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Riley should practice what he preaches
Published Saturday, December 12, 2009
"Pass-through pork is corrupt, it's wrong and it's an abuse of the taxpayers."
That’s what Gov. Bob Riley told college presidents in a letter this fall in which he sought disclosure from college presidents of funds being passed through their budgets for “pork” projects.
One wonders if he mailed the letter to Auburn University Montgomery, through which his finance department initially steered a $13 million no-bid computer contract. Passing the contract through AUM kept it out of the legislative review process.
The governor’s spokesperson said Friday the contract that went through AUM was “different” from state funds being hidden in university budgets by legislators.
The chairman of that review committee, Rep. Alvin Holmes, begged to differ and so do we.
The governor is busy boasting about making Alabama government more transparent than ever. Unfortunately, the $13 million contract routed through AUM makes what most legislators “hide” look like loose change.
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Posted by biscuitsandhoovergravy (anonymous) on December 12, 2009 at 8:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Rep. Alvin Holmes...ha ha! What a buffoon.
Posted by workingman (anonymous) on December 14, 2009 at 8:54 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Riley is the teller of the untruth. Deals are made every day in that we will never know of. Having said that we can put the most honest man in Alabama into office and with-in a year he will be an average Governor and just as dishonest.
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