From Sunshine Review
Mobile County is a county in Alabama. Its county seat is Mobile.
[edit] Website evaluation
[edit] The good
- Current and past budgets are posted[1].
- Commission meeting agendas (but not minutes) are posted[2].
- The County Commissioners' names (except for one) and email addresses are listed[3].
- Administrative contacts are listed[4].
- Public records can be obtained, but they are not all related to government actions[5].
- There is a database of all the property taxes and these can be paid online[6].
- Current bids are posted, current contracts are not posted.[7]
[edit] The bad
- There isn't any information on building permits.
- No audits, contracts, or lobbying affiliations are listed.
[edit] Alabama Register Op-ed
Alabama Press Register wrote about how Alabama received some of the lowest transparency grades in the country, especially noting Baldwin County and Mobile County.[8]
[edit] Lobbying
In 2008, Mobile County reported $120,000 spent on lobbying. [9]
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