FYI Mobile - November 2, 2006
Nov 2nd, 2006
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FYI Mobile Mobile City Government Working For You November 2, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this issue -- Mayor Jones Cracks Down on Litter -- Mobile Regional Senior Community Center Construction Deal Reached -- No-Insurance Tickets Becoming Easier and Cheaper to Be Paid -- Bel Air Bridge Update -- Basketball “Bounce”ing into Mobile -- Fun Football Fan Fridays Winding Down at the Exploreum -- Get Ready to Recycle... Your Old Computer -- Mum’s the Word at Bellingrath Gardens and Home -- Announcements... Greetings! One of the top priorities of my administration is
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Mayor Jones Cracks Down on Litter ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mayor Sam Jones is cracking down on litter bugs by putting more teeth into litter enforcement in the City of Mobile. The City Council is set to approve the Mayor's ordinance to change that fee to a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $500. “We want the citizen stakeholders to have a city free of litter that they can be proud of,” said Mayor Jones. “It is not our goal to issue fines; it’s our goal to have a clean city. Enforcement is the best way to deter litter bugs.”
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Mobile Regional Senior Community Center Construction Deal Reached ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mayor Sam Jones and Councilwoman Connie Hudson were all smiles this week as negotiations on the construction of the Mobile Regional Senior Community Center were reached. Ollinger Construction Co. signed a $4.7 million contract with the city to build the center. The center will be located on Hillcrest Road.
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No-Insurance Tickets Becoming Easier and Cheaper to Be Paid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In an effort to deal with a sharp increase in no- insurance tickets at Municipal Court, city officials are offering a way for insured motorists, who just didn’t have the proof on insurance on them, to pay a small fee to get out of it. Starting November 1, 2006 motorists who are ticketed for having no proof of automobile insurance – that have a valid insurance policy at the time the citation is given to them – can bring that proof to any of the police precincts or police headquarters and pay a $20 fee. This is only for first time offenders. Previously, motorists had to pay over $100 in court costs.
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Bel Air Bridge Update ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ City officials have their fingers crossed, in anticipation that construction on the popular Bel Air Bridge over Eslava Creek remains on schedule.
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Basketball “Bounce”ing into Mobile ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mobile’s newest professional sports team, the Southern Alabama Bounce, will tip off its inaugural season this coming Monday, November 6, 2006 at 7 p.m. at the University of South Alabama Mitchell Center. The Bounce is one of the newest members of the revamped American Basketball Association. Other members include the Mississippi Miracles, the Miami Tropics, the Detroit Panthers and the Chicago Rockstars.
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Fun Football Fan Fridays Winding Down at the Exploreum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Only two more Fun Football Fan Fridays at the Gulf Coast Exploreum remain. This Friday, Nov. 3, is College Football Day. Fans wearing their favorite College football team shirts or hats get in free to see the latest exhibit, Football: The Exhibit. Fans can come try their hand at several interactive activities such as, being a quarterback, gripping like a lineman or running like a champion sprinter, all while learning about the history and science behind the sport.
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Get Ready to Recycle... Your Old Computer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Saturday, November 4, Keep Mobile Beautiful, Waste Management and Recycled Fibers will host our 4th Annual Computer and Electronics Recycling Event. The event will take place at the Greater Gulf State Fairgrounds at the corner of Cody Road and Zeigler Boulevard from 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The recycling event is free to Mobile area residents. However, businesses will be charged $5.00 per monitor and/or CPU. There will be no charge for other items.
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Mum’s the Word at Bellingrath Gardens and Home ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of Mobile’s most beautiful attractions is coming into full bloom this weekend’s Mum Festival Family Day at Bellingrath Gardens and Home. It’s going on from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. On display will be over 8,000 chrysanthemums in over 20 varieties, including “Chajin,” “Shinotome,” “Cherry Blossom” and “Himegokoromo.” And while Halloween may have come and gone, you can still get a spook by checking out the 3rd Annual Scarecrow Contest – with awards going to the Most Original, Best Organizational Theme, Funniest and Best Traditional Scarecrow.
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Announcements... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ City Councilman William Carroll has announced a District Two, Beat 36 Community Meeting at the Plateau Community Center (850 Edwards Street). The main topics of discussion will be Mobile 311 and cleaning up overgrown houses and lots.
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