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Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:16 pm
by RPB
I wouldn't "take it out"
I think
it is very Germane to SB5. (Besides the tactical advantages, like credit card/National Parks bill was on National level)
I've seen LOTS of teachers upset over cost cuts .... 700 laid off today in one school district
IMHO:
Bout time they got some of that immunity from lawsuits, saved on insurance premiums,... replaced light bulbs with LEDs and stop watering the driveways while it's raining and get more efficient overall and fire from the top-down instead of the staff - up.
Some of these $750,000.00 a year desk-sitters can take a tiny cut ...
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:32 am
by GaryAdrian
Charles L. Cotton wrote:Jasonw560 wrote:What's the chance she permanently pulls down her bill?
It's possible, but SB5 supposedly is something desperately needed by schools because of budget cutbacks. If she really believes that, then it will make it hard to kill her own bill. So I guess she has to decide whether she wants to press on with real world help for schools, or keep up with the boogeyman charade. I do enjoy watching her squirm.
My guess is Democrats are contacting schools now to see which is more important to them; killing camp-carry or passing SB5. There is a House companion and we can do the same thing there, so it's not like she can pull it down, then wait for the House version.
Chas.
I just emailed Sen. Z begging her to leave Amendment 7 alone. I even said Pretty Please.
Now to get all my PSC shooting friends to do the same!
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 10:52 am
by Jasonw560
I called Lucio's office today, and told the staffer I would like it if Sen. Lucio supported amendment #7.
She asked my last name, and when I gave it, she said, "Oh, yes, we got your fax." She tried to sound non-committal, but I could tell she was
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:01 am
by 74novaman
Jasonw560 wrote:I called Lucio's office today, and told the staffer I would like it if Sen. Lucio supported amendment #7.
She asked my last name, and when I gave it, she said, "Oh, yes, we got your fax." She tried to sound non-committal,
but I could tell she was
yes, how dare you contact your elected representative to express your opinions! some people.
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:20 am
by Jasonw560
Well, after all, I am just a right-wing tea-party-esque redneck type gun loving nut job.
In other words, a normal guy with a family who doesn't believe in the victim mentality.
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:41 am
by RPB
UT Austin Student Newspaper
Senator adds amendment to allow guns onto campus
82nd Legislature
By Melissa Ayala, Daily Texan Staff
Published: Thursday, April 28, 2011
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/content ... uns-campus" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:51 am
by Jasonw560
Boy, they took long enough today.
20 minutes before they got started.
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:05 pm
by RPB
Jasonw560 wrote:Boy, they took long enough today.
20 minutes before they got started.
Perhaps they were all delayed reading faxes and E-mails
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:23 pm
by Jasonw560
methinks they're stalling.
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 12:31 pm
by Ameer
Jasonw560 wrote:methinks they're stalling.
There's another possibility.
Jasonw560 wrote:What if they're waiting to get it through in the 11th hour? Or they're seeing what SB354 does before it goes through?
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:14 pm
by Hoi Polloi
Ameer wrote:Jasonw560 wrote:What if they're waiting to get it through in the 11th hour? Or they're seeing what SB354 does before it goes through?
Nuh-uh. With limited time and the reality that bills that are put off will never be heard in the Texas legislature, no one
plans to have something addressed in the 11th hour. That would be Russian roulette with the way the TX legislature and its schedules works. You'd be banking on luck with the odds stacked against you.
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:07 pm
by UpTheIrons
CALL LT. GOV. DEWHURST!
Just got of the phone with his office and the nice young lady who took my call said they've been getting lots of calls about Amendment #7, and we could be doing a better job of getting through. She asked that anyone who is in favor of Amendment #7 should not only call their senators, but they should also call the Lt. Gov (at 512-463-0001).
Get on the horn, and spread the word as you can.
Please?
There, does the politeness help?
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 5:31 pm
by RPB
UpTheIrons wrote:CALL LT. GOV. DEWHURST!
Just got of the phone with his office and the nice young lady who took my call said they've been getting lots of calls about Amendment #7, and we could be doing a better job of getting through. She asked that anyone who is in favor of Amendment #7 should not only call their senators, but they should also call the Lt. Gov (at
512-463-0001).
Get on the horn, and spread the word as you can.
Please?
There, does the politeness help?
Yes, I just called .... the Woodheads are concentrating on him ... we need to also
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=211 ... bc19bd870f" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
512-463-0001
Also
you can E-mail him here
http://www.ltgov.state.tx.us/contact.php" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and FAX
512-463-0677 (FAX)
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:07 pm
by Jasonw560
Woodhead thanked Zaffirini for pulling her bill.
Saying something about the concealed carry isn't germaine to SB5. And Wentwrth vetted it with the parliamentarian, but not Zaffirini, how rude.
354 is now 25 on SB ROB.
Re: SB354 as amendment to SB 5
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:17 pm
by A-R
Jasonw560 wrote:354 is now 25 on SB ROB.
Can you decode this for the rest of us?