Alabama Governor Bob Riley has been selected as one of Governing Magazine’s Public Officials of the Year (and they gave him the cover). They have done just a cursory, but extremely complementary profile.

Had Bob Riley’s attempt to reform Alabama’s tax structure been passed by the voters in September, he would have earned a place for himself in the state’s history books and might have become one of the most prominent governors in the country. As it is, his initiative lost, so Riley stands out only for having offered the most conspicuous display of political courage any state has seen this year.

Amen. Hopefully, there will still be much more to tell when this administration is over.

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