development page has its own theme and its own broken characteristics.

9. Clicking the "William A. Bell, Sr." link on the Office of Economic Development page results in an error that says "the resource cannot be found." No further comment.

10. The Español option in the bottom right of the home website doesn't work, either. No bueno.