Babs gets ribbed on the House floor
Freshman state Rep. Barbara Mallory Caraway, D-Dallas, got her first bill passed on the House floor today - but not without some Dallas-specific hazing from her colleagues.
This hazing lasted longer than most, and members - including the Speaker - seemed to enjoy giving her a hard time on her first bill, as is the tradition for freshmen legislators.
Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Fort Worth, asked if she'd left the Dallas City Council because state lawmakers are "more docile" - and then asked her how she would compare House Speaker Tom Craddick to former Mayor Ron Kirk.
"I won't!" she said.
The bill deals with smash-and-grab robberies of ATM machines.
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Comments
She did a great job. Easily the most poised freshman performance, so far.
Posted by: Bubba Galt | April 30, 2007 7:39 PM
Your addled brain makes fantastic leaps of logic sometimes.
Sometimes.
Posted by: Boddhisattva | May 1, 2007 9:38 AM
You know I love your addled brain, eh?
Posted by: lush | May 1, 2007 1:51 PM
Sometimes?! You mean to tell me that the Trailer Park Boys breaking into the ATM machine wasn't germaine to this post?
Lush loves me.
Posted by: Brooks | May 1, 2007 3:40 PM