On Strike
In order to avoid getting the new redistricting plan rammed down their throats by the Republican majority, some 53 Democratic state reps have gone AWOL - skipping the state. The House Speaker Tom Craddick - who started the whole redistricting fiasco on behalf of Tom DeLay - locked down the house chambers in order to avoid any more defections and sicked the Texas Rangers on the missing legislators.
So a big chunk of our legislature is out of state. The DPS has a bulletin out requesting help from public in locating missing legislators. Apparently Texas cops are asking surrounding states to be allowed to arrest the missing representatives. New Mexico's AG, Patricia Madrid, said that she had "put out an all-points bulletin for law enforcement to be on the look out for politicians in favor of health care for the needy and against tax cuts for the wealthy." So New Mexico's sounds pretty safe. I don't know if we have an extradition treaty with Oklahoma, though.
I think it's a hoot! I'm glad that some elected Democrats are finally standing up and saying "enough of this crap!" And I think it's wonderful that it's happening here in Texas.
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Funny you should mention it. I answered a call that came in yesterday. It was a prerecorded message stating that Faraday had left work and there was a warrant out for his arrest. He had been tracked down to a hotel in Oklahoma. The caller also went on to ask if we would call xxx-xxx-xxxx and leave this message with the desk clerk...Tell him to get back to work! There is no telling how many of these recorded messages were sent out to the public, but I bet that hotel clerk is going to be mighty busy answering the phone.
Wow, I can't believe they're spending their effort sending out those prerecorded calls. I feel for the Democrats, especially when this was coming not from the Texas Republicans (I think our state guys probably could have worked things out with each other) but from that horrible excuse of a human being Tom DeLay--who is NOT a member of the Texas Legislature--in Washington. I'm glad they took off to Oklahoma, myself.
Oops...I meant to type David Farabee. I don't know why the name Faraday was in my head at the time.