tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post3602184787325806187..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: Was Abbott's first legislative session a success or a failure?PDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-48109530130473894052015-06-02T19:32:16.322-05:002015-06-02T19:32:16.322-05:00So, Abbott's indirectly saying, which I alread...So, Abbott's indirectly saying, which I already figgered with the Aycock retirement, "you're screwed, schools."Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-7584162007534070032015-06-02T17:51:00.139-05:002015-06-02T17:51:00.139-05:00Yet that is the governor's plan (see first exc...Yet that is the governor's plan (see first excerpt, top, second graf). The chairman of the education committee <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/House-education-chairman-will-not-seek-re-election-6299185.php" rel="nofollow">just retired</a>. I don't see Aycock coming back to fight over this again in six months or a year, thus I don't see any way that they can have a special session on the topic until 2017.PDiddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-31310571934558119072015-06-02T14:57:29.751-05:002015-06-02T14:57:29.751-05:00Let's also not forget that, unless the Texas S...Let's also not forget that, unless the Texas Supremes are feeding him advance inside info about the school finance case (maybe they are, a la Chief Justice Taney and President James Butchmeup Buchanan on Dred Scott), there's no way to go to 2017 without a special session on school finance.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.com