We have talked about Texas’ new Commissioner of Agriculture, Sid Miller, many times here at the beauty salon.  In fact, he’s one of the main reason we’re still open.

He’s the guy who would have to study up to be an imbecile.

Well, Darlin’, he made the front page of the Austin American Statesman today.

It seems that Ole Sid has gone through money like Sherman through Georgia.

Newly elected Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller appointed the wife of his longtime political consultant and business partner to one of the highest-paid positions in his agency — part of a restructuring that has added several expensive executive positions to the agency.

Kellie Housewright-Smith was named a member of Miller’s transition team on Nov. 17 at a pay rate of $13,750 per month, according to personnel records obtained under Texas open records laws. Her husband is Todd Smith, who has worked on all of Miller’s state political campaigns.

The fun part is that she knows diddle squat about agriculture.  Hell, Thelma grows tomatoes in pots outside her doublewide so she’d be more qualified.

Well, once the Statesman started asking questions about her, she resigned to tend to “family health matters.”  I betcha.

That didn’t empty Sid’s Bag O’ Nuts.  No, sireeee.

Another of the commissioner’s new high-level hires was sanctioned by the Federal Elections Commission in 2004 for improperly obscuring sources of campaign contributions.

And I seriously doubt this is going to be the end of it.  Ole Sid don’t learn from lessons.

Miller also has ruffled feathers among his former colleagues in the Legislature by aggressively pushing for substantially more money for the Department of Agriculture, an agency whose budget he voted to slash when he was a representative, according to a recent Texas Tribune report. The report also revealed that Miller had been banned from parking in the secured driveway around the Capitol after he was caught parking there without permission.

Permission?  Sid don’t need no stinkin’ permission.

Maybe we could just ban him from the capitol.

Thanks to Donna for the heads up.