Mobile County Adopted Stronger Wind Standards for New Homes in 2008
Mobile County approved new 2008 building standards requiring new homes in the south county to withstand winds up to 147 mph and homes in the north county up to 118…
Mobile County Weighed Hurricane and Christmas Sales Tax Holidays After Back-to-School Success
Encouraged by a back-to-school sales tax holiday that appeared to lift rather than dent collections, Mobile County commissioners sketched plans for two more breaks: one for hurricane supplies in June,…
Bayou La Batre Councilman Signaled Challenge for Mobile County Commission Seat
Henry Barnes Sr., a Bayou La Batre city councilman and commercial truck driver, said he was 99 percent sure he would run for the Mobile County Commission, whether the body…
Coy’s Rules: The Three Commandments a Mobile County Commissioner Left Behind
Former Commissioner Bay Haas recalled the three rules of political survival handed down by the late Coy Smith, a ballplayer, saloon keeper and commissioner whose career ended in a federal…
Semmes Incorporation Talk Simmered, With Wilmer’s Collapse as the Cautionary Tale
Leaders in fast-growing west Mobile County kept talking about turning Semmes into a city, with early estimates of 40,000 residents and a $20 million budget, while eyeing the neighboring town…
County Commission Set to Part Ways With Longtime Attorney Merceria Ludgood
Sources said the all-Republican Mobile County Commission did not intend to renew the contract of assistant county attorney Merceria Ludgood, a Democrat with 17 years in the legal department.
One State Senate Race Could Topple a Row of Political Dominoes in Mobile
If Ben Brooks unseated Sen. Gary Tanner in 2006, the result would open a Mobile City Council seat, revive a county commission rivalry and set off a scramble that would…