Sine Damn Die...Or Sine F*cking Die

Sine Die as someone once said in Esperanto means....." please scatter and go back from whence you came." ( It really means  " without day" in Latin, it is a term used at an adjournment.)

The Texas Legislature ends today. " Praise God from whom all blessing flow." Your life, liberty, and property is no longer in jeopardy....

Let's look this morning at some of the idiocy that went during this session.

And some were actually good ideas-

-A Representative from Laredo proposed a bill in which all beer sold on the Fourth of July would be ' sales tax free.' 

Trouble is, over 5 years, the no beer sales tax on July 4th would cost Texas $36.2 million in sales tax.

It died and never reached committee.


- A Representative from Spring wanted to eliminate the need to use a turn signal in a tuning lane....It seems he proposed the bill after a former elected official got a ticket for not using his signal in the turn lane....

The bill died in the Texas Transportation Committee.

- A Representative from Irving want all schools to offer vegan choices for lunches at all schools. " Including nut based milks choices( almond milk, cashew milk) for both breakfast and lunches."

Could you imagine small schools like Buna having to offer vegan meals? Maybe one-two kids might eat it.....

Could you see the cost of doing this?

The bill died in committee.

- A Representative from Plano wanted to deregulate barber and cosmetology shoppes in Texas, never mind the Plano rep shaves his own head bald....Himself...

It died in committee

- Then, there was the bill to let high school valedictorians into any Texas state university they applied. Presently, the top 7% is allowed that privilege.  Trouble is, some high schools only have 10 or less grads. That means, only a fraction of a kid would be admitted. And the Fayetteville, TX( class of 10 seniors) valedictorian was rejected by UT-Austin. Not an entire 7% according to UT. Only a fraction. ( She was accepted and now attends A&M)....

This bill was passed and heads to the governor's desk for him to sign.

- Then there was the Representative from Austin that proposed that tacos be the " Official Texas State Food."

Texas has Official State Pie( Pecan)....Tortilla chips and salsa the state snack.....Chili the official state 'dish.'

The Representatives from the barbecue towns killed the proposal.

-Finally, the Texas Legislature  passed SB 12 and SB 500 and sent it to Gov. Abbott's desk for his signature.

This gives retired teachers some hope as it  "shores-up" teacher retirement and gives retired teachers a COLA( Cost of living check)...We've not received one since 2011.

I've always said if they used money teachers paid into teacher retirement for decent investments instead of 'borrowing" money from our fund to pay for stuff like Formula 1 racetracks in Austin,  we might be in better shape....

Sine die.



  

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