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May 11, 2005
HB2 Passed by Senate
From Postcards From the Lege:
By Mike Ward | Wednesday, May 11, 2005, 10:20 PM
After more than nine hours of sometimes-emotional debate, the Texas Senate approved House Bill 2, the massive education reform bill, Wednesday night.
The initial vote for approval was 28-3.
Voting no: Sens. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso; Mario Gallegos, D-Houston, and Gonzalo Barrientos, D-Austin.
Final passage a few minutes later was 27-4. Joining the ‘nos’ was Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston.
NOTE: I guess the other 8 Democrats voted for it.
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I went to high school with the Republican Representative of my district, John Davis. (Ask him, he'll tell you.) It was a public high school. His kids and mine attend the same public schools, and have even been in the same classes. Everyone seems to have done pretty well so far. I'm sure the story is much the same for most of the members of the Texas legislature. So why is it that so many legislators who've had a positive experience with the public education system in the state of Texas are willing to side with the forces arrayed against it, and against American public education in general? I just don't understand why so many people who've benefited from the system are so eager to participate in dismantling it.
Posted by: Mike Chappell at May 12, 2005 08:39 AM