For 20 years Mobile’s mayor-council government has required five of seven votes to pass most measures. Officials past and present disagreed sharply over whether the super majority built consensus or blocked progress.
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Brooks Opens Re-Election Bid With Former Rivals Among His Hosts
Mobile City Councilman Ben Brooks launched his District 4 re-election campaign in April 2005 at the Scenic Yacht Basin, with more than 100 honorary hosts including several people who had once run against the seat.
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Former Council Members Deliver a Verdict on Mobile’s Abandoned Pay Raise: Public Service Is Not a Career
After the Mobile City Council retreated from a steep pay raise under public scorn, former council members offered a blunt assessment in January 2005: the job is part-time, and police and firefighters come first.
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To Dow or Not to Dow: The Mayor’s Long Shadow Over the District 2 Runoff
As Ralph Buffkin and Stephen Nodine headed toward a June 2004 runoff, both raced to distance themselves from Mayor Mike Dow. A look inside four mayoral elections explains why.