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Mobile Council Approves Pay Raises for Mayor, Council Members Starting 2021

James Bullard, October 7, 2020

The Mobile City Council voted 5-2 to raise the mayor’s salary to $125,000 and council members’ base pay to $24,600 starting in November 2021, despite objections over the timing amid economic hardship.

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Local News Local officials discuss city government policy around a conference table

Mobile County Sheriff Launches Petition Drive to Strip City Council’s Supermajority Rule

James Bullard, March 11, 2020

Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran has launched a petition drive called “Grow Mobile Now” seeking to remove the City Council’s five-vote supermajority rule, drawing pushback from the mayor’s office and some council members.

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Mobile Brick walls and cannon of a historic colonial-era fort

Private Tour Company Eyes Fort Conde for New Downtown Mobile Attraction as Welcome Center’s Future Remains Unclear

James Bullard, November 22, 2016

A private tour company is in talks to take over operations at Fort Conde, with plans to transform the historic downtown Mobile site into a new interactive attraction highlighting the city’s colonial past. Scott Tindle, co-owner of Gulf Coast Ducks, Inc., told the Mobile City Council that his company is…

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