Mobile Development Thread - Page 94

Port_of_Bama · #**1861** Posted **May 1, 2008, 10:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by Verve

That's correct. The old American National Bank building is a two-story brown brick that has been vacant for at least 20 years. I often wondered why it sat vacant for that many years when just about every other building in that area was renovated or in use. It sits directly across St. Joseph Street from the Federal courthouse and across St. Louis Street from Alabama Power Co building. It will be nice to see something viable on that corner.

Glad to hear that , I wonder if it`s the same Birmingham developer who renovated the building which is now called the St. Emmanuel street Loft Condos.

I am pretty shure that Mobile will still get the tanker !

SouthSky · #**1862** Posted **May 1, 2008, 10:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by mobile

So their still a chance that we might not get it?

It would take quite an emphatic political move to cancel the contract because the GAO will more likely than not turn in an early 'yes' decision and get it moving.

pkp · #**1863** Posted **May 2, 2008, 1:16 AM**

There is a nice new home/garden decor store on Conti called Parkside - it's refreshing to see a retail store downtown offering things that are tough to find elsewhere and not the same stuff everyone else has at jacked up prices. Also, for day to day items, the market at 219 is pretty useful.

Port_of_Bama · #**1864** Posted **May 2, 2008, 1:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by pkp

There is a nice new home/garden decor store on Conti called Parkside - it's refreshing to see a retail store downtown offering things that are tough to find elsewhere and not the same stuff everyone else has at jacked up prices. Also, for day to day items, the market at 219 is pretty useful.

Hopefuly there will be others added by the end of the summer.I wish the city would offer some type of package for retail downtown ,such as property tax cuts for retail business.

BlessedMobile · #**1865** Posted **May 2, 2008, 3:19 AM**

I am about to graduate two workers who have been working with me for four years. I am wondering if any of you would be interested in a part time job while attending college in Mobile. I need to replace these guys with people who have some mechanical aptitude to help us make simple signage and trade show displays. Starting pay is $8.50 per hour. All of our work is Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. I would like for you to work at least 20 hours per week. We are very flexible with your schedule. Please understand that I do not wish to discuss this online. If you are interested call me at 341-0939. Oh yea, NOW HIRING!

Bayside · #**1866** Posted **May 2, 2008, 3:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Verve

That's correct. The old American National Bank building is a two-story brown brick that has been vacant for at least 20 years. I often wondered why it sat vacant for that many years when just about every other building in that area was renovated or in use. It sits directly across St. Joseph Street from the Federal courthouse and across St. Louis Street from Alabama Power Co building. It will be nice to see something viable on that corner.

It has been vacant because it is full of asbestos. Yes, you are correct about the building. The property being developed is the north half of the block, facing north on St. Louis Street, bounded to the west by St. Joseph, and on the east by Royal St. The southern half of the block has the BankTrust building, and the Regions parking garage.

SouthSky · #**1867** Posted **May 4, 2008, 5:49 PM**

Not relating to anything development, but:

Why in the hell is the Brangelina rumor the front page story today? It boggles my mind.

10101000 · #**1868** Posted **May 4, 2008, 6:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by SouthSky

Not relating to anything development, but:

Why in the hell is the Brangelina rumor the front page story today? It boggles my mind.

I duno, I guess they are trying hard to be like hollywood! The P.R. loves drama.

Electrical Porpoise · #**1869** Posted **May 4, 2008, 6:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by SouthSky

Not relating to anything development, but:

Why in the hell is the Brangelina rumor the front page story today? It boggles my mind.

Wow that was embarrassing. Read it twice to make sure it wasn't the Baldwin edition.

Port_of_Bama · #**1870** Posted **May 5, 2008, 4:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by SouthSky

Not relating to anything development, but:

Why in the hell is the Brangelina rumor the front page story today? It boggles my mind.

That`s crazy i`m sure they had more interesting things than a Brangelina rumor !

I read the Al.com today and they had an article about Mobile being the solution to EADS Currecny problem.http://www.al.com/business/press-reg...940.xml&coll=3

SouthSky · #**1871** Posted **May 5, 2008, 6:42 AM**

This PISSES me off.

Mobile Press-Register Editorial - THIS SHOULD BE ON THE FRONT PAGE INSTEAD OF THAT BRANGELINA B.S.

