tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post3781760721766292588..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Dead hostages, live hostages: Wading through the wreckage at the end of sessionGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17734055631748310882017-05-28T16:07:38.259-05:002017-05-28T16:07:38.259-05:00Any additional info on state jail closings or rela...Any additional info on state jail closings or related info would be appreciatedAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307590082284906521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55699839493832561862017-05-28T16:05:47.110-05:002017-05-28T16:05:47.110-05:00Any info on bradshaw state jail closing. Or state ...Any info on bradshaw state jail closing. Or state jail inmates being sent back to countyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307590082284906521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64135575462027710062017-05-27T09:34:48.651-05:002017-05-27T09:34:48.651-05:00@7:30, from the Texas Observer, "On the chopp...@7:30, <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/looking-to-cut-costs-legislature-plans-to-close-four-state-correctional-facilities/" rel="nofollow">from the Texas Observer</a>, "On the chopping block are Williamson County’s Bartlett State Jail, Wise County’s Bridgeport Pre-Parole Transfer Facility, Mitchell County’s Dick Ware Transfer Facility and Terry County’s West Texas Intermediate Sanction Facility. Altogether, the facilities cost the state $51.2 million every two years and hold 1,755 inmates, according to officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ)."Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-89545171639812730742017-05-25T07:30:13.850-05:002017-05-25T07:30:13.850-05:00We have no state income tax so they try to 'ba...We have no state income tax so they try to 'back door' gaps in the state budget with fines that fall to the state's most marginalized citizens. We are better than this. I've heard 'next session' far too many times. They will never do anything but posture politically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-43754299352415607982017-05-25T07:04:58.367-05:002017-05-25T07:04:58.367-05:00Which four prisons? And any idea when the hiring ...Which four prisons? And any idea when the hiring freeze ends?David Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80385477878454651052017-05-25T06:47:51.236-05:002017-05-25T06:47:51.236-05:00MORE: @4:22 - from Sen. Miles' press release a...MORE: @4:22 - from Sen. Miles' press release about the bill dying:<br /><br />"I was prepared to accept amendments to address the need to aid the poor who find themselves trapped by fines, and to lessen out dependence on the faulty system to fund critical trauma care services. However, the leadership has given their commitment that this bill will be a priority next session. I look forward to working with the leaders of both chambers to push this legislation forward."Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63320184407954910032017-05-25T05:37:01.055-05:002017-05-25T05:37:01.055-05:00Probably the Lite Guv, 4:22. I was told Miles thou...Probably the Lite Guv, 4:22. I was told Miles thought he had his votes on the floor.<br /><br />That said, Chairman Nelson of the Finance Committee reportedly didn't like that the DWI and no-insurance fines were so unreasonable and unlikely to be paid even by most non-indigent drivers. And the amendments wouldn't have fixed that. IMO opposing this bill even with the amendments is not an unreasonable stance from a good-government perspective; it really is a piece of junk. There's no obvious answer as to what is the "best" outcome from the array of bad options presented in the original Phillips bill, from which the House author refused to budge.<br /><br />At the end of the day, Chairman Phillips was the wrong author for the bill and the biggest reason it couldn't be made better. He's one of the only members who still endorses the basic concept behind the hospitals' money grab - that DWI and no-insurance offenders should pay for trauma care instead of taxes - and he has less sympathy for the indigent than almost any other member of the Legislature. Just about anybody else would have been better.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-41309070562435649672017-05-24T16:22:44.860-05:002017-05-24T16:22:44.860-05:00Who in the Senate are these people " leadersh...Who in the Senate are these people " leadership refused to accept a version of the bill suggested by Sen. Miles with ameliorating amendments" with regard to the DRP? I'd like to call them.....I'd like to bombard these people daily with phone calls. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55330306198851553562017-05-24T14:25:09.700-05:002017-05-24T14:25:09.700-05:00They could have AT LEAST amended the current law t...They could have AT LEAST amended the current law to put licenses suspensions for not paying at two years. That would have gotten people insured again and back to work....but nooooo....they continue to play these games. They really deserve this years Bum Steer Award. They are all idiots in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-71454387825368422172017-05-24T10:09:38.552-05:002017-05-24T10:09:38.552-05:00I do hope HB 2068 is dead. It was defiantly a bai...I do hope HB 2068 is dead. It was defiantly a bait and switch. Sixteen bills were filled dealing w/repealing the DRP and none of them made it.A real DOG AND PONEY SHOW no doubt. I have no respect for these liers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com