Tx. repug Senators take away parking priviledges from the Texas 11

[donsu]

fined them $57,000 and said they could only have $200 worth of postage stamps. and put them on Probation until '05

(who in the hell do these repug senators think they are?! they don't own Texas, they were elected to serve the people of Tx.)

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2108586

The Senate's ugly atmosphere darkened Thursday as Republicans suspended fines and placed their Democratic colleagues on probation through January 2005. The Democrats, mostly minorities, accused the Republicans of segregationist politics.

-snip-


Sen. Frank Madla, D-SanAntonio, said he had not been treated this way since "I was a little Mexican boy who had his first taste of what white supremacy was like."

Ellis said redistricting has historically prompted fights between minorities and Anglos.

"We had to fight these battles against Democrats, and now we're fighting against people who happen to be Republican," Ellis said.
-------------------------------

[joeybee12]

1. What filth!

I hope QUITMIRE is happy he sided with these Nazis!

[bbernardini]

2. What a bunch of babies!

It's no wonder Texas is such a joke. They should start a recall petition for these Repug fools.

[LearnedHand]

3. As a bred-in-the-bone native Texan, I wish to say...

...fuck you, Texas! What a mean-spirited, small-souled, pathetically arrogant state you are (Dems and other intelligent people excluded, of course).

The Texas legislature sure leads the way for the rest of the repukes who just WISHED they knew how to make Dems suffer. Bush* and Delay: the yellow roses of Texas! The best and the brightest!

[soupkitchen]

4. You mean they redistriced their parking space out to the street?

[carpetbagger]

8. Probably out of Austin, along with Austin's congressman.

The plan calls for dividing Austin into four districts. At one point, one of those districts extended all the way to McAllen, which is about a six-hour car ride at 75mph.

[Old and In the Way]

5. So how is this stuff playing in Texas?

I'd think that since the Republicans have declared war on the Democrats, there'd be a backlash and a huge surge in Democratic voters coming from this?

Any polling as to how this is impacting the Texas political landscape?

[carpetbagger]

7. Polls show disapproval for both sides.

I don't think it has any real impact yet, since the next elections are a long way off. If it has any real consequences, it oddly might help out dems in NM and OK more than anything else, since they got a front row viewing of what the GOP does when they get unchecked power.

[RC]

6. Yep, the adults are in charge alright.

"Sen. Kyle Janek, R-Houston, Thursday, in what he described as "an act of generosity," offered a motion to suspend the fines and sanctions but put the Democrats on probation until January 2005. If they break a quorum again before that time, they will have to pay the fines"