Senators thumb noses at Mobile, Baldwin

Sunday, May 04, 2008

A COUPLE of powerful senators from northern Alabama need to get better acquainted with the state's coastal region.

Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, says southwest Alabama is so far away from his district, he doesn't have to consider legislation aimed at helping folks down here.

Rodger Smitherman, a Democrat from way up there in Birmingham, thinks Mobile and Baldwin residents are wealthy "fat cats" who don't deserve any help dealing with the hurricane-ravaged coastal insurance market.

Sen. Barron's provincialism is a problem for coastal Alabama: As the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, he controls the flow of legislation in that body. The fact he lives some 400 miles from state Sen. Ben Brooks' Mobile district nearly doomed an insurance reform bill sponsored by Sen. Brooks.

During spirited debate over the status of the insurance proposals, Sen. Barron noted the distance between Mobile and Fyffe, and then brusquely advised Sen. Brooks: "I don't have to be for your bill."

Sen. Barron certainly doesn't have to support efforts to bolster the homeowners' insurance market in Mobile and Baldwin. But one would hope naively, perhaps that he would base his position on an assessment of the merits of the legislation, not the location of the sponsor's district.

It's true that it's a long way from Mobile to Fyffe, but an important legislator like Sen. Barron should realize that what happens in Mobile affects Fyffe, and vice versa.

Take tourism, for instance. Tourism is a $9 billion industry in Alabama that generates millions in annual tax revenues for state government. A large percentage of that money comes from Baldwin County, the state's tourism leader, and Mobile County, which ranks fourth in tourism.

The cost of property insurance affects tourism. If rising insurance costs cause tourism along the coast to decline, Fyffe and a lot of other towns in Alabama will feel a bit of the pain.

It's strange that Sen. Smitherman injected class warfare into the debate on the insurance bills.

Angry over Republican opposition to the proposed repeal of the sales tax on food, Sen. Smitherman said he wasn't going to help "all these fat cats" who live in the coastal counties. "We're not going to pass no bill doing all these things and giving breaks for these people that own these $250,000, $500,000 and million-dollar condos," he said.

Sen. Smitherman's ignorance of south Alabama is appalling. The vast majority of people in Mobile and Baldwin are not wealthy. Just about every homeowner in the coastal region rich, poor and middle class has been affected by the rising cost and shrinking availability of insurance.

The fate of legislation shouldn't depend on geography, partisan tit-for-tat or the politics of envy and resentment. Sadly, however, the leaders of the Alabama Senate almost always seem to find the lowest common denominator in any debate.

SouthSky · #**1872** Posted **May 5, 2008, 6:57 AM**

Anniston Star editorial about this issue between north and south:

http://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/...-8e04t3631.htm

Port_of_Bama · #**1873** Posted **May 5, 2008, 2:53 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SouthSky

This PISSES me off.

Mobile Press-Register Editorial - THIS SHOULD BE ON THE FRONT PAGE INSTEAD OF THAT BRANGELINA B.S.

Senators thumb noses at Mobile, Baldwin

Sunday, May 04, 2008

A COUPLE of powerful senators from northern Alabama need to get better acquainted with the state's coastal region.

Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, says southwest Alabama is so far away from his district, he doesn't have to consider legislation aimed at helping folks down here.

Rodger Smitherman, a Democrat from way up there in Birmingham, thinks Mobile and Baldwin residents are wealthy "fat cats" who don't deserve any help dealing with the hurricane-ravaged coastal insurance market.

Sen. Barron's provincialism is a problem for coastal Alabama: As the chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, he controls the flow of legislation in that body. The fact he lives some 400 miles from state Sen. Ben Brooks' Mobile district nearly doomed an insurance reform bill sponsored by Sen. Brooks.

During spirited debate over the status of the insurance proposals, Sen. Barron noted the distance between Mobile and Fyffe, and then brusquely advised Sen. Brooks: "I don't have to be for your bill."

Sen. Barron certainly doesn't have to support efforts to bolster the homeowners' insurance market in Mobile and Baldwin. But one would hope naively, perhaps that he would base his position on an assessment of the merits of the legislation, not the location of the sponsor's district.

