Gov. Robert Bentley cleaned house at the Mobile County Board of Equalization, installing three new appointees, among them a veteran Democrat, to replace members named by his predecessor.
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Alabama Immigration Law Squeezes Owners of Mobile Homes
Under a provision of Alabama’s new immigration law, owners of mobile homes who could not verify legal presence would be unable to renew their registrations, raising the prospect of moving or selling their homes.
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‘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.
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Inside the City’s Annexation Sales Pitch: Response Times, Free Garbage and $10 Million in Sales Tax
Mobile’s PowerPoint case for annexing four west Mobile areas leaned on slow police and fire response times, free city services and more than $10 million a year in new sales tax revenue.