Hold on to your hats, folks. The legislators are back in town.

 

They're promising to give sorely needed financing to schools and relieve homeowners of some property taxes.  Wonderful! How are they going to do it?   Nobody knows.

 

Gov. Rick Perry says that "...[these] are issues that are very important. The most important issues that the vast majority of legislators will ever deal with and we're 'gonna' get it done."

 

One interesting fact is that during the past 8 years many of the current members of the Select Committee on Public School Financing have been on similar committees and have researched the topic "to death" at a cost of millions to taxpayers. To name a few legislators: former Chairman Kent Grusendorf [not reelected by constituents], and Reps. Rene Oliveira, Harold Dutton, to name a few.

 

So you may be tempted to ask, "Why haven't they come up with some top-notch resolutions by now to resolve financing public education?"

 

 

Perhaps it's just too hard for Texas legislators? Perhaps so much studying the topic has given legislators "burnout" from forming intelligent resolutions?

 

Or perhaps special interests are at work again at the Capitol?  

 

In retrospect, mankind is lucky that back in biblical times Noah didn't have to wait for legislative consensus and approval on how to build his ark.