Northrop Grumman told the Pentagon it could not bid on the $40 billion aerial refueling tanker program unless the request for proposals changed, threatening the aircraft plant planned for Brookley in Mobile.
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Coverage of economic development from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Key House Chairman Backs Splitting the Air Force Tanker Contract, a Decision Mobile Was Watching Closely
Rep. Neil Abercrombie said he would push to split the Air Force’s aerial refueling tanker contract between Northrop Grumman-EADS and Boeing, a fight with enormous stakes for Mobile.
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Mobile Council Field Takes Shape: Hudson Seeks a Third Term, Wallace Courts District 3
With municipal elections set for the summer of 2009, Councilwoman Connie Hudson announced a bid for a third term while challenger Ron Wallace scheduled his first community meeting in District 3.
Baldwin County
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Jo Bonner Ruled Out a Run for Governor, Choosing Appropriations Over Montgomery
U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner announced in February 2009 that he would not seek the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, ending months of speculation and clearing the field for other contenders.
Mobile
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A Phantom Website Pushed Steve Nodine for Mayor. He Said He Wasn’t Running.
An anonymous website urged Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine to challenge Mayor Sam Jones in 2009. Nodine said flatly that he would not run, and his allies accused the mayor’s camp of manufacturing an opponent.
Mobile
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Selling Mobile Bay: The Convention Bureau’s Sales Chief Closed Out Sunrise Rotary’s Year
David Randel of the Mobile Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau explained how the region courts conventions and meetings — at the club’s last gathering before a holiday break that ran to Jan. 7.
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Lost in Translation: What the EADS Chief Really Said About Building in Mobile
A newspaper interview in August 2008 seemed to say EADS would build commercial aircraft in Mobile whether or not it won the Air Force tanker contract. The company said that was not what it meant.
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Mobile County Commissioner Tours European Airbus Plants Amid Tanker Bid
Commissioner Stephen Nodine joined an economic development mission to Britain, Spain and France, touring EADS Airbus and CASA plants like those proposed for Mobile if the KC-30 tanker project lands here.
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Is Mobile Business-Friendly? Developers Answered, on Condition of Anonymity
Promised anonymity, Mobile developers and executives delivered a blunt 2008 verdict on the city’s permitting, its economic development effort and its habit of favoring public projects over private capital.
Calvert
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Boom, Boom, Boom: Mobile Counted Its Winnings in the Summer of 2008
Steel at Calvert, tankers at Brookley, a new container terminal and a downtown tower: in mid-2008, Mobile leaders argued the long-promised boom had finally arrived, while cautioning it was not yet in hand.