State agriculture officials scheduled a meeting with south Alabama farmers and agribusiness owners in west Mobile to seek solutions to labor shortages that had followed the state’s new immigration law.
Tag: Schillinger Road
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Field Grows to Six in Mobile County Commission District 2 Special Election
A towing company owner and a school board member joined the scramble for the vacant District 2 seat, bringing the Republican field to six, with a party-sponsored candidate forum set for July 8.
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A New Saucy Q at Cottage Hill and Schillinger Gets a Polite, Qualified Nod
A Saturday errand run produced a barbecue review in May 2008: clean new dining room, adequate sandwiches, over-salted fries and an award-winning sauce that failed to impress one Mobile critic.
Mobile
At Sonny’s on Schillinger Road, a Second Chance That Paid Off
A Mobile barbecue franchise with a checkered past won back a skeptical diner after new management took over, with sweet and smoky ribs that earned a monthly return visit.
Mobile
Panera Bread Looked the Part. Then the Roast Beef Arrived.
Our critic called the Asiago roast beef one of the worst sandwiches he had ever eaten, and found the dining room of the Schillinger Road bakery-cafe littered while the staff stood around.
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Mobile Confronts Possible $85 Million Refund in Police Jurisdiction Tax Case
A class action brought by businesses just outside the Mobile city limits could force the city to refund an estimated $85 million in gross receipts taxes and license fees collected in its police jurisdiction from 2001 to 2003.
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Pro-Annexation PAC Raised More Than $81,000 as West Mobile Vote Neared
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.