Mobile and Baldwin County News
News from Tillmans Corner in Mobile County, Alabama.
Mobile City Councilman Ben Brooks scheduled an April 2006 rally and barbecue on Highway 90 West to kick off his Republican campaign for Alabama Senate District 35 against George Callahan.
Retired grocery executive John Holland moved to reclaim the Mobile County school board seat he gave up after an ethics ruling, setting up a Republican primary against the woman appointed…
Former state Sen. George Callahan opened his 2006 bid to reclaim south Mobile County's District 35 seat with a shrimp boil in Coden that he said drew more than 200…
After John Holland resigned from the Mobile County school board following an ethics ruling, at least ten names circulated as possible appointees, with a state takeover looming if the board…
With Mobile slipping to third-largest city in Alabama and annexation stalled, a satirical dialogue floats a radical fix: abolish the city entirely, fold it into the county and build metro…
In December 2004, Mobile political insiders privately weighed the risks of a Peavy-Jones mayoral race dividing the city along racial lines, and floated a retail development as an annexation icebreaker.