Roundups of lawmakers who made Texas proud or made us scratch our heads during the legislative session
Before Kevin Bailey erupted this session, sixteen years had passed since the House had seen an outspoken liberal leader in action. An extra two years would have been a blessing. Bailey is a demagogue straight from the old school—disposed to make personal attacks, preferring cliché to argument, always righteous in
Every Catholic girls’ school has one student who is Little Miss Perfect. To the endless irritation of her peers, she never misses class, always does her homework, raises her hand to answer every question, bosses her classmates around, and is as prudish and humorless as the nuns. But don’t
Two veteran warriors are facing off, and the House is enjoying it immensely. Kim Brimer of Arlington, a former University of Houston football player and one of Speaker Laney’s chief lieutenants, is trying to pass his sports arena bill, which will let local governments use tax dollars to build stadiums
Remember the Sherlock Holmes story in which the great detective solves a mysterious death case because a dog did not bark at a thief in the night? The lesson is that what doesn’t happen can be just as important as what does happen—in crime or in the Legislature. (Please, no
Did he change the world? It’s too soon to tell. But this much is certain: Ron Wilson’s bill requiring scholarship athletes to meet regular admissions criteria at state universities was a stroke of legislative genius. Wilson, of course, was trying to make a point about the Hopwood decision, which
From the respected to the rascally, our regular roundup of the session’s most renowned pols.
Our biennial boosting and bashing of the state’s most beguiling politicians.
We bring you the heroes and the villains of the Capitol circus. Guess which list had more contenders?
We just rate them. You voted for them.
We just rate them. You voted for them.
We just rate them. You voted for them.
We just rate them. You voted for them.
Nineteen people you voted for and one you didn't.
We just rate them. You voted for them.
We just rate them. You voted for them.
Rating the Texas Congressmen from number one to, sigh, number twenty-two.
Guess which list had the most competition.
Competition was fierce and the winners in both categories are outstanding.
