Judge Moore fired

Actually, Alabama already has a governor from the religious right--and he's tellin' 'em that a Christian's duty lies in relieving the suffering of the poor, so he proposed a big tax increase ! ! ! Got shot down in the state house, naturally.[/I]

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The first sentence of your post is correct; the second is incorrect.

To set the record straight, Alabama's GOP Gov. Roy Riley proposed the largest tax increase in Alabama's history. To his credit, Gov. Riley successfully saw his tax initiative sail through the Alabama legislature.

When the shiny new tax package left the legislature, it faced a referendum by the voters. Gov. Riley campaigned throughout the state to promote the passing of the tax package.

The voters of Alabama, however, said "no" to the governor's tax initiative. Thus, Gov. Riley concluded, the people of the state had cast their votes for smaller government spending. That is what they are now getting with massive cuts in state funding.

Thus, the already poor state will be even poorer.

I am pissed. I read this morning that even though he had been suspended since August, he still collected his pay!