I found a copy of the 2008 Mobile Chamber annual report (anlrpt). The majority of Mobile’s 2008 economic development expansions were with local shipbuilders: Atlantic Marine, Austal USA, C&G Boatworks, Evonik Degussa,…
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Chamber behind Mobile success
Commissioner Gene Valentino and his PR person, Jane Birdwell, make much of the Mobile success story. Mobile outshines Pensacola in the economic development arena. I wouldn’t want to live there but there…
Air tanker deal may be shot down
CQ Politics is reporting that the White House directed the Pentagon to delay procurement of air refueling tankers by five years and cancel plans for a new long-range bomber—which ends the Gulf…
Fogg bets on SEC championship
The Mobile Press Register reports that Mayor John Fogg has a bet with Mobile Mayor Sam Jones on Saturday’s Alabama-Florida game. If Alabama wins, Fogg has to donate $150 in cash or…
Mobile Chamber gets five stars
Mobile Chamber has achieved the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s top five-star ranking for the second time in five years. Why? – $4.5 billion ThyssenKrupp steel mill in north Mobile County, – Newly…
Boeing “politically terrorized the Air Force”
Mobile County Commission President Steve Nodine didn’t mince any words in his criticism of the DOD decision to delay the air tanker decision. Nodine told the Mobile Press Register that Boeing “politically…
Mobile wins again
Mobile will be named one of the “50 next great towns” in which to live and play in the September issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine. I thought Escambia and Santa Rosa…
IN Your Head Radio 7.2
Today on IN Your Head Radio, Mobile County Commission President Steve Nodine  who is continuing his fight for the Northrop Grumman EADS  tanker contract. I will also take your calls at 850-437-1620. Listen from…
Reasons GAO upheld Boeing protests
Here are the reasons why the Government Accountability Office upheld the Boeing protest of the Air Force Tanker contract for Northrop-Grumman in Mobile: 1. The Air Force, in making the award decision,…
Mobile tanker victory
Mobile Press Register reports the Northrop-Grumman tanker deal won a big victory yesterday in Congress. On a voice vote with virtually no debate Wednesday night, the House Rules Committee rejected perhaps the…
ThyssenKrupp one year later
The Mobile Press Register reports on the progress of the ThyssenKrupp AG’s $3.7 billion steel mill that was announced this time last year. Employees: 120 hired and working out of an office…
Mobile won’t lose tanker deal
Mobile Press Register reports: Boeing Co. is unlikely to overturn the U.S. Air Force tanker contract awarded to Northrop Grumman Corp., a leading defense analyst said Friday. The Air Force on Feb….