City officials prepared to announce the arrival of the Harbor Lady, a 149-passenger vessel set to offer daily sightseeing and dinner cruises along the Mobile River and into Mobile Bay through the winter.
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Coverage of Sam Jones from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Mobile Begins Enforcing Nighttime Teen Curfew Across the City
Mobile police began enforcing the nighttime portion of the city’s new juvenile curfew for teens 17 and younger, a measure Mayor Sam Jones framed as a push for parental accountability rather than arrests.
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Oddsmaker Favors Jones for Re-election; a Would-Be Rival Pushes Back
Sports and political analyst Danny Sheridan made Mayor Sam Jones a heavy favorite for re-election in 2013, prompting prospective challenger Tilmon Brown to argue that no candidate is unbeatable.
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Mobile Begins Enforcing Its New Nighttime Youth Curfew
Mobile police began enforcing the nighttime portion of the city’s new juvenile curfew, targeting teens 17 and younger, as officials rolled out an assessment center and a broad public awareness campaign.
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Mobile Council Members Press Mayor With Questions on Youth Curfew
Three Mobile city councilors met with Mayor Sam Jones over his crime package and delivered a long list of pointed questions about the proposed youth curfew and a saggy-pants ordinance.
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Should Mobile Pay Its Mayor Like a CEO? A Council Idea Stirs Debate
A Mobile city councilor is expected to propose more than doubling the mayor’s salary to $200,000, making the case that the city must pay a market rate to attract executive talent.
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Contractor Tilmon Brown Weighs a Run for Mobile Mayor
Mobile contractor and historic-preservation developer Tilmon Brown confirmed his interest in the mayor’s office, saying he would form an exploratory committee by Labor Day.
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Mobile to Open Arlington Park on the Bay Front With Kayak Launch
The Alabama State Port Authority and the City of Mobile prepared to cut the ribbon on Arlington Park, a newly constructed bay front park with a launch for kayaks and canoes.
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Memorial Day Ceremony at Mobile National Cemetery to Honor the Fallen
The South Alabama Veterans’ Council held its annual Memorial Day ceremony at the National Cemetery on Virginia Street in Mobile, with a World War II Marine featured in two acclaimed war histories as keynote speaker.
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After the Sales Tax Vote, a Mobile Citizen Presses the City Council on Discipline
A Mobile resident wrote the City Council after its vote to raise the sales tax for 16 months, urging members to demand austerity, transparency and hard metrics from the Jones administration.