Mobile’s city council cut more than $700,000 from its bus transit budget while boosting tourism funding, as the fiscal 2016 budget passed unanimously.
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Mobile City Council Weighs Nearly $300,000 in Private Mowing Contracts
Mobile’s council is set to consider contracts worth nearly $300,000 to have private companies mow 16 major rights-of-way across the city.
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Tea Party Leader Says Mobile’s Budget Hole Began at City Hall, Not at the Cash Register
A Mobile tea party organizer argued the city’s $18.5 million shortfall was the product of optimistic budget assumptions, and urged the council to exhaust cost cuts and asset sales before raising the sales tax.
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Brooks Opens Re-Election Bid With Former Rivals Among His Hosts
Mobile City Councilman Ben Brooks launched his District 4 re-election campaign in April 2005 at the Scenic Yacht Basin, with more than 100 honorary hosts including several people who had once run against the seat.
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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.
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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.