State examiners flagged the Mobile County Commission for paying travel claims that did not fully meet its own reimbursement policy during the 2009-2010 fiscal year, and urged tighter documentation going forward.
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Dauphin Island
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Mobile Lawyer, Dauphin Island Fix at Center of Spill Response
As the BP oil spill fouled the Gulf, Mobile native Rick Kuykendall emerged as a leading claims attorney while BP agreed to fund a $15 million closing of Katrina Cut to shield Dauphin Island.
Baldwin County
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Defense Lawyers Second-Guess Nodine’s Missteps After Murder Indictment
With Steve Nodine jailed on a $500,000 bond, Mobile criminal defense attorneys, speaking anonymously, listed the choices they say a suspect should never make.
Baldwin County
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Nodine Lawyers to Depose County Officials as Judge’s Recusal Stirs Debate
Defense attorneys scheduled depositions of a fellow commissioner, county lawyers and a circuit judge, while a judge’s 12-page recusal order drew a pointed response from Mobile’s presiding judge.
Mobile
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After the Sales Tax Vote, a Mobile Citizen Presses the City Council on Discipline
A Mobile resident wrote the City Council after its vote to raise the sales tax for 16 months, urging members to demand austerity, transparency and hard metrics from the Jones administration.
Baldwin County
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‘Be a Man’: Stranger Confronts Nodine in Mobile County Courtroom
A well-dressed man described as a rival for the affections of Angel Downs called on Commissioner Steve Nodine to admit what he did, moments after a preliminary impeachment hearing adjourned.
Baldwin County
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Lawyers Expect Nodine to Resign Rather Than Face an Impeachment Trial
Legal sources said Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine would almost certainly leave office rather than testify in an impeachment case while a possible murder charge hung over him.
Baldwin County
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Nodine Retains New Defense Team as Impeachment Trial Is Set for June 8
Criminal defense attorneys Dennis Knizley and John Williams were retained to lead the defense of Commissioner Steve Nodine, whose impeachment trial was set before Circuit Judge Sarah Stewart.
Local News
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Grand Jury Indicts Mobile Businessman Matt Walker on Four Counts of Trafficking in Stolen Property
The four-count indictment accuses Walker of receiving or disposing of stolen antiques, household furnishings and appliances belonging to four Mobile-area residents.
Local News
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Senate Confirms Mobile’s Angus Cooper II for Another Term on Alabama Trustees Board
The maritime executive and Cooper/T. Smith chairman was among three trustees reconfirmed by the Alabama Senate to terms running through 2015 on the University of Alabama board.