A restaurateur was writing letters urging Al Gore to run. A CPA was backing Newt Gingrich, who had not announced. Across the Mobile area, the most enthusiastic 2008 supporters were backing candidates who did not exist.
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Baldwin County
1,600 Tons of Rubble Became a New Fishing Reef in Mobile Bay
The Alabama Wildlife Federation built the Upper Wreck Reef between Mullet Point and the mouth of Weeks Bay, a 1.25-acre underwater structure of recycled rubble finished in time for Memorial Day weekend.
Local News
Sam Jones’ Winning Mayoral Campaign Spent Nearly $936,000, Year-End Report Showed
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones’ 2005 campaign raised more than $832,000 in cash and spent nearly $936,000 to win a four-seat race, according to the annual year-end financial report filed in early 2006.
Local News
A Mobile Seat on the University of Alabama Board Comes Open, and a Quiet Fight Begins
Oliver Delchamps Jr.’s move to emeritus status leaves a first congressional district seat on the University of Alabama board open, and the Senate may have the last word.
Mobile
Former State GOP Chairman Quits Party Committees After Backing a Democrat for District Attorney
Roger McConnell, a former Alabama Republican Party chairman from Mobile, resigned from the state and county GOP executive committees in 2004 after co-hosting a fundraiser for Democratic District Attorney John Tyson Jr.