Weekly column - March 7th
"Make no mistake about it, this was Speaker Glenn Richardson's attempt at saving face. Taxpayers would have only benefited from this latest proposal as a by-product of the Speaker attempting to salvage his ego. Richardson has spent so much political capital in the last year only to be met with defeat at every turn, and it is not limited to the GREAT Plan and the Property Tax Reform Amendment."
Here is my column for this week. I had to wait until Wednesday to finish it because of the vote on the Speaker's tax reform amendment.
Next week I'm tackling the Hellercase.
Comments
Richardson did manage to accomplish something: he united disparate groups who often fight each other in opposition to his loony tunes proposals and heavy-handed methods.
In an indirect, unintentional way, him being Speaker could turn out to be a good thing for the state because it might be a catalyst for two-party rule. It's been demonstrated that neither of the parties can be trusted to govern on their own.
Posted by: Rusty | March 7, 2008 09:11 AM