MISSED THE BULLET

Sally kicked Baldwin County’s ass, however we missed the Delta bullet. Poor Lake Charles is getting what some of us expected last Monday, round two of a direct hit by a hurricane. In Lake Charles they have picked up 1.5 million cubic yards of debris, so far, and they are now facing the possibility of doing it all over again.

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Count your lucky stars Baldwin County and do not complain about debris pickup. The county as a whole lost thousands of trees and cleanup will take months, if not a year. Fairhope is doing a good job at 11,000 cu yards a day, now divide that into 1.5 million cubic yards and guess how many truck loads it will take to clean the county?

Baldwin County hurricane debris cleanup expected to take months

Over the last few days, a major part of Hurricane Sally recovery efforts has been focused on clearing away thousands of trees that were uprooted and tossed onto roads, homes and power lines. Crews in Loxley and Robertsdale said they have made a lot of progress in tree debris cleanup. “The block I live on, I couldn’t even get out the next day and leave the house because there was nowhere to go without climbing through trees,” Loxley Volunteer Fire Department Deputy Chief Ed Vaughn said.

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The only figure I have heard, for Baldwin County is around 100 million for debris removal alone. That is not an official figure. Municipalities are going to be covered for 85 to 90% from the government, however some of the rebates will take years to filter back into municipal coffers. Municipalities are going to take a financial hit regardless of rebates.

Congratulations to Robin LeJeune who was elected to be the new Mayor of Daphne. LeJeune ran his runoff election during a pandemic, hurricanes and negativity from his opponent. LeJeune ran a positive race and won by over a 1000 votes, defeating the Catalyst/Scott Boone Consulting candidate, and the favorite candidate of developers. Daphne has chosen to slow development and pay more attention to infrastructure.

Daphne residents elect Robin LeJeune as new mayor in runoff

Councilman Robin LeJeune handily defeated Steve Carey in the Daphne mayoral runoff. He and many others were expecting this to be a much closer race. Instead, LeJeune walked away with 63% of the vote. He celebrated that with supporters Tuesday night in Old Towne Daphne. He credits the victory in part to voters being turned off by negative attacks this last week. His focus now, he says, is empowering employees to continue moving the city forward.

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Fairhope is now the home base of Catalyst and they are “embracing growth” and “affordable housing”. Pay close attention to Fairhope in the coming years and the unbridled growth Catalyst will bring.

Be patient folks the debris removal is going to take time and say a prayer for the folks in Lake Charles and Louisiana.

We missed the Delta bullet.