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By Kesshia Peyton Anchor/Reporter

Wednesday the city of Mobile plans to file a motion to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the annexation election for four sections of West Mobile was unconstitutional. New Annexation Lawsuit

Published: Tue, September 25, 2007 - 5:34 pm Last Updated: Tue, September 25, 2007 - 5:44 pm

Kesshia Peyton

Wednesday the city of Mobile plans to file a motion to dismiss a lawsuit claiming the annexation election for four sections of West Mobile was unconstitutional.
The anti-annexation folks claims there were voting irregularities on election day, there was a police officer dressed in uniform who intimidated voters into voting "yes," and that the boundaries drawn for the annexation vote were skillfully crafted to work in the city's favor.
City of Mobile spokesperson Barbara Drummond says the lawsuit doesn't have any merit.
"We looked at a great deal of data from past referendums tried by past administrations for the city of Mobile and this particular area was favorable for coming into the city of Mobile and that's the way we crafted it, based up that. It was not any deliberate effort that annexed area A was going to come in. We won by 26 votes. We don't quite understand that argument," said City of Mobile spokesperson Barbara Drummond.
The annexation vote was divided into four areas: A, B, C, and D.
Voters approved only area A.

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asda Says:

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 10:03 am

I agree with You Jimmie. I have lived in Mobile for 27 years and I am moving this Month to Atlanta because I can not find a job in Mobile that is a good opportuinty I have a degree and I am tried of making 35 grand a year when I could make twice that in another city and have the opportunity to advance in my career. I don’t believe the “Airplane Manufactoring is coming to Mobile ever. I think this city is moving backwards. Good luck Mobile

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JIMMIE Says:

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 8:54 am

To a longtime resident of mobile this is just another reason i have lost all reasoning to spend the rest of my life in mobile Sam Jones and the council have their own private dealings about this election and i for one dont like the outcome. You wanna live in mobile city limits well then move into the city limits. This is nothing but a ploy by city officials to up the taxes. No matter how you look at it this election as a whole smells and you folks up in the terrace need to start saving your money cause you gonna need it to pay for all your new found benefits being offered by Mr. Jones and the raiders of the tax money within a few years you all gonna be crying foul.

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asda Says:

Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 7:32 am

They got the annexation of the big business district. But I see in another story that they are cutting the budgets for a lot of the social programs because of funding. How is it possible to gain all that tax revenue with almost none of the homes and there is still not enought money? Where is all this money going? I think we are back to corrupt people in office. Please do a story on where all this new money is going?

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