Get'n schooled

It seems that Governor Riley (R-Alabama) must be a victim of a poorly-funded education system. And so the Legislature, it would seem, took it upon itself to educate him. In a very public manner.

On it's web site, the Legislature, in sharing Mr. Riley's proclamation calling its members into special session, decided to also bring to the public's attention that he didn't quite have his facts straight on how such a session works:

The Proclamation included in the foregoing link includes all language usage, as well as factual errors contained in the Governor's official Proclamation.

I'm wondering if this posting on the Legislature's web site is a pointed effort by Lt. Governor Lucy Baxley (D-Alabama) to inflict some revenge on Riley. If you'll recall, she got rather worked up over the governor's web site. As reported in the Decatur Daily:

In a possible warmup to the governor's race, Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley complained Thursday that Gov. Bob Riley's official Web site downplayed the importance of her office by listing it among the state's "cultural" agencies.

Of course, it's interesting that Baxley took the alleged slight personally, as if the office of lieutenant governor would exist if she were not there:

Alabama's first female lieutenant governor said she had spent years "working my way up to being a real role player in government, and I'm disappointed the governor doesn't recognize that."

Perhaps, though, the thought that the governor doesn't respect her work in state government is true, since she describes herself as being a "role player."