The Alabama Senate Government Affairs Committee decided Tuesday, then the Alabama House Government Operations Committee echoed the sentiment Wednesday, that the corrupt good ‘ol boy system that led to the current scandal in the state’s two-year junior college system should continue unabated.
Tuesday the Senate committee voted 5-2 to for one of two bills to allow legislators among other things, to continue holding jobs in the state’s two-year college system. The vote moves the bill to the Democratic-majority senate, which will more than likely support the legislation.
It’s called double dipping, and it’s been the root of bad blood and controversy. Abusing state taxpayers’ money and our state’s institution of education for personal gain should be abolished. It’s amazing some legislators don’t think so.
Last year, the state school board took measures to cleanse the unethical activity by preventing legislators from holding such positions. Bradley Byrne, chancellor of the two-year system, spearheaded the campaign to ban legislators from getting their hands into the two-year till.
But a pair of bills supported by state Democrats would override the school board’s intentions. How lawmakers can support legislation that could allow for the continuation of already documented corruption is beyond us.
“This Legislature is a whirlwind of people doing things they shouldn’t do,” said Sen. Scott Beason, one of two committee members voting against the bill.
Then the voters of this state should elect people who conduct themselves ethically and in the best interest of Alabama instead of the best interest of themselves.
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