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The opponents of my budget propose taking $200 million out of our classrooms and instead spending it on a larger school employee pay raise. Our focus should be on making sure our children come first.

Bob Riley

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Bob Riley
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 3
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Former Governor Of Alabama
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Ashland
Alabama
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