The Long Road Home
I can't help but feel sorry for those Tigua and Alabama-Coushatta Indians who drove all kinds of hours to attend today's House vote to permit gaming on their reservations.
Problem was, the vote never happened.
Despite the impassioned oratory of Rep. Norma Chavez -- the El Paso Democrat pushing the bill -- the legislation was sent back to committee on a word-tweak technicality.
That point of order was filed by none other than Republican Rep. Robert Talton, a gambling opponent who used the same technique today to stymie a bill to force the state's largest power generators to shrink. That bill could be back on the floor by Friday. Ms. Chavez says she expects her gambling bill to be re-heard on Monday -- and says she has the votes to pass it.