Evening Budget Hearing Set as Mobile Council Weighs Retiree Health, Nonprofit Cuts
Mobile's City Council moved its 2015 budget hearing to evening hours, expecting a large turnout over retiree health and nonprofit funding cuts.
‘You Can’t Reform a Junkie With More Drugs’: Mobile Business Owners Sound Off on the Sales Tax Plan
Retailers, accountants, builders and executives across Mobile weighed in on the proposed one-cent sales tax increase, with most arguing City Hall must cut spending before reaching into shoppers' pockets.
One Vote Short: Mobile’s Sales Tax Standoff Hardens Into Political Chicken
With an $18.5 million deficit and a five-vote requirement, Mayor Sam Jones fell a single council vote short of a one-cent sales tax increase, leaving three members holding extraordinary leverage.
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…
A Sponsor at Last? Gulf Coast Classic Said to Be Near a $1.5 Million Deal
Reports circulated that the Gulf Coast Classic was nearing a three-year, $1.5 million title sponsorship, badly needed good news for an event that survived a bruising fight over Mobile city…
Bluff or Bye-Bye? A Tampa Rumor Puts Mobile’s Senior Bowl on the Bargaining Table
A Tampa newspaper report that the Senior Bowl might leave Mobile set off a firestorm. With the Ladd-Peebles lease expired and city funding denied twice, the timing looked less like…