When Bentley ran for the governorship in 2010, he was an unknown dermatologist from Tuscaloosa whose biggest claim to fame was that he was Bear Bryant’s doctor.
Surprisingly, he made it into a runoff against Bradley Byrne (now the US congressman from Mobile). Bentley then openly courted the teachers’ union money and support in the runoff, taking advantage of the Republican Party’s open primary. He managed to win the Republican runoff and then destroy the Democrat in November (Ron Sparks).
He’s not really a Republican, and he’s definitely not a conservative. He was elected by being in the pocket of the teachers’ union.
The Bentley Clown Show cannot leave Montgomery fast enough.
He’s been a very weak governor — especially for business.
You’re right about the teacher’s unions. He also had a lot of simple-minded voters that bought into the not drawing a paycheck BS.
The Trump administration put out a list of their top 100 infrastructure projects. Alabama missed the list because Bentley didn’t get the information in correctly. I guess he was too tied up in covering up his affairs. We badly needed some of the money for another bridge going from Mobile to Baldwin county. The Luvgov blew any opportunity of that happening. Instead, the money will go to projects in other states.
If he broke the law, he needs jail time.