It sure would be neat to see some members of the Texas Legislature with hemorrhoids these days. Unfortunately, too many Austin-based reporters are content to play the role of ointment. It also limits them to just one called regular meeting per month, which could be a problem in mega-districts like Beaumont, Dallas or El Paso. Sadler's bill all but mandates that local school boards rubber-stamp whatever their superintendent puts in front of them. I'm ashamed of my profession.
Some legislation is unabashedly two-faced.
Like we didn't have enough of a teacher shortage already. Wentworth's idea of good government, apparently, is government that has no contact with the unwashed masses. Wentworth has introduced no less than seven bills seeking to curb open government, including one that would allow the Texas Lottery Commission to conduct an important part of its business out of the public view. Our local representatives have so far avoided following their cohorts over the cliff of legislative goofiness. Lewis introduced one bill, HB 2579, which would basically keep Vidor from annexing Mauriceville, while Bernsen will no doubt get some heat over SB 494, which would give the Department of Public Safety the authority to sell firearms it has seized from criminals.