Forward Mobile: The Quiet Circle of 40 That Worked Behind the Scenes
A retired executive told the Rotary Club of Mobile in June 2008 that Forward Mobile, an unpublicized circle of about 40 civic and business leaders, had quietly shaped decades of…
Bubba, Mayer, Mr. Mitchell: Friends Recall a Mobile Life of Outsized Reach
Friends and colleagues remembered Mayer 'Bubba' Mitchell, the Mobile developer and philanthropist who died at 74, as a man whose influence ran from Leinkauf School to the White House.
Confessions of the Crossover Voter: Alabama Politicos Owned Up
Partisanship in Montgomery had rarely been nastier. So how many Mobile-area Democrats and Republicans had never once voted for the other side? Asked directly, remarkably few could claim it.
Edwards, Gore and a Border Fence: Mobile Democrats and Republicans Size Up 2008
A second round of Mobile-area figures weighed the 2008 field, from a license commissioner drawn to John Edwards and Joe Biden to a trio of Republicans backing California congressman Duncan…
Former County Treasurer Vivian Beckerle Entered the Race Against Jo Bonner
Former Mobile County treasurer Vivian Beckerle announced in March 2006 that she would seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in Alabama's First District, challenging two-term Rep. Jo Bonner.
Ann Bedsole Rules Out a Mayoral Bid and Joins the Campaign to Keep Mike Dow at City Hall
Former state Sen. Ann Bedsole dismissed talk of a mayoral run in December 2004, saying she supported Mike Dow and joining prominent Mobilians urging the mayor to take a second…
A Mobile Seat on the University of Alabama Board Comes Open, and a Quiet Fight Begins
Oliver Delchamps Jr.'s move to emeritus status leaves a first congressional district seat on the University of Alabama board open, and the Senate may have the last word.
Former State GOP Chairman Quits Party Committees After Backing a Democrat for District Attorney
Roger McConnell, a former Alabama Republican Party chairman from Mobile, resigned from the state and county GOP executive committees in 2004 after co-hosting a fundraiser for Democratic District Attorney John…