From $123K Loss to Professor: Reid Cummings’ Second Act
In the annals of Mobile political history, few defeats have been as spectacular—or as expensive—as Reid Cummings’ 2010 bid for the District 6 City Council seat. The real estate executive…
The $123,108 Defeat: How Reid Cummings Turned Money Into a Landslide Loss
In the annals of Mobile political history, few defeats have been as spectacular—or as expensive—as Reid Cummings’ 2010 bid for the District 6 City Council seat. The real estate executive…
Annexation Debate and a Councilman’s Posthumous Bid Defined Mobile’s 2021 Elections
Four new members joined the Mobile City Council after a 2021 election cycle marked by the death of Councilman Levon Manzie before his runoff, a renewed fight over annexation and…
District 6 Runoff Candidates Spar Over Annexation, Public Safety and Roads
Scott Jones and Josh Woods faced off at a candidate forum ahead of their Oct. 5 runoff for Mobile's District 6 council seat, sparring over annexation, police and fire support,…
Hundreds of Mobile Public Works Employees Left Out of $500 Bonus Program
Mobile City Council members learned that several hundred Public Works employees are ineligible for a $500 bonus other city workers receive, a side effect of a separate incentive pay program…
Mobile Council Approves Pay Raises for Mayor, Council Members Starting 2021
The Mobile City Council voted 5-2 to raise the mayor's salary to $125,000 and council members' base pay to $24,600 starting in November 2021, despite objections over the timing amid…
Mobile City Council OKs 2020-21 Budget After District Funding Fight
The Mobile City Council approved the city's 2020-21 budget 6-0 with one abstention, following a heated dispute over capital funding for District 1 and park projects across the city's seven…
Mobile Council Committee to Weigh Dropping the Word ‘Race’ from City Forms
A Mobile City Council committee is set to take up a proposal that would scrub the word “race” from the city’s forms and documents, replacing it with “ethnicity” in official…
Mobile Approves $84,350 Purchase of 6,000 COVID-19 Antibody Test Kits
The Mobile City Council approved an $84,350 purchase of 6,000 COVID-19 antibody screening kits, sparking questions from council members about FDA approval and how the tests would be used.
Mobile City Council Approves Bid for $500,000 in Federal Coronavirus Emergency Funding
The Mobile City Council voted unanimously to let Mayor Sandy Stimpson apply for a $500,000 federal grant to help cover COVID-19 response costs, with no local match required.