Mobile Council Forms Tax Reform Panel, Tables Animal Sale Ban
Mobile's city council created a committee to study restructuring city taxes and fees, while postponing a proposed animal sale ban and new noise ordinance.
Confessions of the Crossover Voter: Alabama Politicos Owned Up
Partisanship in Montgomery had rarely been nastier. So how many Mobile-area Democrats and Republicans had never once voted for the other side? Asked directly, remarkably few could claim it.
Shelby Pressed the Case Against the Estate Tax, Calling It a Threat to Family Farms and Small Business
In June 2006, Sen. Richard Shelby argued that the federal estate tax, scheduled to return in 2011, threatened family farms and small businesses, and pressed for permanent repeal after a…
Peavy Votes for the Budget He Criticized, Then Takes Charge of Rewriting the City’s Playbook
Mobile's newest councilman backed a budget that drains $21.1 million from capital funds, calling the vote a fait accompli, and was promptly handed the city's new strategic initiative.
Peavy Votes for the Budget He Criticized, Then Takes Charge of Rewriting the City’s Playbook
Mobile's newest councilman backed a budget that drains $21.1 million from capital funds, calling the vote a fait accompli, and was promptly handed the city's new strategic initiative.
Mobile Lumber Executive Says No to 2006 Governor’s Race as the Field Keeps Growing
Gulf Lumber executive Sandy Stimpson has taken himself out of the 2006 governor's race, but the line of prospective candidates in both parties is barely any shorter for it.