On an overcast Wednesday morning in late November Birmingham Mayor Randall arrived at John Herbert Phillips Academy for a parent-student luncheon where his stepson Mason is a 6th-grader.
Woodfin’s arrival immediately brightened the atmosphere inside the school’s large auditorium as staff members warmly greeted the mayor while he made eye contact with everyone in sight and extended a firm handshake to those nearby.
Woodfin has been a city father since 2017 when he unseated incumbent William Bell to become the 30th mayor of Birmingham. But now Woodfin, who was elected to a third term in August, and inaugurated on Tuesday, is father to 15-month-old daughter Love as well as stepsons Mason and Aubrey…