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October 12, 2009

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Artur Davis Unveils Taxpayer Protection Plan to End “Business as Usual” in State Government

Reforms Demand Transparency and Accountability and Fight Government Waste

MONTGOMERY – Gubernatorial candidate Artur Davis unveiled a detailed Taxpayer Protection Plan at a press conference in Montgomery this morning.  Davis’ reforms demand transparency and accountability and fight government waste.  Based upon Alabama-specific figures and comparisons with others states, Davis’ reforms would produce approximately $664 million in annual savings for Alabama taxpayers.

“Right now, despite the sincere efforts of many committed public servants, Alabamians are often poorly served by ‘business as usual politics’ that is riddled with corruption, waste and a startling lack of accountability to the individual taxpayer,” said Davis.  “Fixing this broken system will be one of my top priorities as governor.”           

Artur Davis’ Taxpayer Protect Plan calls for a top-to-bottom performance review of state government to be completed by the end of his first fiscal year in office.  Additionally, Davis identified specific initiatives to dramatically improve Medicaid fraud enforcement, eliminate no-bid contracts, impose accountability on “pass-through pork,” aggregate state prescription drug purchases and curb outsourcing to costly private vendors.            

“Alabama’s next governor must possess the political courage to fight waste and put an end to ‘business as usual’ in Montgomery,” Davis continued.  “The detailed plan that I have proposed represents the most aggressive government transparency and accountability initiative ever considered in Alabama.  I believe that Alabama voters are ready for reform and ready for a Governor who will make these changes a reality.”

Click here to read Artur Davis’ Taxpayer Protection Plan.

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