An arbitrator ruled that Bishop State Community College fired former school board member David Thomas without cause, ordering him reinstated as an instructor with full back pay. Chancellor Bradley Byrne vowed an appeal.
Tag: 2008 elections
Chickasaw
School Board Hopeful Quits Democratic Primary, Calls County Party ‘a Disgrace’
LaVeeshia Pittman abandoned the Democratic primary for Mobile County school board District 3, saying party leaders discouraged her. The county chairman said no one in the party had ever met her.
Mobile
Langham Bows Out of Treasurer’s Race, Leaving Democrats Scrambling Before Friday’s Deadline
Retired labor leader Don Langham decided against a run for Mobile County treasurer, reopening the question for Democrats with the qualifying deadline hours away. Party chairman Brad Warren reconsidered his own bid.
Mobile
After 43 Years in the Schools, Fred Marshall Asked Voters for Six More
Assistant Superintendent Fred Marshall announced a Democratic run for the Mobile County school board seat being vacated by Hazel Fournier, planning to retire in May after 43 years in the system.
Mobile
Kim Hastie Steps Away From the County Payroll to Run for License Commissioner
The longtime secretary to Commissioner Mike Dean took a leave of absence to seek the Mobile County license commissioner’s office as a Republican, promising to overhaul the office’s customer service.
Bayou La Batre
A Fundraising Letter, a Field House Debt and a Commissioner’s $200,000 Promise
A supporter’s letter told the men who co-signed a loan for the Alma Bryant field house that Commissioner Mike Dean would steer $200,000 in county money toward the debt if re-elected. Both men denied any deal.
Baldwin County
A Retired Union Leader Entered the Treasurer’s Race — With One Condition
Don Langham said he would run for Mobile County treasurer as a Democrat unless party officials allowed a troubled congressional candidate to qualify, a caveat that revealed the party’s anxieties.
Citronelle
As Qualifying Closed, Career Employees Lined Up to Run the Offices They Worked In
The license and revenue commissioner races filled with insiders — a chief clerk, a longtime appraiser, a commissioner’s secretary — while a former sheriff’s candidate weighed one more run.
Baldwin County
Byrne, Brooks and a Pig Roast: The Parties Worked the Coast
The Mobile GOP booked the two-year college chancellor and a state senator for its quarterly meeting, a councilwoman toured her district, and South Baldwin Democrats planned a pig roast with a teenage peace activist.
Local News
A Revenue Department Veteran Entered the License Commissioner’s Race
Michelle Mayberry, a 24-year state revenue department manager and the daughter of a late Mobile circuit judge, announced a Republican campaign for license commissioner on a platform of ‘citizen service.’