Most Amusing Thing Out Of Special Session, Day One: Craig Eiland and John Sharp
Vince Leibowitz | Apr 17, 2006 | Comments 0
I’ve stopped liveblogging the Sharp Q&A with the House members because, quite frankly, I think it’s going to go on all night…but, here is the most amusing thing out of it so far:
It’s an exchange between Rep. Craig Eiland (D-Galveston) and John Sharp. “Q” is Eiland, “A” is Sharp. Eiland was trying to get Sharp to tell him what to tell his constituants concerning what the tax rate would be for a specific school district following the passing of the TTRC/Sharp/Perry tax plan:
Q: But, if you have bonded indebtedness that’s not going to change?
A: I doubt that the state of Texas can crash your bonds…
Q: I understand that, that’s not being duiscussed. When we say it’s going down to a dollar, everybody hears that. I’m just trying to figure out what to tell my constituants.
A: You tell your constituants that Maintenance & Operation school taxes go down to a dollar.
Q: And they’ll say ‘I don’t care, what’s my tax bill going to be.’ It’s at $1.82 now, what’s it going to go to in two years.
A: Mr. Eland, I can explain it to you but I can’t understand it for you.Q: And I can explain it to you and you can’t understand it.
Amusing.
![[Post to Twitter]](/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/icons/tt-twitter.png){kind=icon}
![[Post to Ping.fm]](/wp-content/plugins/tweet-this/icons/tt-ping.png){kind=icon}
Filed Under: Texas Legislature
