Bedsole and Rich Endorse Peavy in Mobile Mayoral Runoff
Defeated mayoral candidates Ann Bedsole and Bess Rich threw their support to John Peavy days before Mobile's runoff, urging their supporters to back him over frontrunner Sam Jones.
Young Democrats to Host Mobile Mayoral Candidate Forum
The Young Democrats of Mobile scheduled a public forum for the city's four mayoral candidates at the Boilermakers union hall on Government Street, with moderated questions and audience Q&A.
Bridge or Barrier? Mobile Reckons With Its City Council Super Majority
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…
Rich Proposes Performance-Tracking Software to Trim Mobile’s Costs
Mobile mayoral candidate Bess Rich proposed adopting CitiStat, a performance-management program pioneered in Baltimore, to track city spending and save money.
Mobile’s Civic Delegation Went to Baltimore Looking for a Blueprint
More than 100 Mobilians joined the Chamber's annual leadership trip to Baltimore in June 2005, studying the rebounding city's accountability programs, 311 call center and revived Inner Harbor for lessons…
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…
Does Mobile Still Have an Establishment? A Debate About Power in a City That Lost Its Headquarters
As a new Republican county commission promised tense days for Mobile's old guard, longtime observers asked a harder question at the close of 2004: does the city still have an…
Peavy Votes for the Budget He Criticized, Then Takes Charge of Rewriting the City’s Playbook
Mobile's newest councilman backed a budget that drains $21.1 million from capital funds, calling the vote a fait accompli, and was promptly handed the city's new strategic initiative.
Peavy Votes for the Budget He Criticized, Then Takes Charge of Rewriting the City’s Playbook
Mobile's newest councilman backed a budget that drains $21.1 million from capital funds, calling the vote a fait accompli, and was promptly handed the city's new strategic initiative.