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2 | LAGNIAPPE | August 13, 2015 - August 19, 2015 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• LAGNIAPPE WEEKLY AUGUST 13, 2015 – A UGUST 19, 2015 | www.lagniappemobile.com Ashley Trice BAY BRIEFS Co-publisher/Editor The Mobile County Commission is at [email protected] odds over its control of tax abatement Rob Holbert agreements with job providers. Co-publisher/Managing Editor 6 [email protected] COMMENTARY Steve Hall Marketing/Sales Director Things that make you go “hmm...” [email protected] Gabriel Tynes Assistant Managing Editor 14 [email protected] Dale Liesch BUSINESS Reporter A USPS transfer facility on Shipyard [email protected] Road in Mobile recently sold to an Jason Johnson investment group for $3.1 million. Reporter 18 [email protected] Eric Mann Reporter CUISINE [email protected] Aluminum cookware is Kevin Lee CONTENTS considered reactive, Associate Editor/Arts Editor while stainless [email protected] steel is considered Andy MacDonald Cuisine Editor nonreactive. Each [email protected] have their advantages Stephen Centanni in the kitchen. Music Editor [email protected] J. Mark Bryant Sports Writer 20 [email protected] 20 Stephanie Poe Copy Editor COVER Lawmakers are pushing Daniel Anderson for a $50 million bond Chief Photographer [email protected] to pay for a proposed lodge at Gulf State Park Laura Rasmussen despite local opposition Art Director to the plan. Meanwhile, www.laurarasmussen.com the state has spent Brooke Mathis more than $110 million Advertising Sales Executive on improvements at [email protected] other parks in the last 15 Beth Williams years, as plans for Gulf Advertising Sales Executive State Park repeatedly fell [email protected] through. 2626 Misty Groh Advertising Sales Executive [email protected] ARTS Kelly Woods Mobile Theatre Guild presents Advertising Sales Executive “The Complete History of America [email protected] (abridged),” a madcap “new Melissa Schwarz 28 vaudeville” with a cast of three. 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SPORTS Help support Lagniappe Weekly by A Mobile little-league team finished becoming a “Friend with Benefits.” Scan this code for more info: third at the recent Cal Ripken 46 Major/70 World Series in Maryland. STYLE The South rises again, along with the 50 temperature. August 13, 2015 - August 19, 2015| LAGNIAPPE | 3 GOING POSTAL POLICE DISPATCH Letter writer should zip it Orange Beach trainer pleads not guilty to steroids charges Donald couldn’t be more incorrect in his layman’s opinion of why traffi c goes wrong at a merge point (“It’s BY JASON JOHNSON/REPORTER | [email protected] engineering, not politics,” Aug. 6). Google “zipper merge” and educate yourselves. A personal trainer in Orange Beach charges could carry a possible sentence correct division within our offi ce so the People who merge early and act as if they’re decent was formally indicted July 30 for charges of 20 years in prison and fi nes of up to $1 investigation can begin immediately.” members of society by doing the “nice” thing are actually related to importing and distributing million upon conviction. MCSO investigators stated it only took causing havoc and delay. It’s odd these same people will cut anabolic steroids. In his arraignment Documents released after Williams’ a week to collect enough evidence, in- me off in a newly opened line at Wal-Mart but won’t fi ll a Aug. 5, Thomas Daniel (Danny) Williams arraignment show a trial is expected cluding surveillance video, to serve both lane engineered to maximize traffi c fl ow. pleaded not guilty to 17 charges despite sometime in October, commencing with of the search warrants executed Friday. Some countries and states have made it law to fi ll lanes the FBI’s claim that he initially admitted jury selection tentatively set for Oct. 5. As a result of the investigation, fi ve during congestion. Studies have shown an increase in fl ow to at least some of those charges in an However, that date is subject to change women were arrested and charged with by as much as 40 percent! Why not educate ourselves and initial investigation. based on the schedule of the presiding promoting prostitution. improve traffi c fl ow without having Mobile spend a dime Williams is accused of smuggling judge. A fi rm date for jury selection will on concrete and blacktop? human growth hormone and several other be fi nalized no later than Sept. 30. Mobile Police make arrest in steroids into the U.S. from overseas and Matthew Carr 2012 murder case distributing them in the Orange Beach Deputies arrest fi ve in prostitu- On Friday Aug. 7, the Mobile Police area. In addition to those charges, the fed- tion bust Department made an arrest in a 2012 eral government is also alleging Williams Last Friday, the Mobile County Sher- shooting that left 38-year-old Lanelle Don’t leave green spaces barren laundered money during the process, iff’s Offi ce arrested fi ve individuals in Jackson dead at the scene on St. Stephens While the practice of creating green space to compensate and also distributed other narcotics like connection with a prostitution investiga- Road. At the time, authorities reported for lost green space has improved, rarely do we see it com- cocaine. tion at two spas within the city of Mobile. Jackson was shot and killed inside his car ing close to what was previously there. Planting trees and Based on the affi davit of a special The search warrants were executed at on Oct. 28, 2012. shrubs in grassy areas along roads, hig hways and interstates agent of the FBI, Lagniappe reported in Ocean Sauna Spa, located at 3108 Airport As a result of a three-year investiga- helps balance the scales and spruce up an otherwise barren July that Williams had admitted to selling Blvd., and Win Spa, located at 5256 U.S. tion, 41-year-old Tony Dwan Williams landscape by adding greenery and splash of color. cocaine and importing and distributing Highway 90. was charged with murder, fi rst-degree A fi ne example is off of Exit 13 on Interstate 65 where anabolic steroids. In a prepared statement, Sheriff Sam assault and fi rst-degree robbery in con- magnolias and crape myrtles were planted. Thousands of At the time, even Williams’ defense Cochran said his offi cers began the nection to Jackson’s death. motorists driving southbound on I-65 approach our city attorney, Domingo Soto, told Lagniappe investigation with information received Williams, who also uses the name only to see little more than a barrage of lawyer billboards, Williams had “pretty much admitted what through the CRIMETIPS feature of Levan Dwan Perryman, has an extensive leaving them with the impression that our city is more about he’s done,” with regard to the distribution MCSO website. arrest record going back to the 1990s lawsuits than attractions. Billboards featuring attractions of steroids. However, Soto vehemently “You can report any crime anony- that includes drug charges, discharging alongside some oaks and azaleas would be a much friendlier denied the allegations related to interna- mously using our drop-down menu,” Co- a weapon into an occupied dwelling and way to say “welcome.” tional money laundering. chran said. “Once the citizen completes multiple charges for assault, robbery and Based on the penalty sheet released the form and clicks ‘submit report’ the burglary. Thomas Habib with his indictment, the most serious information is sent automatically to the 4 | LAGNIAPPE | August 13, 2015 - August 19, 2015 BAYBRIEFS | MOBILE COUNTY BB Tax breaks extended for APM, future abatements discussed BY JASON JOHNSON/REPORTER | [email protected] n response to a new