In an interview with the Mobile Register, Alabama Governor Bob Riley outlined his agenda for 2004,

We will probably have one of the more comprehensive reform packages any state has ever seen. The people of Alabama were very clear: They want government redefined, they want smaller government, they want more efficient government. To do that, you have to make structural changes in the way that we have always done business before, whether it’s in education or whether it’s in the management of each one of these agencies. … So I told my Cabinet, we need to approach this and look at it as a tremendous opportunity to go in and redefine the way we do business here, through consolidation, through reductions in redundant services. And that’s why I say I think you’re going to see a more comprehensive reform package this time, even more so than in Amendment One (the tax plan).

More comprehensive than Amendment One? Look out Alabama!

He also reiterated that he has never cared about re-election(and after the events of the past year, I believe him),

I’ve got three more years to do what I think is best for this state. I made one pledge when I came in, that regardless of who contributed to my campaign, who our supporters were, regardless of any politics, we as an administration would make every decision based on what’s best for this state. … We’re not guaranteed tomorrow, next week or next year, much less an option that might present itself three years from now. So, the only thing we’re going to do is continue to do what I think is right for this state, and we can make that decision two years from now.

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