With ThyssenKrupp rising near Calvert, Austal expanding downtown and aircraft work possible at Brookley, a veteran labor lawyer was asked whether organized labor would ride the boom back into Mobile. His answer: don’t count on it.
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Chickasaw
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Adam Bourne Runs for Chickasaw City Council on Police, Curfews and ‘the Crown Jewel of Mobile County’
A former Alabama assistant attorney general and industrial development board member announced a run for Chickasaw City Council in 2008, promising more police, a teen curfew and code enforcement.
Mobile
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Propeller Club Called a Special Meeting as I-10 Bridge Routes Narrowed to Three
With 11 of 14 proposed routes eliminated and transportation officials nearing a decision, Mobile’s maritime community convened a public session downtown that organizers called critical to the port’s future.
Baldwin County
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The Raphael Semmes Bridge: One Man’s Downriver Answer to Mobile’s I-10 Fight
A 77-year-old retired federal contracting officer who once taught Jimmy Buffett to sail proposed a straight east-west I-10 crossing over Pinto Island, 360 feet above the river, that he said would satisfy every warring interest.
Local News
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Cotton, Shipyards and Brookley: One Mobilian’s Blunt Accounting of the City’s Fortunes
Mark Berson placed Mobile’s golden age between 1830 and 1860, traced its long decline through the loss of Brookley Field, and argued in 2005 that the city was poised to grow again.