The Mobile Area Citizens Political Action Committee blew past its $75,000 goal, reporting $81,575 in contributions as the city campaigned for its west Mobile annexation vote like a political race.
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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.
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City Answers Annexation Suit Within Hours: ‘That’s Why You Have an Election’
Mobile’s attorneys sought summary judgment the same day a lawsuit challenged the Sept. 18 annexation vote, arguing the four areas reflect real neighborhoods and that courts should not second-guess an elected council.
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Lawsuit Calls West Mobile Annexation Vote a ‘Sham’ and Seeks to Halt It
Three residents sued to stop Mobile’s Sept. 18 annexation election, arguing the city drew its four voting areas to capture Schillinger Road tax revenue while stranding neighbors as unincorporated islands.