City funding for a proposed University of South Alabama stadium wasn't on the Mobile City Council's agenda Tuesday, but it was the subject of extensive, often pained discussion -- and the upshot was that a decision seemed to be getting further away, not closer.
"My name is Levon Manzie and I survived the meeting last night," said the council's District 2 representative, to laughter, at the start of the council's preliminary organizational session. He was referring to a contentious community meeting held Monday evening as a chance for residents of the Maysville community around Ladd-Peebles Stadium to talk about that venue's future.