From AL.com:

The longest serving member of the Alabama Legislature said today he will take the president of Auburn University to court because he didn’t receive his customary pair of tickets to the Auburn-Alabama football game.

Rep. Alvin Holmes, D-Montgomery, also suggested politics may have played a role.
Holmes said he would file court papers to compel Auburn President Jay Gogue to testify in Montgomery Circuit Court.

Holmes said Gogue and his staff have been unresponsive to his questions about why he did not receive his tickets before Saturday’s game at Auburn.

“I think it’s very unprofessional that a president of a state-supported university would not respond to an inquiry made by the senior member of the House of Representatives or any member of the House of Representatives,” said Holmes. “In light of that fact, I plan to put him under oath and let him testify.”

In a long-standing custom, each legislator receives two tickets to the Auburn-Alabama game each year, along with parking passes. When the game is played in Tuscaloosa, the University of Alabama provides the tickets and parking passes.

“I did a survey with other members of Legislature to determine whether they got their tickets, and they did,” said Holmes.

First of all, just why do legislators get free tickets and parking to the Iron Bowl, the most coveted sporting event ticket in the state?  I wonder how many of them list this form of income on their tax returns (hint, hint Mr. IRS auditor).

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