Good news out of Montgomery likely to be challenged…..
STATEMENT FROM ALGOP CHAIR MIKE HUBBARD ON STATE SCHOOL BOARD VOTE
Birmingham – Alabama Republican Party Chairman Mike Hubbard on Thursday released the statement below regarding today’s action by the State School Board that prohibits employees of the two-year college system from holding public office beyond the year 2010.
In addition, the board voted to require current community college employees serving in the legislature to use accrued leave time in order to fulfill their obligations in Montgomery.
Hubbard’s statement reads:
“The actions taken today by the school board will do more to bring integrity, accountability and transparency to state government than any other action in our history.
Regardless of race, party or class, this policy will apply to everyone from the governor to the legislative leadership to every lawmaker in Montgomery. It is a great victory for the taxpayers, the citizens, and, especially, the children of Alabama.
We must now redouble our efforts to ensure the Democrat Legislature doesn’t undo all the good that has been done today.
I cannot understand how the Democrat Party, its elected officials and its leadership can continually defend a system that has been mired in a cesspool of corruption for so many decades.
The union leaders and party bosses may control most of the Democrat legislators in Montgomery, but it is gratifying to see that they no longer control the State Board of Education. The people of Alabama do.”
