Mobile County Commissioner Connie Hudson’s 2012 ‘Pay As You Go’ road program totaled $7 million, with nearly $3 million directed to projects inside the city of Mobile, including a new roundabout.
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Reid Cummings Launches District 6 Council Bid With Business Community Behind Him
Commercial real estate executive Reid Cummings kicked off his Mobile City Council District 6 campaign with a show of support from business colleagues and a notable guest: former Mayor Mike Dow.
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Counting to Five: The Sales Tax Vote Rests on One Council Member
Mayor Sam Jones has made his case for a penny sales tax. The measure was laid over Tuesday, and the arithmetic on a seven-member council now points to a single undecided vote.
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How Mike Dow Gambled on the Mayor’s Office in 1989 – and Changed Mobile’s Course
Nearly two decades later, former Mayor Mike Dow and the friends and rivals who shaped his first campaign recalled the audacious 1989 decision to bypass a council seat and run straight for mayor.
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Bess Rich’s Mayoral Campaign Primed for a Late Media Blitz
A week before Mobile’s mayoral election, former councilwoman Bess Rich reported more than $64,000 on hand after a heavy advertising push, in a four-way race to succeed Mayor Mike Dow.
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Teenagers Take Up Sponges for a Mobile Mayoral Campaign
A group of Mobile high school students calling themselves the Bess Empowerment Team organized a car wash on Cottage Hill Road to raise money for Bess Rich’s 2005 campaign for mayor.
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Rich Pledges to Move Downtown if Elected Mayor of Mobile
Mobile mayoral candidate Bess Rich said in April 2005 that she and her husband would sell their west Mobile home of 25 years and move downtown if she won the August election.