Ken Guin is a real piece of
Posted by Brian… use your imagination.
Alabama House Majority Leader Ken Guin, whose part-time community college jobs have been cited by critics as an example of “double dipping” by legislators, said Friday the state school “overstepped its bounds” when it banned two-year college employees from serving in the Legislature.
Guin, D-Carbon Hill, said he believes lawmakers will consider legislation to strike down the new policy adopted Thursday at the behest of Republican Gov. Bob Riley and two-year Chancellor Bradley Byrne, a former GOP senator.
His hubris is simply stunning. He is the poster child for the cancer that is (was?) double dipping. The significance of the school board’s decision - by both Democrat and Republican members - cannot be overstated because it showed just how unpopular double dipping is in our state. It isn’t every day that you see elected Democrats in the state of Alabama thumb their noses at the AEA. Instead of showing an ounce of contrition, Guin suggests that he will actually seek a legislative end around the reform.
“I don’t think that any person from any walk of life should be precluded from running for the Legislature, particularly in education. Education is the largest function of state government,” Guin said.
That’s real quaint, but don’t let Guin fool you into thinking he is an educator. The man is a paid lobbyist for Bevill State. For that part time position he gets paid nearly $50,000 per year. Does he teach classes? No. Does he perform administrative duties essential to the school’s operation? No. Now you might not take me at my word that he is a lobbyist, but according to Bevill State President Harold Wade: “He saved us a lot of money and has gotten us a lot of money, both as an attorney and as a lobbying effort. He brings many more thousands of dollars than what we pay him.”
Guin also held a second “job” in the two year system at Shelton State where he also received a $50,000 per year salary. While “working” for both schools he often submitted the same two or three page reports to each school.
Guin, who is also an attorney in Carbon Hill, said he has not studied the new policy but knows it would prevent him and other lawmakers who work for two-year colleges from running for re-election in 2010.
Priceless. He doesn’t know what it says, but he knows he doesn’t like it!
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August 24th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Why am I not surprised? As far as what he’s a “real piece of”, I just hope they have a big enough litter box to hold all of his crap.
As for the legislation, anything that would keep him from running in 2010…I haven’t studied it either, but I’m all for it.
August 24th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
Well, I guess I forgot how to type my name, that last comment was from the mad cow.
Sorry about that.
Julie
(but I think ma would agree with me)