Tag: Mobile
Another one of Cody’s tricks
That’s what local contractors are telling the IN about Roads, Inc. convincing the Escambia County Commission to rebid the Maplewoods drainage project. Few doubt there…
It was pot in Nodine’s truck
The Mobile Press Register is reporting that the substance found in the county truck driven by Mobile Commissioner Stephen Nodine was in fact marijuana. Read…
Mexican mafia along Gulf Coast
BBC News reported over the weekend that a suspected senior member of one of Mexico’s major drugs cartels, Carlos Beltran Leyva, was arrested in Culiacan,…
Editorial: Gulf ports ready for more business
The Mobile Press Register published an editorial on bright futures of Central Gulf ports, Central Gulf ports ready for the future. Guess which Gulf Coast…
Race for Containers
The Panama Canal is expanding—a $5.25 billion project– to all allow the largest container ships to cut through to the eastern side of North America…
Mobile Council approves $80M bond for museum.
According to the Mobile Press Register, The Mobile City Council voted 6-1 this morning to take out more than $80 million in bonds to refinance…
Mobile wants Southwest Airlines
Mobile Press Register reports: Mobile Regional Airport and business leaders are launching a new push for Southwest Airlines, which could include efforts to give public…
Shelby responds to Airbus critics
September 10, 2009 Ambassador Ron Kirk U.S. Trade Representative Office of the United States Trade Representative 600 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20208 Dear Ambassador…
Mobile air tanker bid has another issue
The World Trade Organization has issued a preliminary report that indicates Airbus, part of a team led by Northrop Grumman Corp. that is battling Boeing…
Nodine catches heat
Steve Nodine, the Mobile County commissioner who was paraded before the Escambia County Commission as an expert of economic development, is being criticized by the…
Nodine misstated private commitment
Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine misstated the private sector’s commitment to economic development. He said it was $10 million commitment over two years. The program…
Mobile mourns air crash death
One of the people killed in the Air France crash is Erich Heine, 41, of ThyssenKrupp. Heine was in charge of two major projects for…
