A standing order from Mobile County District Court, reported in March 2005, declared the court had no authority to expunge arrest records and sent petitioners to the Legislature instead.
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Mon Louis Island and a Servant’s Reward: The French Roots of a Mobile Family
The second installment of a Mobile family memoir traces a French line back to Bienville’s settlers, to land between Bayou La Batre and Coden, and to how Mon Louis Island got its name.
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Is Mobile’s Golden Age Right Now? A Realtor Makes the Case for the Present Tense
Oyster stands on Government Street, the Lyric Theatre, wartime shipyards running around the clock — all had a claim. But in the third entry of a series on Mobile’s golden age, one Mobilian argues the best chapter is the one being written now.
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Mobile’s Golden Age: A Retired Banker Traces the City’s Rise, Its Missed Container Revolution and Its Long Plateau
Asked to name Mobile’s golden age, a 76-year-old retired banker names three, then explains how the city that hosted the inventor of the container ship failed to capitalize on it while Charleston and Savannah did.
Citronelle
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A Mother’s Notes to a Son: An Election, a Wedding, and a Mobile Household in 2004
A collection of e-mails from a Mobile mother to her grown son captures the 2004 election season as it was lived in one Alabama household: gloom, gallows humor, wedding logistics and a great deal of wine.
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A Brilliant Surrender: The Provocative Case for Dissolving Mobile and Starting Over
With Mobile slipping to third-largest city in Alabama and annexation stalled, a satirical dialogue floats a radical fix: abolish the city entirely, fold it into the county and build metro government from scratch.
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Copeland Aims for a Sixth Term on the Mobile City Council, but a Firefighter May Challenge Him
Mobile City Council President Reggie Copeland said in December 2004 he would seek a record sixth term in District 5, even as city firefighter Bryan T. Lee weighed his first run for public office.
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Nodine’s Blunt Talk to Mobile Civic Leaders Exposes a Widening Split Over Annexation
Newly elected Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine acknowledged a spirited and forceful exchange with civic leaders at a December 2004 meeting, exposing deep divisions over annexation and city spending.
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Mobile’s Paychecks Fall Behind the State’s: A Decade of Slipping Wages
Federal data show Mobile’s average wage per job fell from $400 above the Alabama average in 1992 to nearly $750 below it a decade later, a quiet reversal with real consequences.
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A Seat on the Federal Bench in Mobile Comes Open, and the Jockeying Begins
With U.S. District Judge Randy Butler set to take senior status, Mobile lawyers are quietly positioning for a lifetime appointment to the Southern District of Alabama bench.