Kind of out of touch over there in Italy, huh? I didn't vote for Bentley in the primary, but did in the general. He's only been in office six months. He's a republican and despite some missteps he's doing a fair job so far. He signed the new illegal immigrant law (stronger than Arizona's) that has the liberals up in arms.
Jefferson County's sewer debt problem has been developing for many years. It was initiated by EPA, upheld by a federal judge, and exacerbated by greedy, corrupt and incompetant politicians who saw a chance to skim a few pennies while allowing greedy, corrupt and very competant Wall Street bankers to suck the county dry.
Probably the biggest mistake was made by Larry Langford (now in federal prison for a different crime) while he was president of the county commision. He engineered a swap of fixed rate bonds for variable interest bonds which wound up resetting to a much higher rate.
I actually am not stationed in Italy anymore. I am at the Naval Academy but anyway. I still think this guy should not be able to continue as he can’t manage a state. It is like having five children but one of them steals from the store and ends up in juvenile detention center. You certainly can’t say you are a good parent.
That's deadly! Any idea how much that brain child move cost the county?