It's true that it's a long way from Mobile to Fyffe, but an important legislator like Sen. Barron should realize that what happens in Mobile affects Fyffe, and vice versa.

Take tourism, for instance. Tourism is a $9 billion industry in Alabama that generates millions in annual tax revenues for state government. A large percentage of that money comes from Baldwin County, the state's tourism leader, and Mobile County, which ranks fourth in tourism.

The cost of property insurance affects tourism. If rising insurance costs cause tourism along the coast to decline, Fyffe and a lot of other towns in Alabama will feel a bit of the pain.

It's strange that Sen. Smitherman injected class warfare into the debate on the insurance bills.

Angry over Republican opposition to the proposed repeal of the sales tax on food, Sen. Smitherman said he wasn't going to help "all these fat cats" who live in the coastal counties. "We're not going to pass no bill doing all these things and giving breaks for these people that own these $250,000, $500,000 and million-dollar condos," he said.

Sen. Smitherman's ignorance of south Alabama is appalling. The vast majority of people in Mobile and Baldwin are not wealthy. Just about every homeowner in the coastal region rich, poor and middle class has been affected by the rising cost and shrinking availability of insurance.

The fate of legislation shouldn't depend on geography, partisan tit-for-tat or the politics of envy and resentment. Sadly, however, the leaders of the Alabama Senate almost always seem to find the lowest common denominator in any debate.

Now that is just crazy , The last I read The two metros with the largest income are B-ham and H-ville . H-ville being No. 1, It sounds like envy to me what did south Alabamians do to him. The majority of the people who live on Dauphin Island are wealthy but they worked hard for there money , and the majority of the people who live in Bayou Labatre are poor it`s not just one class dominating the coastal region.

I just don`t understand why someone wouldn`t want to help a region just becasue it`s 400 miles away . I`m sure that if he was a senator over a coastal city he would want the same as well. It will come a time when he will need us what goes around comes around !!!

Why is there conflict between North Alabama and South ?

Del · #**1874** Posted **May 5, 2008, 3:42 PM**

I don't have a problem with the argument that the flood insurance program doesn't exist to bail out people who repeatedly re-build on a flood-prone area, particularly if they are building jillion-dollar condos. But yes, Smitherman sounded like an idiot claiming that Mobile/Baldwin is nothing but "fat cats." And Barron...well, don't get me started. How can the Dems hope to keep local control if this is who winds up speaking into the microphone in Montgomery?

Muskavon · #**1875** Posted **May 5, 2008, 3:46 PM**

Some folks are elected for a very specific audience and nothing much else matters to them. Its pretty ignorant.

(still hurting over the latest VW news, sob)

HSVTiger · #**1876** Posted **May 5, 2008, 3:49 PM**

maybe Barron ain't thinking clearly..
since this incident last year.

"Session-long tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday as Republican Sen. Charles Bishop of Jasper punched Democratic Sen. Lowell Barron of Fyffe in the head before the two were pulled apart.

Bishop said he punched Barron after the senator called him a "son of a bitch."

"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said."

thoraudio · #**1877** Posted **May 5, 2008, 4:05 PM**

Barron represents the worst of Alabama politics.

10101000 · #**1878** Posted **May 5, 2008, 4:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by HSVTiger

maybe Barron ain't thinking clearly..
since this incident last year.

"Session-long tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday as Republican Sen. Charles Bishop of Jasper punched Democratic Sen. Lowell Barron of Fyffe in the head before the two were pulled apart.

Bishop said he punched Barron after the senator called him a "son of a bitch."

"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said."

AWESOME

Bama_75 · #**1879** Posted **May 5, 2008, 4:31 PM**

Maybe someone else needs to sock it to him.

pkp · #**1880** Posted **May 6, 2008, 3:19 AM**

I have voted Republican for most of my voting years but as I have gotten older (and presumably wiser) have started leaning a little more to the liberal side. It is sad that a democrat - someone who is supposedly looking of for your average joe, would be such an idiot. I live downtown and just had my wind coverage dropped by Allstate. The option I have been presented thus far is to join the state's wind pool, which will add $2,000 to my annual premium. Now, I honestly can afford it, but I don't imagine most folks in my hood can. So what's the deal? Suddenly the inner city is a bunch of fat cats as well? Get a grip, moron.