MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – In a Monday night rally to kick off her campaign for governor, former Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb said her state is suffering from “failed leadership” and stressed her support for a state lottery.
“If you’re tired of the corrupt politics that’s been going on, join us. If you’re tired of Alabama being at the bottom of all the good categories and the top of all the bad ones, join us,” Cobb said in the speech at her campaign headquarters in Montgomery.
Cobb is proposing a state lottery to fund preschool, vocational training and other education programs.
“We’ve been sending our money to Tennessee, to Florida, to Georgia, have we not? People in Alabama think it’s just plain stupid that we don’t have a lottery,” she said.
Cobb said the state needs to address the closure of rural hospitals. She said she also supports a raise in the minimum wage.