On the Mark Davis show Friday, she apparently came up with a new timeline for when she might resign her Senate seat. She now says it will be “before the November election.” Todd Gillman over at the DMN Trailblazer blog says this is her fifth iteration. I’lll trust him on that, since I lost count.
To you and me, whether she resigns in one month or six months may not matter so much. But there are a host of would-be United States Senators out there, including our own illustrious mayor, waiting for the moment when they can jump into a special election race. While Kay Bailey flips this way and that on talk radio, they have to be going a little stir crazy.
1. The federal pen time has been divvied up. Don Hill: 18 years; D’Angelo Lee: 14 years; Sheila Farrington-Hill: 9 years. Enjoy.
2. Things you don’t text a 17-year-old boy when he is your student no. 142: “Hey Baby – I just wanted to say hi before I go to bed. Good night baby! I’ll meet you in our dreams. I miss you baby! Muaah!” It really won’t ever get easier for DISD, will it?
3. Last month I was a little peeved that our state leaders gave the president the cold shoulder when he came around trying to throw billions of dollars at Texas high speed rail. On the DMN’s opinion blog, Mike Hashimoto points to some of the second guessing going on in California (who got the cash), and wonders if the numbers really don’t add up for high speed rail travel. As for me, I couldn’t care less about cold feet in California. Sure I’m irrational, but I think high speed rail is so cool I would support it even if there was complete and utterly undeniable proof it would bankrupt the entire universe. So I’m still sticking with my grudge against Austin.