Mobile and Baldwin County News
With Mobile's mayoral election just days away, supporters of Mayor Sam Jones and challenger Sandy Stimpson held dueling weekend rallies as word spread of a federal investigation into possible absentee…
Veteran Mobile City Councilman Clinton L. Johnson Sr. raised $16,550 for the final reporting period of his all-but-certain bid for a record sixth term in the city's Aug. 23 municipal…
In March 2005 a web address bearing Ann Bedsole's name redirected to an anonymous political gadfly site, and Bess Rich's cell number appeared in the registration. Both denied any part…
Former Mobile City Councilwoman Bess Rich formally filed for mayor in March 2005, promising sales tax relief, stronger core services and a more transparent City Hall.
By March 2005, Mobile's mayoral candidates were assembling professional campaign teams, and one veteran local adman crossed the aisle from John Peavy's camp to Ann Bedsole's.
With Mayor Mike Dow preparing to confirm he would not seek a fifth term, Mobile's 2005 mayoral field began to form around Ann Bedsole, Sam Jones, John Peavy and Bess…