Two stories against obsessing about race
Sandy Stimpson, re-elected as mayor, helps Mobile transcend race (Aug. 26): MOBILE, Alabama — For the fifth straight mayoral election in this port city, Mobilians on Aug. 24 showed that […]
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Good news — and good memories, for kicks
When the late kicker Tom Dempsey caused a buzz (April 6): It’s difficult to overstate the importance of former NFL kicker Tom Dempsey, who died April 4 of the coronavirus, […]
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Donate to Prichard Prep School!
Note from Quin: More than five years ago, I was impressed enough by a visit to a local Pre-K-thru-5th Grade school, Prichard Preparatory School, that I was moved to write a […]
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Telling D.C. what Mobile Mayor Stimpson does right
By Quin Hillyer at The Washington Examiner; As the rest of the country fights ever more loudly over statues, race, history, presidential deportment, and just about anything else, the city […]
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Sandy Stimpson merits four more years
Note from Quin: Two months ago, I did a news analysis on the race for mayor in Mobile. In it, I compiled a lot of statistics showing the superb job […]
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Stats show Stimpson moves Mobile forward
By Quin Hillyer at Yellowhammer News; The rest of Alabama may want to watch to the race for mayor in Mobile, where fiscally responsible reformer Sandy Stimpson is trying […]
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In Memory of Christopher Thomas, Please Donate
Christopher Thomas, who died of respiratory failure last spring, was one of the most impressive young men I’ve met in a long, long time. He was president of the College […]
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Mobile Council Backstabs City… but now, let’s find a solution
Mobile residents should have been fuming two days ago when the City Council reversed its earlier promises and overrode Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s veto of an extension of the city’s “extra […]
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Victory!!! (?) (Sales Tax to be Reversed!)
The public spoke, and the Mobile City Council apparently has listened. Now even Councilman Fred Richardson, a longtime, straightforward advocate of a permanent extension of Mobile’s “extra penny” sales tax […]
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Fire the Mobile City Council. Now.
In just 21 minutes today, six members of the City Council of Mobile (all but Bess Rich) broke faith with the citizens of Mobile, sandbagged taxpayers, hurt the city’s long-term […]
