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Resident raises concerns about project cost overruns and election irregularities; city staff respond
Summary
A longtime Mobile resident raised concerns about cost overruns on municipal projects and election irregularities during public comment. Finance Director Collins and the assistant city clerk provided responses about project budgets and the election issues noted by the speaker.
During the Sept. 30 Mobile City Council meeting, resident Kathy Odom used the public-comment period to raise concerns about municipal project cost overruns and election administration. Odom cited specific amounts she said were overruns and urged more transparency and accountability.
Odom said she was ‘‘not happy with what has happened in my city,’’ and listed examples: ‘‘We have had $9,000,000 overrun on parking garage, $2,000,000 overrun on the Civic Center demolition, 400,000 on a bronze Jimmy Buffett statue. How can we have drag queen shows in front of the old Catholic cathedral in Mobile with children in attendance? And how can we still have pornographic and gender grooming books in the children's section and teen…
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