Posted by Dan at Between the Links has figured that the Senate coalition of Republican and dissident Democrat senators represents a slight majority of Alabamians, or at least by the numbers of the 2000 census.
Jennifer Foster (Opelika-Auburn News) makes a point, “The bottom line is that, whatever the reason, 100 percent of Alabamians have a dysfunctional Senate.”
Agreed.
It’s shameful. It’s disgraceful. It’s inexcusable.
It’s also not Texas where legislators want to unseat the House Speaker:
Tensions [in the Texas House of Representatives] peaked Friday night when [Speaker of the House] Craddick announced that he would not recognize anyone to make a parliamentary motion to vote him out of office 18 months before his third term expires. When Craddick cut off discussion, chaos broke out and sergeants-at-arms restrained insurgents trying to overtake the speaker’s podium and the House parliamentarian resigned on the verge of tears.
The assistant parliamentarian resigned as well. Yesterday, legislators walked out in protest.
Everything’s bigger in Texas.
They did manage to pass their budget.
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Rallying cry of the Alabama Legislature: “Thank God for Texas!”
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“If the Republican chairman is going to praise Bob Riley’s efforts to kill the legislative session, he should have equal praise for Jim Folsom’s efforts to save it. The Republican chairman has served three terms in the House and should know that Governor Folsom’s actions today were within the law and in the best interest of the people of Alabama. The constitution makes it very clear that passing the state budgets is the primary responsibility of the legislature. It was time for decisive action and Governor Folsom stepped up and put people over politics.”
Governor Folsom?
The Liuetenant Governor carries the title of “Governor” when being addressed and since Jim Folsom is in fact a former Governor, he keeps the title for life.
And we as Alabamians have to remember he was Governor for life. There went lunch.