Post by pavel on Apr 8, 2016 23:18:09 GMT -6
Alabama voters elected Robert Bentley, at least in part, because he was supposed to be a nice guy — modest, warm, grandfatherly.
And most of all, honest.
He promised not to take a salary until Alabama reached virtual full employment. In 2014, he was still waiting on that first paycheck, but his credibility among voters was enough to get him reelected.
Now all of that is gone. He's lost it, just like he lost his family, in a sordid affair.
That promise to go without a paycheck has been eclipsed by his flagrant flying on state planes and helicopters, taking frequent trips by air even when cars were faster.
Read more: www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/04/gov_bentleys_credibility_probl.html