Bob Riley
Bob Riley
Robert Renfroe "Bob" Rileyis an American politician who was the 52nd Governor of Alabama from 2003 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
CountryUnited States of America
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It's unfortunate the change made by the Legislature generated so much confusion and doubt about the amendment's intentions,
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Change makes us confront the great unknown. It introduces different things into our lives. Different places. Different ideas. Different people. It's all hard to accept at times, and change can often be a little scary. But if there's one fact that I've learned from raising a family, from running several businesses, from serving in Congress and now as Governor, it's that nothing has ever grown without changing.
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We must now view our problems as opportunities - historic opportunities to change the failed systems of the past and do what's right for our future.
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I think you'd change Alabama fundamentally if in six years someone said, 'If you want the best education in America, you've got to live in Alabama.' you'd change economic development, change the image of this state, you'd offer these kids an opportunity they otherwise would never have had.
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I've talked with federal officials and they've assured me this disruption of the gasoline supply is one of their top priorities and they're working to correct the problem, ... I'm hoping this will be a short-term disruption. In the meantime, citizens can continue to do their part by purchasing and using fuel responsibly.
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These sites can have a large impact really quickly,
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Drugs and crime often got hand-in-hand, so we must continue aggressive efforts to removed illegal drugs from our communities, ... I commend the efforts of the task force to make our neighborhoods safer.
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The results today are conclusive. You're looking at the next governor of Alabama, ... There reaches a point when all of us have to stand up and say, 'Enough is enough.' We've reached that point.
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Everything was embellished, everything was exaggerated, ... If one guy said he saw six bodies, then another guy the same six, and another guy saw them - then that became 18.
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either in a place where looting occurred or involved in looting.
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Victims of domestic violence need support and effective services, ... I'm pleased to make these funds available to SABRA Sanctuary to assist their work in west Alabama.
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Victims of domestic violence need assistance and deserve justice, ... I commend the crime unit's efforts to put offenders behind bars and reach out to victims.
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There's nothing for them to go back to. At least for the next six months we can give the people some sort of shelter,
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I won't let our great state move backward, not when we can keep Alabama moving forward,