Beyond Your Control?

A new report from the Pew Center on the States gave Alabama state government an improved grade. They acknowledged that some of the items where we scored low are beyond the governor’s control, and the legislature tried to jump on that as an excuse for them too.

But State Sen. Hank Sanders, chairman of a Senate budget committee, said the report’s major complaint was also beyond the Legislature’s control.

He said Alabama’s budgeting process is different from most states because so much of the state’s tax revenue is set aside by state law and the constitution for specific purposes, which leaves the Legislature little discretion, said Sanders, D-Selma.

Hank! This is why we need a new constitution! It is not beyond the legislature’s control to give the people the right to decide a new constitution, and a new constitution can address the earmarking problem. That is one of the pillars of why Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform was assembled, but we still have yet to get the opportunity to vote on a constitutional convention.

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