Giuliani Had a Following Among Mobile Republicans, and a Skeptic or Two
City council members, a district attorney and a state senator weighed in on the 2008 field. Rudy Giuliani drew the most support in Mobile, but not everyone in his own…
Mobile Council and County Commission Moved on ThyssenKrupp Steel Incentives
The Mobile City Council met in special session on a memorandum of understanding for the city's share of incentives for the $3.7 billion steel plant near Calvert, as the county…
Halfway Through the Year, Mobile’s Books Tell a Post-Katrina Story
A walk through Mobile's mid-year financial report for fiscal 2006-07 found revenue down 6.8 percent, hotel taxes collapsing against a Katrina-inflated year, and a transit subsidy running 121 percent over…
Royal Street Goes Both Ways Again as Downtown Mobile Undoes Decades of One-Way Traffic
Mobile moved in late 2006 to restore two-way traffic on Royal Street and blocks of Dauphin and St. Francis, an $800,000 project tied to the Battle House Hotel and the…
One State Senate Race Could Topple a Row of Political Dominoes in Mobile
If Ben Brooks unseated Sen. Gary Tanner in 2006, the result would open a Mobile City Council seat, revive a county commission rivalry and set off a scramble that would…
Transit Money, Drainage Work and Tennis Courts on the Mobile City Council Agenda
The Mobile City Council took up a $650,000 budget increase for the Wave Metro Transit System, drainage contracts and a rebuild of the Mobile Tennis Center at its Aug. 1,…
Political Notebook: Democrats Seek a Soft Spot in Bob Riley’s Re-election Armor
With Amendment One fading from memory and Gov. Bob Riley courting industry, Alabama Democrats searched for a weakness heading into the fall campaign, while local sidewalks and a federal lawsuit…
New Concessionaire Bets $1.5 Million on Mobile Regional Airport Dining
The Hudson Group agreed to spend $1.5 million rebuilding food service at Mobile Regional Airport, replacing a predecessor criticized for shutting down while passengers were still in the terminal.
Ben Brooks Set a Barbecue Rally on Highway 90 to Launch His State Senate Campaign
Mobile City Councilman Ben Brooks scheduled an April 2006 rally and barbecue on Highway 90 West to kick off his Republican campaign for Alabama Senate District 35 against George Callahan.
How a Nickname Called ‘Porky’ Landed a Senate Candidate His Venue
A Senate District 34 fundraiser in Spring Hill came together only after a Mobile attorney signed a last-ditch e-mail with his high school nickname, and the campaign has since topped…