Many farmers don't have time to worry with bids, so clay has to be trucked in at higher costs than before. But state regulations allow property owners to truck in dirt to form mounds and put in fill lines. The dirt mound is expected to filter the raw sewage before it reaches the water table. Whether the dirt does the job isn't the county's business. Elderly people within a mile radius were asked to evacuate for health reasons.
Mobile County has limited power to control tire dumping.
Angered by bickering and budget troubles in the bus system, the council asked the board members to resign this fall. When board members refused, there was nothing the council could do. It was powerless to discharge the people it had appointed.