There's only one reason to seal Gov. Robert Bentley's divorce - AL.com

Robert Bentley have been placed under seal, and one privileged reason alone:. The governor, the man elected by the people of Alabama to serve as our top dog and the head of our collective household, does not want us to see what will be included in that file. That might as well be what attorneys in the case said when they argued: The governor "holds a prominent office in the state of Alabama, and it would be in the parties' best interest that the public not be able to access the record. The governor is an important person, so rules that apply to you and me clearly do not apply to him. The governor was elected to represent the people of this great state, so his state of his personal affairs is none of your concern. That it was made to and rubber stamped by Tuscaloosa County Circuit Judge Elizabeth Hamner – who was appointed by Bentley himself in 2011 – is icing on the cake of inanity. As Bentley himself said when he appointed Hamner: "I trust that she will serve Tuscaloosa County with integrity and will preside with an abiding respect for the court and the law. That fact that Robert Bentley is governor of the state of Alabama should not provide reason to seal any of his court filings. The fact that he is governor screams that his court filings should be open and available to all of his constituents to see. com Vice President of Content Michelle Holmes wrote in a letter to Hamner protesting the sealing of the documents, the records "should be open because they. Source: www.al.com