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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Mobile County Metro Jail Hits Record 1,806 Inmates in Sweltering Summer
Warden Trey Oliver said the Mobile County Metro Jail set an all-time population record of 1,806 inmates, far above its designed capacity, as summer heat and rising numbers strained the facility.
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Council Votes 5-2 for Sales Tax Increase, Ending Six Weeks of Political Theater
Mobile’s council approved a one-cent sales tax increase on a 5-2 vote. An analysis of how Mayor Sam Jones got what he wanted, what Gina Gregory extracted in return, and what might have been.
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Byrne, Brooks and a Pig Roast: The Parties Worked the Coast
The Mobile GOP booked the two-year college chancellor and a state senator for its quarterly meeting, a councilwoman toured her district, and South Baldwin Democrats planned a pig roast with a teenage peace activist.
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Peavy Enters Election Week With $13,800 in Campaign Account
John Peavy’s mayoral campaign spent $154,284 in the final reporting period and entered the last days before Mobile’s Aug. 23 election with just $13,803.72 remaining on hand.
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Money and Muscle: Mobile’s District 7 Council Candidates File Finance Reports
Days before Mobile’s Aug. 23 election, the seven candidates for the open District 7 City Council seat filed campaign finance reports, revealing firefighter money, police endorsements and a self-funded restaurateur.
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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.
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Dow Raises Nothing, Peavy Banks $100,000: Mobile’s Campaign Finance Reports Land
Mayor Mike Dow reported zero contributions for all of 2004 and $18.47 in spending. Councilman John Peavy opened a mayoral account that hit six figures in five days, most of it from a single PAC.
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Mobile Mayor Mike Dow Poised to Step Aside, Clearing the Way for a Peavy-Jones Contest
Sources said in December 2004 that Mobile Mayor Mike Dow did not intend to seek a fifth term, setting up an expected 2005 mayoral race between City Councilman John Peavy and County Commissioner Sam Jones.
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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.