Mobile and Baldwin County News
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Documents produced during the city's deficit crisis show 100 employees earning between $63,127 and $161,333. The public works director tops the list, ahead of the police and fire chiefs.
Organizers of the Gulf Coast Classic predicted the game would one day rival the Iron Bowl. Council President Reggie Copeland wanted bank statements, canceled checks and an honest attendance count.
A promised press conference on the Gulf Coast Classic's $188,000 deficit was called off, with organizers citing sensitive negotiations. The city put $275,000 into last fall's game at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.
Prichard residents and Mayor Ron Davis discussed high water bills, water-board authority and public-record costs at a February 2009 City Council meeting.
An engineering firm designed a Dauphin Street drainage project for 66-inch pipes when 72-inch pipes were needed. The error cost Mobile $650,000, and the firm's principal had given to the…
The Mobile County Education Association asked the school board president to release records on hundreds of thousands of dollars in no-bid contracts, questioning whether vendors who donated to the system…