Prichard Residents Pressed for Water-Board Changes in 2009
Prichard residents and Mayor Ron Davis discussed high water bills, water-board authority and public-record costs at a February 2009 City Council meeting.
Russell Ladd’s ‘Delta Awareness’ Took Sunrise Rotary Into the Mobile-Tensaw Swamp
A twelve-minute film drawn from six decades in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta was the program at the Sunrise Rotary Club of Mobile on Feb. 4, 2009, along with a warning…
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…
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…
Tim James Put $2 Million of His Own Money Into an Early Run for Governor
The only announced candidate for governor in 2010 reported putting $2 million of his own money into his campaign, with a Montgomery headquarters, a Birmingham satellite office and 40 counties…
Mobile’s City Council Handed the Metro Jail Docket to Prosecutor Carol Little
The Mobile City Council selected assistant city attorney Carol Little, a Vanderbilt graduate and Howard University law alumna, to fill the part-time judgeship covering the Metro Jail docket.
A Mobile Businessman’s Book Reopened a Long Fight Over a Family Trucking Company
Tommy Fulton scheduled a signing in Magnolia Springs for 'An Act of Congress,' his account of the succession battle that put his family's Finch Companies in court against a future…
Sears Call Center Sought About 200 Workers in Mobile in 2009
A Sears call center on Demetropolis Road planned to hire about 200 customer service and sales workers in Mobile in early 2009.
St. Luke’s Headmaster Palmer Kennedy Outlined a High School and a $10 Million Campaign
St. Luke's Episcopal School had bought the old Julius T. Wright campus on University Boulevard and was raising $10 million to add an upper school. Headmaster Palmer Kennedy laid out…
Senior Bowl Week Brought Phil Savage Back to Sunrise Rotary’s Podium
The Mobile native and recently departed general manager of the Cleveland Browns made his traditional Senior Bowl week appearance before the Sunrise Rotary Club of Mobile in January 2009.