Ok, I admit it. I was out sick last week. And today I wake up to find, what? That Sylvester Turner is considered an alternative (?) to Craddick? In 2006, even with the House turned what we would call upside down, the Dems put up a real fight for Speaker of the House, with even some Republicans puttting Committee Chair postitions on the line to overthrouw Craddick. Yet, thanks to the right-of center D's lead by Sylvester Turner himself, Craddick prevailed. Heads rolled. Even birds died in Austin.
And one of the bills sponsored by Turner that year....A tribute to Al Edwards years of service.....
IMHO...'Nuff said.
Reference: Birds died in Austin: (http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2007/01/08/drivers_should_avoid_congress.html) (http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/MYSA011207_01B_Rodriguez_304bea5_html6723.html)
