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 was any mistake in the bid made…
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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 more.
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, Mexico. Leyva of the Beltran Leyva drug…
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 port isn’t mentioned in the editorial.
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 and, according to AP, may cut into…
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 old debt and help pay for the…
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 money and free hotel rooms as enticements….
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 Kirk, I am writing to follow-up on…
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 Co. for the tanker work, accepted illegal…
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 Mobile Press Register for jeopardizing economic development…
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 called Partners for Growth is a five-year…
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 his company: a $6 billion steel plant…