Brian K. Rice felt at ease as he sat at a sidewalk table of Rojo, a Latin and American food restaurant on Highland Avenue.
He acknowledged that some don’t feel as comfortable in the area he calls home.
“The name Ensley has a very negative connotation in Birmingham,” said Rice, who’s running to unseat incumbent Randall Woodfin as mayor of Birmingham. “Just yesterday, I was standing in front of the building, and I see and hear multiple gunshots. But I choose to live there when many never come back…