You may have noticed that Gov. Rick Perry – always eager to divert attention from his own failures has declared an “emergency” for state legislation that would call on Congress to pass a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Now, if only he could figure out a way to cure a very real emergency. […]
That distinction, based on my quick reading of the day’s news clips, belongs to rightwing activist Michael Quinn Sullivan, who views the state budget strictly in terms of big numbers and political opportunity, not actual, living people. In a story in The Dallas Morning News about the deep cuts proposed in the initial House budget […]
The TSTA building, only a couple of blocks from the Capitol, shook a bit when the National Guard’s cannons were fired this morning during the inaugural ceremony. I assured one of my colleagues we weren’t under attack, at least not from the National Guard. It was merely the traditional 19gun salute afforded Gov. Perry to […]
The prospects of deep cuts to important public services are bad enough for millions of workingclass Texans without Gov. Rick Perry continuing to make cavalier statements that insult the people he was elected to serve. The most recent example occurred yesterday when the governor, at a news conference, ridiculed the “proponents of Armageddon” for “needlessly” […]
