tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8222788558120780238..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: What impact of Texas legislative turnover on criminal justice reform?Gritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2764292787468832872012-04-03T12:04:33.536-05:002012-04-03T12:04:33.536-05:00Amid all the scary things thrown out in this day&#...Amid all the scary things thrown out in this day's blog was a big shiny present for this one guy. Warren Chisum is leaving?? That alone raises the level of the legislature. Not a fan. Could you tell? I will forever despise this man for trafficking in viatical settlements (buy life insurance policies from AIDS patients at a big discount, then cashing in when they died) while simultaneously fighting against funding for HIV/AIDS treatment. I can only hope he got left holding a large bag when new drugs slashed the death rates. (Is that unkind?)Phillip Bakernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-83126417012457670102012-04-02T11:01:54.459-05:002012-04-02T11:01:54.459-05:00Perhaps, but how will they use it? What are the li...Perhaps, but how will they use it? What are the likely policy outcomes as a result? There's a lobbyist for everything, after all, and they can't all get what they want.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-37155704458817855742012-04-02T10:14:19.772-05:002012-04-02T10:14:19.772-05:00To answer your question, the newer legislators wil...To answer your question, the newer legislators will rely more on lobbyists, legislative staff, interest groups, etc. Thereby increasing those groups influence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com