Larry Langford

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Larry Langford is the former mayor of Fairfield, Alabama. As of 2006, he is a member of the Jefferson County, Alabama Commission.

Langford is largely responsible and best known for raising money and generating public interest and support for Visionland Theme Park (now known as Alabama Adventure Theme Park), located near Bessemer, Alabama. The park was built largely by funding from and bond issues backed by a consortium of cities in the western part of the county, as well as the city of Birmingham and the county government. The park declared bankruptucy, but was sold to Southland Entertainment Group, and has rebounded and expanded since. Larry Langford was ousted as president of the Jefferson County Commission after the Republican controlled Commission voted on another candidate. Republicans campaigned heavily during their primary that they would not support the election of a Democrat to the County Commission.

Before his career in politics, Langford was a reporter for WBRC (Fox 6), and later a public relations person for a Birmingham beer distributor.

Another Larry Langford in Chicago, Illinois is currently the spokesperson for the Chicago Fire Department, and a former crime beat reporter for WMAQ-AM (670) during the station's all news format from 1988-2000 before that station's conversion to sports radio WSCR. He then hosted a weeknight program with WMAQ's former political editor Bill Cameron on WLS-AM (890) from 2000-2003. He is the son of Anna Langford who was the first women to be elected to the Chicago City Council as an Alderman. Langford also owns a radio station, WGTO in Michigan and is a recongnized broadcast and communications engineer. He and the "other" Larry Langford each worked for ABC Radio in the 70's as reporters and discovered each other when paychecks were confused. Each has determined they are related. Each having family from northern Alabama.