Not sure what percentage of new laws passed during each regular session of the Texas Legislature actually offer some benefit to us, the taxpaying public, as opposed to being some favor for a friend.
In Hidalgo County, late at night, when drunks take over the roads, the nighttime hours are seldom quiet for the attorneys who gave their cell number to the wrong person: “I just got stopped for suspected drunk driving. What do I do?”
What’s happening to people lately? It’s like humanity has become unhinged.
Last week, The Wall Street Journal published a story that carried this cheery lead paragraph: “Hundreds of thousands of migrants from all over the world are making their way to the Southwest border, with U.S. and Mexican authorities reporting a surge in apprehensions of people from Asia and Africa as human smuggling networks widen their search across the globe.”
As the clock ran down on the Legislature’s third special session, Texas House and Senate leaders exchanged barbs over Gov. Greg Abbott’s school choice bill and border security proposals, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
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