It isn't because he will cut 125 teaching positions, those not covered by state funds. In other words, Dodge wants to cut sports - most notably, football. Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman ordered a 6.2 percent cut in education spending because of the state's declining education trust fund. Circuit Judge Tracey McCooey ruled the governor's cuts invalid until a special session of the Legislature is convened, but Dodge hasn't backed down. When you talk about eliminating football in Alabama you might as well yank the apple pie out of your mom's mouth.
Citizens are furious.
Security has been increased around his home and his office is besieged by calls. However, citizens of Mobile ought to look in the mirror. And they have rejected a tax increase for the schools three times since 1988. Mobile's mayor Michael C. Dow placed school funding as his top priority during his recent State of the City speech. Unfortunately, it takes the elimination of something we enjoy for our dander to rise.