The commissioners court is at least perceived to be fulltime. The advantage of offering higher salaries is that you are able to draw people to give full-time service. That's all they're doing. I'm losing money in this job. We should pay full-time salaries.
People have lots of ideas.
You know I ran for Congress two years ago. If he could get that far you would have so much more mainstream appeal because of your credentials and your experiences and maybe even revive the Democratic Party. You know, I think it's real lofty, but I'm not going to pooh pooh it. Other people less qualified have served in even bigger roles. People are talking about statewide office, and of course people are talking about a two-term county judge for a change.