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Dr. Z’s Daily Zen
September 02, 2010
As you wait for a package to arrive in the mail today, you’ll become depressed and lonely. …
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Jones: ‘Possibility for Personnel Cuts Is Clear’
August 31, 2010
In response to questioning regarding his recent Press-Register Op-Ed addressing the city’s timid economic future, Mayor Sam Jones today answered questions about the article he delivered on a hazy morning after Mobile’s Dauphin Street Beer Festival. …
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Feds Give Nodine Hard-sought Delay
August 27, 2010
Former Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine’s federal gun trial was pushed back a month when a judge granted the defense’s third motion for a continuance on Aug.
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Nodine to Face Murder Charge in Early December
August 26, 2010
Baldwin County Circuit Judge Charles Partin set Dec.
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District 6 Race Gets Started, Election Laws Cause Confusion Over Voting Day
August 25, 2010
Even before outgoing District 6 Councilwoman Connie Hudson resigns her position next Tuesday to prepare for her new role as Mobile County District 2 County Commissioner, two potential candidates have expressed varying degrees of interest in the soon-to-be-vacated council seat.
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Mobile Fire Chief Censured by Peers
August 25, 2010
The International Association of Fire Fighters unanimously passed a resolution to censure Mobile Fire Department Chief Stephen Dean today at their annual convention. …
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Dixon Steps Down
August 24, 2010
Baldwin County’s incoming district attorney has announced her resignation from a position first reported here last week in which she was to be paid roughly $2,400 per week until taking office early next year in order to examine the county’s backlog of court cases. …
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Firefighters Association May Censure Mobile Chief
August 24, 2010
A room filled with firefighters association leaders and members from around the country will vote on the censure of Mobile Fire Department Chief Stephen Dean tomorrow afternoon, Lagniappe has learned. …
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Judge Denies Delay in Nodine Gun Trial
August 18, 2010
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BaCo Circuit Judge Says Incoming DA’s Consulting Job Represents Conflict
August 17, 2010
A decision by Baldwin County’s presiding Circuit Court judge to spend $2,400 a week through the rest of the year paying incoming District Attorney Hallie Dixon to review the court’s backlogs has brought criticism from one of his fellow judges. …
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Dr. Z’s Daily Zen
August 17, 2010
Paying a troll toll will allow you access to a special place later today. …
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Public Safety Committee Meets Over Panhandling Issue
August 17, 2010
The Mobile City Council Public Safety Committee met today to discuss a draft of an ordinance proposing stricter enforcement of panhandling downtown. …
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Satellite Fight Rages On
August 17, 2010
Few probably would have thought news of the revenues generated from the first month’s collection of the city of Mobile’s one-cent sales tax increase would be overshadowed by a satellite dish on a roof in Oakleigh. …
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Nodine Fed Case Now Slated for Aug. 30
August 10, 2010
An Aug. …
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Hudson Victorious in GOP Runoff for D2
August 04, 2010
Connie Hudson is one step closer to completing her political progression from the city of Mobile’s District 6 city councilwoman to Mobile County’s District 2 county commissioner as her opponent, Ralph Buffkin, the HR director for the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office conceded early into tonight’s GOP runoff. …
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Councilor Says ‘Political Spending’ Not Helping City’s Bottom Line
August 03, 2010
As of this morning, two of the needed 44 Trinity Gardens drainage ditch enclosures will have to wait at least one more week because District 4 Councilman John Williams says the city is lacking any sense of priority when it comes to spending. …
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Capped Oil Spill Changes Marine Biologist’s Opinion of Katrina Cut Project
July 30, 2010
At least one professor of marine biology in Lower Alabama is saying the $15 million decision to fill Katrina Cut on Dauphin Island with a rock seawall is a judgment now in need of revision. …
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Council Authorizes Efficiency Firm Study, Concerned Over Role in Recommendations
July 27, 2010
The city of Mobile essentially granted itself a $25,720 bridge loan from next year’s strategic plan budget this morning to pay for the efficiency study council members requested via resolution during this past May’s budget crisis debate. …
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MoCo BP Money Allocated Without Following Governor’s Orders?
July 23, 2010
After the state of Alabama received $25 million in grant money from BP for oil spill response efforts, Gov. …
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Mobile City Council Approves $500,000 Prichard WAVE Station
July 20, 2010
It looks like citizens without a car or bike are in for a quite an upgrade when they travel from Prichard to various locations in Mobile via the WAVE Transit system. …
News
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Jones: ‘Possibility for Personnel Cuts Is Clear’
By Peter Teske
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Feds Give Nodine Hard-sought Delay
By Kevin Lee
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Nodine to Face Murder Charge in Early December
By Kevin Lee
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District 6 Race Gets Started, Election Laws Cause Confusion Over Voting Day
By Peter Teske
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Mobile Fire Chief Censured by Peers
By Peter Teske
Commentary
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The Gadfly
By BJ
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Alabama’s Raw Deal: Only 2 Percent of ‘Oilties’
By Jeff Poor
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County’s Got It Wrong
By Rob Holbert
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Don’t You Be Takin’ Our Zalea
By Ashley Toland-Trice
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I Know What You Did That Summer
By Jennifer McDonald
