An informed electorate will be able to see the great advantages that a new constitution and tax reform will have on their quality of life and will also provide the good politicians with a solid foundation needed to strengthen their fights for visionary progress. This allows for ample opportunities to learn additional reading and writing skills. 462 schools in 101 school systems have received Reading Alabama hardware, software and training. 5,804 computers have been installed through the Reading Alabama implementations. At least 424,900 children have benefited.
Problem is, public safety is a lot more expensive than apple pie.
And, when the subject of paying for police protection comes up, politicians often fall silent. That's what has happened in Alabama, where the Department of Public Safety hasn't hired any new state troopers in three years because of financial constraints. As a result, the department has fewer than 600 officers, with only about 400 of them in the highway patrol. Plans to begin training 60 recruits next April will barely make a dent in the problem. The understaffing is shameful, especially considering that a survey conducted nearly 20 years ago estimated that at that time Alabama needed about 900 troopers to adequately patrol the state's 70,000-plus miles of highways.