Theodore Residents Debated Possible Mobile Annexation in 2007
Archived WKRG coverage captured Theodore residents' early debate over a possible annexation into Mobile, weighing services against higher taxes.
Inside the City’s Annexation Sales Pitch: Response Times, Free Garbage and $10 Million in Sales Tax
Mobile's PowerPoint case for annexing four west Mobile areas leaned on slow police and fire response times, free city services and more than $10 million a year in new sales…
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.
Restaurateur Mead Miller Enters the Race for Mobile’s Open Council Seat
Picklefish co-owner Mead Miller announced his candidacy for Mobile City Council District 7 in June 2005, the only council district with no incumbent seeking re-election.
Bess Rich Makes It Official, Filing Papers in a Bid to Lead Mobile
Former Mobile City Councilwoman Bess Rich formally filed for mayor in March 2005, promising sales tax relief, stronger core services and a more transparent City Hall.
‘We Are in the Golden Age Now’: A Councilman on Race Relations in Mobile
Asked in March 2005 to name Mobile's golden age, City Councilman Fred Richardson answered with the present tense, and pointed to a small change in newspaper style as a milestone.