"Most Toxic State Lege" Competition is Heating Up...

[TygrBright]

Texas' latest entry is a dilly:

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/05/21/2043951/texas-fires-shot-against-the-war-on-christmas-in-may/?mobile=nc

"Merry Christmas bill"

Gosh, what a joy it is for taxpayers all over America to subsidize the farking State of Texas in oh-so-many-ways so that they can carry on claiming they don't hardly tax Texans at all.

ironically,
Bright

[Glorfindel]

1. Mississippi's legislature passed an "Anti-Bloomberg Bill" (named in honor of NYC's mayor)

that would bar counties and towns from enacting rules that require calorie counts to be posted, that cap portion sizes, or that keep toys out of kids’ meals. This happened in the poorest, worst-educated, least-healthy, and most obese state in the union.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mississippi-anti-bloomberg-bill-signed-law-article-1.1294848

[TygrBright]

2. Yep, competition is gunna be FEEEEEEIRCE in this year's award runup.

Those "secret award packages" must be amazing. Untraceable campaign funding, luxurious "fact-finding" junkets to tropical paradises, offshore personal bank account contributions... who knows?

Gotta be an amazing incentive to make such incredible asses of themselves on a big public stage like that.

curmudgeonously,
Bright