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Big Dipper Byrne
Bradley Byrne, immediate past Chancellor of Alabama's 2 year college system and GOP gubernatorial candidate, who's ironically running on a platform of ethics reform, has made a name for himself by going after legislators who also hold a job with the education system. These legislators/educators were shrewdly framed by the GOP and right wing media as being "double dippers" because they were working in a state job and also held an elected position.
However, these elected officials that Byrne targeted were making nowhere near the $250K+ a year that he himself was making. What's worse is that Bryne never once called into question his own exorbitant salary during the entire tenure of his Chancellorship. Never once did he say, "Whoa, wait a minute, this is a lot and we can save the taxpayers some money." No, he just took it and every single raise thereafter too.
From a Dothan Eagle editorial:
"Now the pay for the chancellor of two-year schools is closer to $300,000 per year -- almost 20 percent higher than the average compensation and benefits for community college chancellors nationwide, and 50 percent more than the state school superintendent, who oversees Alabama's K-12 system."
Mr. Byrne, you've gone after "double dippers", but the fact is, you're the "biggest dipper" of all.
