Yeah But, After All, Republicans Are In Office And You Can Trust Them
Well, let’s see. Our former Governor and our current attorney general are under incitement for felonies.
But Governor Greg Abbott set to fixing that.
In his first State of the State address to the Texas Legislature in early 2015, newly elected Gov. Greg Abbottchallenged lawmakers to dedicate their unfolding 140-day session to ethics reform, asserting that “the most important commodity that we have as elected officials is the bond that we share with our constituents.”
Action talks and talk talks, too, only down a darkened alley way under a crescent moon to meet with hookers.
And that’s what happened in Texas. The Republican dominated Legislature got zero done on ethics reform. In fact, they went the opposite way, giving state officials accused of crimes more choice of where they want to be prosecuted.
So perhaps it’s no surprise that the state earned a grade of D- in the latest State Integrity Investigation, a national assessment of state government accountability and transparency by the Center for Public Integrity and Global Integrity.
We went from a 27th ranking and a D+ two years ago to 38th with a D- this year and it ain’t improving none at all with our agriculture commissioner and Baby Bush as our land commissioner hiring all their friends and relatives at triple digit salaries. Hell, Baby Bush only shows up at work half the time. We can’t decide if that’s good news or bad news.
Oh hell, Texas. Straighten up and fly right. Or left. Left would be good.
Bby Bush is trying to beat Rubio at attendance?
1Unfortunately no state rated better than C (CT, CA, and AK):
http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/11/09/18822/how-does-your-state-rank-integrity
Apparently D- shows as F on the map– TX joins 13 others in that category, including, to my surprise, VT.
2Republican Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. But not funny:
Ferris: Look, it’s real simple. Whatever mileage we put on, we’ll take off.
3Cameron: How?
Ferris: We’ll drive home backwards.
Well, like the tagline says: Don’t Mess With Tethics!
4Sounds as though Baby Bush looks to Dubya as a model for his work ethic. I’ll bet he’s practicing clearing brush in front of a camera crew…
5Rhea, great chart, thanks! Sure can see the influence of ALEC and Shelly Adelson in NV. Like you, found VT to be a surprise.
No state above a C sure indicates the mess state legislatures have become, since ALEC has run rampant. The other thing noted among the criteria was the fact the ratings were given on existing law. To me, laws on the books are no indication that they are being followed.
NV law has always seemed adequate, when the ‘good’ guys (Democrats) are in charge. Same laws are useless, when the Republicons are in power and doing things their way.
George Pee Bush, striving to become the fifth generation of Bush Crime Family.
6I was wondering if “Baby Bush” was “P” i.e. Prescott Bush, the son of the former FL governor. He’s a good-looking man and, from what I have read, is endowed with all the entitled asshole/no brains to speak of qualities that gallop through the Bush family.
7Under “Incitement for felonies”? Is that what they are actually calling the Republican platform that now?
8Nothing on this earth, no amount of money can get me to look up the rating for Michigan, specially after Gamrat et al.
9Come on Texas you’re slacking. Michigan rated dead last.
10NY got a D- too.
11Did that amendment pass, the one about letting the crooks live outside Austin? Sheesh.
12I’m going to go make a PBJ sammich and give my eyes/fingers /brain a rest. Myself, I looked at that picture of Prescott the Kid in San Antonio. His grin is way too toothy for me. Kinda creepy. Y’all carry on.
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