Alabama Governor Replaces IBEW Local 505 (Mobile AL) member on Port Authority

Callahan to serve on Port Authority

The Associated Press
October 05, 2004


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Former U.S. Rep. Sonny Callahan has been appointed to the Alabama State Port Authority, officials with the state's docks said.

Callahan, a Republican who represented Mobile and southwestern Alabama in Congress, said the port authority seems a good fit.

"I can give back to the state," the 72-year-old Callahan said. "The state's been good to me, and it's here in Mobile, that's one more good reason."

Gov. Bob Riley also appointed Tuscaloosa-area union leader Mike Fields to the nine-member board that runs the state's docks. Fields, an AFL-CIO executive board member, satisfies the authority's legal requirement that one position be filled by a labor representative.

Riley chose not to reappoint Donnie Adams, business manager of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 505 in Mobile, whose term on the authority expired July 31. Adams had sought a second five-year term.

Another outgoing member, Bill Taylor of Tuscaloosa, head of Mercedes-Benz operations in Alabama, did not seek a second term. Authority members are paid $250 per meeting and serve staggered terms. Callahan and Fields will serve five-year terms that expire July 31, 2009.

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Information from: The Mobile Register