Gov. Bob Riley named Mobile teacher and Republican Juan Chastang to the county commission, filling the three years remaining on Sam Jones’ term after Jones became Mobile’s first African-American mayor.
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Jones Raises $77,000 More as Mobile Runoff Nears
Frontrunner Sam Jones raised more than $77,000 and spent nearly $180,000 in the weeks before Mobile’s Sept. 13 mayoral runoff against City Councilman John Peavy.
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County Commission Chief Tells Business Leaders: Hiring a Consultant Is Not a Rebuke
Mobile County Commission President Mike Dean assured a gathering of Forward Mobile that a $45,000 contract with an Atlanta consulting firm was not a repudiation of the area chamber of commerce.
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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.