The Takeover Class of 2002…3 Sessions Later
Monday, May 12th, 2008 Posted in The House Gone Mad | 2 Comments »Part 3 So I got a few e-mails regarding part two of this series. Most wanted to know why I was as nice as I was to the existing members from the '02 class. True it was criticism, though it was ...
Ghost-gate Update
Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in The House Gone Mad | 2 Comments »Okay...maybe I'm totally out in left field with this one, but I really just don't give a sh*t about this whole ghost-employee deal. Yeah, I know...a bunch of people, lots of them on the right, just gasped in horror and ...
The Takeover Class of 2002…3 Sessions Later
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 Posted in The House Gone Mad | No Comments »Part 2 Ah, the fun I had in retelling some of the old tales and mentioning some of the names that have not be uttered around the capitol in a year or more. The class of 2002 brought with it new ...
The Takeover Class of 2002…3 Sessions Later
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in The House Gone Mad | No Comments »Part 1 Its been better than five years since the takeover class of 2002 was sworn into office and ushered in a new era in Texas politics. At 36 members strong (counting Debbie Riddle), the class represented a drastic turnover not ...
Todd Smith Switches Sides
Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in The House Gone Mad | No Comments »That colder that usual feeling you got when you walked out of your house this morning, that was hell freezing over. After spending the better part of the last five years terrorizing Speaker Craddick and his leadership team, Republican State ...
The Departed
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in The House Gone Mad | 1 Comment »Much has been said around the blogs (including this one) about who is coming to the capitol for the 81st session, but little to nothing has been said regarding who will be quietly receding into the night. So allow me ...
Fingerprint Voting…Be Careful For What You Wish For
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Talking Policy, The House Gone Mad | 3 Comments »If House Administration Chairman Tony Goolsby gets his way, then next session our state house members will have the option of voting while away from their desks but still on the House floor by using voting machines stationed around the ...
Craddick to Keffer per the Speaker’s Gavel - “From My Cold, Dead, Hand”
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in The House Gone Mad | No Comments »Now that the dust has settled from the individual party primary elections, all are in agreement, Speaker Tom Craddick's grip on that gavel is much tighter than it was on March 3rd. Somewhere, right now, there is a 3rd term ...
The Thug Life
Monday, April 14th, 2008 Posted in Getting After The Left, The House Gone Mad | 1 Comment »Well, in case you loyal reader (no, that singular reference was not a mistake) has not noticed, good ole' Sam is out on vacation, so you're stuck with the worse half for a little while longer. Now, let's get this ...
You Can’t Vo Home Again
Friday, April 4th, 2008 Posted in Getting After The Left, The House Gone Mad | No Comments »A wiser man than me once said that if a place has a really flowery name, it's probably some kind of hellhole. Never have you seen a broke down trailer park with a name like, "Meth Haven." It's always, "Misty ...