ALABAMA CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST: This fall, state and national conservative groups led the charge to kill Alabama Gov. Bob Riley's tax redistribution efforts and now aren't willing to pay the price. The Republican governor warned at the time that the cash-strapped state was in dire fiscal straits, as he attempted to pull in revenue while easing taxes on the state's poor by shifting more of the burden to corporations. Now, with the coffers gone dry, the government is having to slice services to the very bone. But <A HREF="http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20031110&Category=APN&ArtNo=311100815&SectionCat";>the disconnect over paying for services</A> has already set in. While 68% of the state rejected increasing taxes for the wealthy corporations, a new poll shows a majority is strongly opposing plans to "cut education spending by almost $200 million and to eliminate funding for 3,400 teaching positions across the state." And believe it or not, one of the men leading the opposition to the tax is now leading the complaint about the cuts; Roger McConnell, of Mobile, is complaining that "Riley should not be cutting teachers."
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