Dissolution of commission ‘troubling’ Mar 1, 2023 On Wednesday, while many of our citizens were still nursing their coffee while recuperating from Fat Tuesday and the celebrations of the days …
Deeply concerned about annexation Feb 15, 2023 As a resident of the Crichton area of the city of Mobile, I am deeply concerned by some of the public discourse concerning the matter of an ad…
Earth Day 2023 Feb 15, 2023 The last eight years were the planet’s warmest. Record droughts in the Western United States; dramatic flooding events in Pakistan, the United…
Mistreatment of Senior Citizens and Special Needs adults Feb 15, 2023 Mobile Parks and Recreation (MPR) closed the ALL Complex, located at 1301 Azalea Road, after numerous complaints concerning the absence of air…
In defense of feral cats Feb 8, 2023 I would like to address Luke Adams’ questions (Letter to the Editor, 1/25/23), concerns and frankly disinformation regarding “free-ranging cat…
Mistreatment of Senior Citizens and Special Needs adults Feb 8, 2023 Mobile Parks and Recreation (MPR) closed the ALL Complex, located at 1301 Azalea Road, after numerous complaints concerning the absence of air…
Ms. Minnikin was ‘absolutely awesome’ Feb 1, 2023 I would like to set the record straight about “Possible Changes — Council-hired board consultant to advise public groups in Mobile” that was i…
Re: Wanda Cochran: The problem if you don’t annex Feb 1, 2023 Wanda Cochran’s Letter to the Editor (1/18/23) is essentially correct — annexation is an attempt to gain land mass as people move where they w…
Ode to Po Updated Jan 18, 2023 When I was a young boy growing up in South Mobile County along the banks of Fowl River, I met a man named Po. At least that is how my father r…
Wheel of missed fortune Updated Jan 18, 2023 The past two jackpots for the Mega Millions have generally meant good fortune for various people depending on the laws for each location.
A reset on Mobile’s priorities? Confronting crime Jan 11, 2023 Mayor Sandy Stimpson once pledged to make Mobile the safest city in America. A Dec. 21 Lagniappe article cited a 2021 FBI report placing Mobil…
Thank you, Mobile Council, for cannabis Updated Jan 6, 2023 To the Citizens of this Great City and County,
Dialysis patients across America are counting on Congress Updated Nov 15, 2022 In October 2016, kidney disease forced me to start dialysis and retire from my career as a firefighter paramedic. This disease runs in my fami…
Counting crows, sheep and ballots Updated Nov 15, 2022 The recent midterm elections ended what has been a long summer of discontent for many of us as many people (unless you live in Alabama) went t…
Celebrate rural hospitals Updated Nov 15, 2022 On Nov. 17 we celebrate National Rural Health Day, a time to remember your friends and neighbors in Alabama’s rural hospitals. Alabama’s rural…
Transparency means both sides of the glass Nov 2, 2022 Reading Dale Liesch’s “Voting group calls for transparency in annexation process” (10/26), one has to wonder if transparency works both ways. …
