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...season-opener against Stonehill, the Huskies combined for nine rushing touchdowns and had six different rushers gain more than 50 yards, with three different players—sophomore Anthony Riley and freshmen Shawnn Gyles and Anthony Hopkins—each rushing for more than 100 en route to a 78-6 victory...
Alabama's Republican Governor, BOB RILEY, fought hard to make his state's tax system less regressive and provide more money for Alabama's low-performing schools through a $1.2 billion tax hike. Voters roared no in last Tuesday's election. But without any public signs of bitterness, Riley rebounded, proposing budget cuts while promising they wouldn't hurt the state's needy. Said he: "We have to make sure that we continue to protect the least among...
...Riley says the Bible tells him a hike is needed. The state faces a $675 million debt and not much left in services to cut. Alabama has an education system that ranks 49th in the country, prisons designed for 12,000 inmates that now have 27,000 crammed in them, and so few state troopers that after midnight only a half dozen patrol 67,500 miles of road. The state?s regressive tax system, whose burden now falls heaviest on low-income earners, is ?immoral,? he says. ?And taking care of the poor is the right thing...
...Riley is airing infomercials on his tax plan and has Democratic lawmakers backing him. But his own party and the Alabama Christian Coalition are fighting it. Alabamans, who have a deep-seated hatred for higher taxes, have a provision in their constitution, dating back to 1901, which requires any increase to be approved by the voters. So far, polls show Riley?s plan losing by 25 percentage points...
...Bottom line: That old constitution doesn?t have a recall provision but Riley?s courage may cost him his job if he runs for reelection...