Albeit a tad late, the HouChron does a nice wrap-up of the Milton Rister/Lege Council saga.
Just so you know, up until the day Rister was appointed head of Lege Council, he was getting paid by Leininger to distort votes of incumbent moderate Republicans. An example of how those distortions were used is this mail piece that went out in Charlie Geren's district:
"With Charlie Geren Crime Pays. He voted to pay convicted felons up to $23 per hour for work done in prison. Charlie Geren voted to force the State of Texas to pay union level wages to child molesters, murderers and rapists."
I'm just rabble-rousing, but good luck in April getting your school finance amendments drafted without the whole damn thing being riddled with points of order.
Addendum: I know why Wentworth opposed this appointment.
I am wondering if anyone can tell me why the Dems didn't fight this...
From the PD archives:
http://pinkdome.com/archives/2006/02/action_alert_di.html
First time in a while I've sympathized with your perspective PD, but on this thing I actually might.
sorry - guess that's Rawhide.
Milton probably wouldn't have been my first choice ... but half of the TLC Executive Directors have been non-lawyers.
Kelly - Good fucking question
Well, Senfronia Thompson wrote a screaming letter about it.
I like Wentworth's comment:
"I said let me just say as the pendulum swings, and it certainly will, when the Democrats return to power and move to name the former director of the Democratic Party to head up the Legislative Council, we will have no room to complain."
Why is a Republican fighting the Democrat's battle?