False Sense Of Security?

Annexation Mayor Sam Jones The Annexation lines have been drawn but another battle is beginning.

by Diana Lucio

Published: Thu, February 12, 2009 - 11:13 pm CST

Another annexation battle is brewing,this time with a business owner in Theodore.
Randy Collins owns a furniture store and a pawn shop along Highway 90.
The area was annexed last year as part of plan to bring in more fire protection.
Collins thinks the city's plan to build a fire station along Bellingrath Road is a bad idea.
He says a busy train track nearby could affect fire fighter response time during an emergency.
But Mobile Fire insists a nearby fire station would help out in that sort of situation. "There's more than one fire truck or rescue truck for that matter that would respond to that area in case of an event. If there's a fire there's going to be multiple units responding to that area just as they are now,"Said Steve Huffman.
"I can't wait twenty minutes if my building is on fire. We got over a billion dollars worth of property up and down this road here and to my knowledge there's only one store on Bellingrath Road,"Said Collins.
The City of Mobile says they have already purchased the lot on Bellingrath Road where the new station will be built. Mobile Fire tells News Five temporary fire units are in place until the new station is ready to go.

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Violator Says:

Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:08 pm

The annexation was a qui pro qou. Sam Jones met with the Blacks in Theodore and promised them he would buy the land from the church (bribe)for a park. Now he’s basically catering to a segment that voted for the annexation. My guess is the new Fire Station will be built on the wrong side of the railroad tracks, where the response time will be slower. But it will be near the people that voted for the annexation. Sam Jones bought the annexation voting results through gerrymandering. He has made sure that he has the minority votes to get him relected.

SouthernMama82 Says:

Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:07 pm

I’ll give it to Sam Jones he knows how to con people to get what he wants.

Sirk Says:

Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 1:59 pm

They have to build it along Bellingrath Road because that is where the land is that the mayor bought from Mt. Ararat Church so those people would vote for the annexation. It was a you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.

The mayor basically bought the vote of annexation in Theodore.

Besides, the fire station will be closer to the church and its members homes.

KxVicious Says:

Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 1:36 pm

Boohoo! Do you need a diaper?? You went how long with out a fire station near by? Now you’re MAD you’re getting one??? I thought you had over a billion dollars worth of property for them to protect!? And now you don’t want them near you??? I bet they won’t be in a big hurry when you need them. They’ll stop at McD’s, show up 20 minutes later and say “Oh yeah, you’re that guy that didn’t want the fire station, want some fries while we watch it burn?!”