Mixing it Up in West Texas
By Katie Naranjo
Yesterday I visited Senator Shapleigh’s district office in El Paso to meet with his staff and the Senator. Senator Shapleigh provided updates on the legislature, which has been in its second session with still no resolutions for education finance. Sen. Shapleigh believes that there will be a third session once the courts rule that there is money to be appropriated and the legislature must come to a solution.
Personally, I think this goes to show that Gov. Rick Perry’s hope of the special sessions being a success to help boost public popularity numbers has been a complete failure.
Sen. Shapleigh also expressed his hopes for more women democratic candidates in the 2006 elections. “If there were more women in the state house we would get more achieved on the floor.” In the Texas house there are only 25 women representatives and only 12 are members of the Democratic Party.
El Paso, which is overwhelmingly democratic, has been shunned by the Texas legislature due to its distance and political affiliation. Sen. Shapleigh is working to get tax dollars in El Paso, because historically El Paso has received a disproportionate amount of state funding, which has been disadvantageous to the community. Also, I just wanted to thank Elizabeth for introducing me to the Senator.
Posted by Katie Naranjo at August 20, 2005 01:18 PM
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"Personally, I think this goes to show that Gov. Rick Perry’s hope of the special sessions being a success to help boost public popularity numbers has been a complete failure."
A complete and DISMAL failure which he probably won't realize until next November. I have no idea who will be our next governor. But I am confident it will not be him. Even his own party for the most part wants to say "Adios, MoFo."
He said that openly to a news reporter not realizing it was being recorded. But he was saying it to all Texans. Even the Republicans.
El Paso, which is overwhelmingly democratic, has been shunned by the Texas legislature due to its distance and political affiliation.
This is somewhat true, but El Paso was also shunned when Democrats ruled the state.
