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TexasTowelie

(111,949 posts)
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:07 PM May 2015

Disabled activists blockade Gov. Abbott’s office

Our Jonathan Tilove is covering a situation at the Texas Capitol where disabled activists have been blockading the governor’s office for more than three hours. According to Tilove’s tweets, the activists want Gov. Greg Abbott to direct lawmakers working on the budget to find $480 million to cover a $10 hourly wage for community attendants.

More at link: http://politics.blog.statesman.com/2015/05/19/disabled-activists-blockade-gov-abbotts-office/

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Disabled activists blockade Gov. Abbott’s office (Original Post) TexasTowelie May 2015 OP
Didnt your governor change the laws that made him a millionaire so nobody else could do it? randys1 May 2015 #1
Yes, TexasTowelie May 2015 #2
Disgusting, filthy prick. randys1 May 2015 #3

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. Didnt your governor change the laws that made him a millionaire so nobody else could do it?
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:11 PM
May 2015

Having to do with his disability?

Now the idea of paying people a decent wage, I can only guess where the prick stands on that

TexasTowelie

(111,949 posts)
2. Yes,
Tue May 19, 2015, 06:18 PM
May 2015

he sued the electric company when he was out jogging during a thunderstorm and a tree fell on him. He received a structured settlement for almost $10 million. While he did not change the laws himself, he did uphold a court verdict as a Texas Supreme Court justice reaffirming the passage of tort reform legislation. If somebody else suffered a similar injury in similar circumstances there is no way they would receive such a large settlement.

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