Sine Die, MoFo!

[sonias]

Thankfully the "extra special, 'taxpayer waste of money' special session" that Perry and Craddick built has finally exploded.

Good riddance.

Sonia

[GOPisEvil]

1. Now, can we PLEASE start talking about how Republicans can't govern?!

They hold every freaking major office in the state, but they can't get anything done. Incompetence? You be the judge. :)

[Stevepol]

3. Audit the voting machines and TX will suddenly be Democratic.

TX is not a Republican state except in cyberspace.

[NoPasaran]

2. We all need to take a vow

Whenever we say "Republican", it must be followed by "failure"

[avitali]

4. So what happens with school funding?

I'm still new to TX to figure this out: how do the schools get funded now this fiscal year?

Ariel

[sonias]

5. First of all welcome to DU avitali!

And now, welcome to Texas as well. Don't worry schools opened as usual, the kiddies didn't get a longer summer. Perry has the discretion to "Enron" them some money. Off this year's books, so to speak.

Here's the press release of Perry claiming to save the day (link tip via Pink Dome)

http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/pressreleases/PressRelease.2005-08-19.1403
Aug. 19, 2005
Perry said he shared the disappointment of millions of taxpayers, teachers and parents of the legislature’s failure to act on property tax relief legislation and education reform.

"I have not ruled out another special session on school finance down the road should the legislature find the collective will to finish its work," Perry said. "But for now, it is abundantly clear that no such will exists, and I see no value in calling lawmakers back to Austin at this time."

Try real hard not to laugh at that joke of a release, I dare you.

I see no value in Rick Perry, or Tom Craddick or any of those other miserable repuke legislators who couldn't "lead a silent prayer". Chris Bell said that about Perry and I'm going to use it too. Notice how these dimwits put property tax relief at the front of this message and education reform at the end. It was never about improving schools only about tax cuts for Highland Park. Those repukes know who "bought them at the dance". (Another take on "who brung them to the dance")

Here are a few of good websites that track the education issue for Texas
http://www.tft.org/ Texas Federation of Teachers
http://www.investintexasschools.org/ (has a good School Funding 101 section)
http://www.texaseducationcrisis.org/ (good links section and archive of articles)

Sonia