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Anyone native to Texas can tell you a story about the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.  They are a humorless bunch of old ladies who rule over the Alamo like it is their prize and singular position.

The good news is that the Alamo still stands.  The bad news is that not for much longer.  It’s literally falling apart under the Daughter’s watch.

The Daughter of the Republic of Texas have been kinky about their finances.  They don’t want anybody knowing where their money goes.

You know that you have sunk lower than whale poop on the bottom of the ocean when you are a group of extremely conservative women and the Republican Attorney General of Texas calls you “unrepentant.”

Yikes.

The Daughters did themselves no favors while answering questions from San Antonio’s Democratic State Senator Leticia Van de Putte.

My favorite exchange —

Things went from not so good for the daughters to very not so good when Karen Thompson of Leander, the DRT’s historian general, was in the witness seat as Van de Putte read from an email — “WORST SENATE BILL EVER !!!!!” — from Thompson to fellow daughters. The email concerned SB 1518 by Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, chairman of the committee. The bill “gives THC the power to simply take the Alamo period … by any manner,” Thompson wrote in the email.

As a clearly peeved Van de Putte read the email aloud, Thompson laughed a few times.

“Why would you say this about the chairman’s bill?” Van de Putte asked, subtly making the point that it’s not nice to squeeze the chairman.

“Because I’m a very dramatic person,” Thompson replied, dramatically. “And my aunt’s an actress and I guess I just get that after her. That was meant just for the daughters. Just to get their attention.”

The senator asked Thompson if she indeed thought this was the “worst bill ever.”

“Oh, heavens no,” Thompson said, assuring Van de Putte “there’s been millions of them that have been worse.”

And the Daughters wonder why everybody who has lived in Texas has at least one joke about them.

My favorite?  They are wound so tight that their mainspring will still be running ten years after God is dead.