Bayou La Batre Mayor Stan Wright endorsed challenger Mike Burdine over incumbent Mobile County Commissioner Mike Dean in 2004, alleging the fishing village had been shortchanged on block grant funds. Dean called the claim false.
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News from Mobile County, Alabama and its communities.
Mobile
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Old Press Building Emerges as Temporary Home for Mobile County Probate Court
In 2004, Mobile County officials eyed a former newspaper building on Government Street as temporary quarters for Probate Court while the old courthouse was razed and the annex expanded upward.
Baldwin County
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County Commission Hopefuls Line Up Against Onshore LNG Terminal in South Mobile County
A 2004 survey of Mobile County Commission candidates found nearly unanimous opposition to a proposed onshore liquefied natural gas terminal at Hollingers Island in south Mobile County.
Local News
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Attorney General Declares Freeman Jockisch’s Commission Seat Vacant After Fraud Conviction
An opinion from the Alabama Attorney General held that Mobile County Commissioner Freeman Jockisch vacated his seat upon his federal fraud conviction, leaving the governor to fill the vacancy.
Local News
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Handicapping the June Primary: A Look at the Mobile County Commission Races
With the Republican primary set for June 1, one veteran observer sized up the Mobile County Commission contests in Districts 2 and 3, where a federal trial loomed over a three-term incumbent.
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Frozen Toes and Folded Flyers: A Mobile Lawyers’ Daughter Works the New Hampshire Primary
A University of Alabama junior from Mobile spent seven weeks and one bitter January in New Hampshire doing the unglamorous work that keeps a presidential campaign alive.