Thursday, March 15, 2007

Way to go Alabama....Good Old Boys Strike Again!!

The Alabama State Legislature used a voice vote to grant themselves a 62% pay raise. Gov. Riley is going to veto it...but it will probably be passed anyway when that veto is overturned. This move has been compared to a smash and grab robbery. I kind of agree with that analogy.

Luckily there has been some press on the issue so it is NOT going unnoticed. There are even plans for a march on Montgomery on Tuesday March 20 at the State House. So anyone who would like to take a stand and say that they are not going to accept this...check out the following links and make a point to be there on Tuesday!!

Huntsville WAFF News Story

Birmingham NBC13 Story

Birmingham News (newspaper) Story

I hope they get a few thousand people there...but chances are it's not enough time to get that large of a group. Make sure you pass the word to your family and friends....get as many people there as possible and get this shot down!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

OH My Gravy.. and my husband works for the town, for the entire town & gets 3.5 % IF he's lucky.. last year all of our town employees went without a raise.
That's a slap in the face to all you tax payers and working folks.. Start writing to all your papers loud and proud.. vote them out.. ! Good luck.. that's sheer ludacris (sp)
KIMK