Sales Tax Hike Falls 3-3-1 as Mobile Council Rejects Jones, and Layoffs Loom
Buried under hundreds of angry emails and calls, Mayor Sam Jones's penny sales tax died in a 3-3-1 vote on Tax Day. As many as 300 city jobs are now…
Budget Standoff Over Sales Tax Closes Two Mobile Police Precincts
Mobile shut down its Fourth Precinct and MLK Mini Precinct after the City Council rejected a one-cent sales tax increase Mayor Sam Jones had proposed to close a $14 million…