We come to a close. The day we’ve counted down together since our first post on January 31. Well 488 posts later, over 1200 comments later, and 226,995 visitors–we’ve pissed you off, hopefully made you laugh, and on the rare occassion motivated you to learn more about what goes on in the pink dome.
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05.30.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Since we’re all bored watching this debate, we thought we’d just start an ‘open thread’ here. That means, leave a comment and see if it sparks a discussion amongst yourselves. So, let’s entertain ourselves…whatever you wanna talk about.
05.29.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
No, not every post the next couple of days will be about begging for mercy for this legislative session to be over…but, a good portion of them will. We are, quite frankly, ready to get rid of those folks up there in the dome. Even if y’all only get a couple of weeks break before [...]
05.29.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
After the jump you can read the most assinine arguement between democrats ever. It’s in reference to a ‘town hall’ meeting Lamar Smith had and through a Yahoo! info group, we received a copy. There is actually a discussion on Robert’s Rules Of Order. The whining democrats that send out these email arguements are the [...]
05.29.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
As HB2 and HB 3 have been languishing, Governor Perry finally has something to say:
“I would like to be able to finish this session with some substantial success, not just go home and say we passed a budget,” Perry said. “The school issue is not addressed, the property tax issue’s not addressed. The revenue cap’s [...]
05.28.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
PD will be back by sine die to fully expound on the end of the session. I myself will not be posting over the holiday weekend. Everybody travel safely if you’re not stuck at the Capitol. But go ahead and caption this pic before you go anywhere:
“Texas Supreme Court Justice [...]
05.27.05 | Uncategorized | admin
PinkDome here. We are closing in on the time when we can get a little more sleep, drink a little more, curse our bosses as we drive out of the parking deck, stop wearing ties and pantyhose…ah…the end of the Session is near. You can almost smell it, can’t you?
I thought we’d take a unscientific [...]
05.27.05 | Uncategorized | pinkdome
Y’all know I just couldn’t leave this alone, what with my outspoken crush on Rep. Strama (yes, I know some of you think Rep. Rose is cuter). We just read on Rep. Pena’s blog that Rep. Mark Strama will be leading a workshop on how blogs affect the work of a legislator. Honestly [...]
05.26.05 | Uncategorized | admin
A certain someone has asked us to post again on Rep. Denny’s ID voting bill. It has already been voted on in the House and is in the Senate State Affairs committee. Will it get to the Senate floor in time? Let’s hope not. This bill is bad news. Any restriction [...]
05.26.05 | Uncategorized | admin