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2 | LAGNIAPPE | September 17, 2015 - September 23, 2015 LAGNIAPPE ••••••••••••••••••••••••••• WEEKLY SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 – S EPTEMBER 23, 2015 | www.lagniappemobile.com Ashley Trice BAY BRIEFS Co-publisher/Editor Federal prosecutors have secured an [email protected] 11th guilty plea in a long bid-rigging Rob Holbert scheme based in home foreclosures. Co-publisher/Managing Editor 5 [email protected] COMMENTARY Steve Hall Marketing/Sales Director The Trice “behind closed doors” [email protected] secrets revealed. Gabriel Tynes Assistant Managing Editor 12 [email protected] Dale Liesch BUSINESS Reporter Greer’s is promoting its seventh year [email protected] of participating in the “Apples for Jason Johnson Students” initiative. 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Nothing may be reprinted, photocopied or in any way reproduced without the expressed to expand its mission, most recently permission of the publishers. with an effort to install accessible Individuals may take one copy of the paper free 42 of charge from area businesses, bicycle fix-it stations around town. racks or boxes. After that, papers are $3 per issue. Removal of more than one copy STYLE from these points constitutes theft. Violators are subject to prosecution. Trop rock tours highlight Jimmy Buffett’s life and legacy. For Lagniappe home delivery visit www.lagniappemobile.com/lagniappehd 44 Or call Mary Burts at 251-450-4466 September 17, 2015 - September 23, 2015| LAGNIAPPE | 3 GOING P OST AL Time for Mobile-ity on park idea Also looking to SCORE I read with great interest the article by Rob or any of the myriad events for outdoors- While I do applaud the Mobile Police Department’s new approach with its SCORE program Holbert in the Sept. 10 issue of Lagniappe loving folks. (“Street-level drug dealers SCORE with new policing program,” Lagniappe, Sept. 10), at the same (“Use BP to build a great park and pier on the The Greenway initiative, with its proposed time it would be appreciated if they would also help law abiding citizens (in other words, me) find bay”) regarding a water access park on the bike and walking trails, will go right near the employment. I have never used drugs, have passed numerous background checks, have received grounds owned by the University of South area, thus providing access not only by car awards for perfect attendance in previous jobs, am re-trainable and dependable. But it appears no Alabama Foundation. This is an idea whose but also by bike. Imagine avoiding the traffic one wants to hire someone 57 years old (might as well say 60!) when they can hire someone in their time has come, and has so many possibili- on Interstate 10 because beautiful beach and 20s, 30s or even 40s. Do I need to become a drug dealer first? ties for making our great city a destination waterfront activity is in our own backyard. for those around us, providing access to that We have many great groups promoting David Adams which makes Mobile great (our waterways), our city, some of which I believe should find bringing jobs, helping rebuild a long-neglected this project matches many of their own goals. area and helping to keep Mobilians’ money in The many bike/greenway groups should see Mobile instead of Gulf Shores, Dauphin Island this as a way to grow interest in alternative POLICE DISPA TCH and the Eastern Shore. transportation. The Mobile County Health Just two years ago we moved here after Department should support this because it Cedar Wood homicide heading to grand jury living for more than 20 years in Cincinnati. provides so many possibilities for outdoor BY JASON JOHNSON/REPORTER | [email protected] While the Cincinnati City Council bickered fitness. The Peninsula of Mobile (visit them for years over how to develop the Ohio River on Facebook) should be behind this because Authorities say a Mobile man died as a to confirm Devaney was in a physical alterca- shoreline, Northern Kentucky forged ahead, it would bring people, jobs and money to a result of wounds he received during a domestic tion with a family member at the time he was developing Newport on the Levee, with a beautiful and underserved area. Even the Dog altercation Friday, and the case is now heading cut. The facts of the case were presented to great entertainment and shopping district and River Clearwater Revival could see growth to a Mobile County grand jury to see if criminal District Attorney Ashley Rich’s office and will the world-class Newport Aquarium. It is now in the use of the beautiful river and its canoe charges are warranted. go before a grand jury to determine whether a a multi-state tourist attraction, with too many and kayak accessible Blueway as more folks According to the Mobile Police Department, crime was committed. Cincinnatians spending their money across the discover it. 52-year-old David Devaney was “cut” on the Devaney appears to have a criminal his- bridge in Kentucky. I cannot agree more with Holbert’s point afternoon of Sept. 11 but was transported to a tory in Mobile County that includes multiple Let’s not make the same mistake. Even our that the time has come and with his awareness local hospital by a personal vehicle as police violations of a protection order and previous real estate agent tried to talk us out of moving of the difficulty of politicians backing some- were enroute to the scene of the altercation on domestic violence charges. Police also said here as opposed to locations like Daphne and thing not in their district, though like so many Cedar Wood Drive. self-defense was a factor in the investigation, Fairhope. How BP money is being misused to entertainment and sporting venues it would The driver of the vehicle, whom police did which is why the matter is being presented to build a hotel or for projects inland seems con- benefit the entire city, and not just a specific not identify, flagged down first responders in the grand jury. trary to shoreline development and restoration, district. Likewise, the many groups we have area of Rangeline Road at Hamilton Boulevard. However, MPD homicide detectives are and to bringing jobs back to coastal communi- promoting Mobile may sometimes have a There the victim was transferred to an ambu- continuing to investigate the case, and any- ties hurt by the spill. proprietary perspective, but now need to view lance and brought to the hospital. However, the one with information is asked to call MPD at For a while we’ve had a group promot- the big picture. victim did not survive. 251-208-721. Tips can also be reported through ing this idea (mobilebaypark.com), but not This is an idea whose time has come. Let’s Through an investigation, officers were able CrimeStoppers at 251-208-7000. being a 501(c)(3) has limited access to funds put our collective weight behind it and get the to promote the idea. Imagine the traction this discussion going. CORRECTION: An article about the Mobile Police Department’s SCORE program in the Sept. idea might get if there had been a booth at the 10 issue of Lagniappe incorrectly identified the administrator of the Fatherhood Initiative.