Posted by Birmingham News : Byrne says he will take control of Fire College funds that legislature has allocated to non existent college program.
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Not reported in the Fire College story — no one can authorize any expenditure over $5000 without the Chancellor’s signature. So, I expect the Presidents who may covet that money will need to make their case very compelling. We’ll be watching who beats a path to Mr. Byrne’s door soonest…
Or see how 4999.99 checks get written.
Otherwise, wonder if Sen. Barron sees a pot in the mirror.
Lowell Barron accusing anyone of “pork palace” building just makes me laugh.
How about the story on time.com that Karl Rove, Bill Canary, Rob Riley and others were involved in “pursuing” Siegelman? Interesting developments, and a national media outlet, not some local newspaper. Tied into the Gonzalez stuff in DC?
LOL. So Payne your saying Siegelman was set up by that evil Karl Rove? You need to get off those kook socialist websites my friend and go get some fresh smokey air outside!
Time.com is a “kook socialist website?”