As dueling committees, a $29 million disputed deficit and shifting council alliances collided, Mobile’s budget saga looked to many residents like a greased-pig chase with the numbers impossible to pin down.
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Local News
Airbus Euphoria Meets Hard Numbers as Mobile Budget Standoff Drags On
Mayor Sam Jones cast Mobile’s budget fight in a brighter light after the Airbus announcement, but Councilman John Williams said the good news changed nothing about the city’s need to live within its means.
Mobile
Councilman John Williams Enters Race for Mobile County Commission
Mobile City Councilman John Williams formally announced his candidacy for the District 3 seat on the Mobile County Commission, joining a crowded Republican field for the March primary.
Baldwin County
Defense Lawyers Second-Guess Nodine’s Missteps After Murder Indictment
With Steve Nodine jailed on a $500,000 bond, Mobile criminal defense attorneys, speaking anonymously, listed the choices they say a suspect should never make.
Baldwin County
Nodine Lawyers to Depose County Officials as Judge’s Recusal Stirs Debate
Defense attorneys scheduled depositions of a fellow commissioner, county lawyers and a circuit judge, while a judge’s 12-page recusal order drew a pointed response from Mobile’s presiding judge.
Baldwin County
‘Be a Man’: Stranger Confronts Nodine in Mobile County Courtroom
A well-dressed man described as a rival for the affections of Angel Downs called on Commissioner Steve Nodine to admit what he did, moments after a preliminary impeachment hearing adjourned.
Baldwin County
Lawyers Expect Nodine to Resign Rather Than Face an Impeachment Trial
Legal sources said Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine would almost certainly leave office rather than testify in an impeachment case while a possible murder charge hung over him.
Baldwin County
Nodine Retains New Defense Team as Impeachment Trial Is Set for June 8
Criminal defense attorneys Dennis Knizley and John Williams were retained to lead the defense of Commissioner Steve Nodine, whose impeachment trial was set before Circuit Judge Sarah Stewart.
Mobile
Radio Tell-All Roils Nodine Case as Successors Eye District 2 Seat
A former Mobile radio personality published an account of his past dealings with Commissioner Steve Nodine, while local Republicans began maneuvering for a county commission seat not yet vacant.
Local News
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.