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May 14, 2007
Remarkable
After a week out of town for some R&R, we're back, and color us dumbfounded at what is transpiring in Austin right now.
The biennial session of the Texas Legislature, which is drawing to a close in the next few weeks, has been more of the same, for those who have followed the last few sessions. In other words, the Republican majority, led by House Speaker Tom Craddick, has ducked the real long-term challenges facing this state (read: public education) in favor of short-term measures designed to keep the status quo, with as many divisive social issue bills as possible thrown in.
Lege watchers know that Craddick, after two successive sessions of iron-fisted control of the House, narrowly survived a challenge to his speakership when the session began in January. In what can only be described as unheard of, Craddick now faces another challenge as the session winds down. Wow. Will the coup kill the king? Who knows, but the very fact it's occurring is remarkable, to say the least.
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Posted by houtopia at May 14, 2007 11:02 PM