A poll doesn’t mean much at this point, but these results are surprising
h/t Left In Alabama, through Daily Kos
SurveyUSA. 8/13. Registered voters. MoE 4.3%.
Alabama. 9 Electoral Votes. Bush won 2004 by 26%. (7/16 results)
Clinton 44 (39)
Giuliani 50 (54)Clinton 47 (41)
Thompson 49 (55)Clinton 48 (44)
Romney 46 (49)
This does smell awfully fishy…
The contract also requires ACS to create a system for state health and human service agencies to share information on common clients.
“What we are doing is to be solely focused on what a Medicaid patient needs to live at the highest level of health at the lowest cost,” Steckel said.
But questions for Steckel at a Statehouse news conference Tuesday centered on problems ACS has had in other states and the resignation of former CEO Mark King. ACS senior Vice President Will Saunders also was asked if the company had a conflict because of Roth’s work for ACS as a consultant. Roth served as Riley’s chief of staff for four years before resigning in September.
Saunders said Roth was hired after the contract had mostly been negotiated to help the company understand Alabama.
“He will be a big help in educating us about the Alabama landscape,” Saunders said.
And how much is he being paid to give them this “education”?
AP: Questions raised over Medicaid contract to computerize data
Mobile Press-Register: Medicaid Vendor Has History of Controversy
I think everyone expects that the proposal by two-year Chancellor Bradley Byrne will pass the state school board. The question is what happens next. The policy of the school board is one thing, state law is another, and when you are trying to put restrictions on legislators through policy when they have the power to write laws tells me we are in for some serious legislative maneuvering to block this action during the next session.
Birmingham News: Riley expects Byrne’s proposal to pass board
Home Depot is now in the town of Pike Road, and the assistant to the Mayor of Montgomery can’t figure out how it happened. How strange…
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