I hate politics. And I detest politicians who talk out both sides of their mouths. Our legislators are setting up the future of PACT to be determined by whether or not our Universities will agree on capping tuitions, and trying to convince you, me, and the general public that this is the only way to fix PACT's legally binding debt.

Meanwhile, those same legislators are moving toward a vote on tapping the Alabama Trust Fund to pay for non-legally binding improvements to our roads. I'm all for fixing potholes, but why not pay off past promises before making any new ones!?! How come the same money that PACT has been told it couldn't "raid" is now there in abundance ($1B!) to pay for new ideas?

We can wear green shirts, mail postcards, and celebrate moral victories all we want, but at the end of the day the only thing that matters is whether or not PACT tuition is paid, and currently the only topic on the table for discussion includes a tuition cap that every University leader is opposed to. The conversation we should be having is to supplement the $235M that seems to already be available and uncontested for PACT with whatever else is necessary from the Trust Fund assuming tuition caps aren't acceptable, and then and only then use whatever is left from the $1B to fix our roads.

Otherwise, these roads will be paved by our kids who are working instead of going to school.

I don't want decisions on my kids' futures to be made by these people.