You’re gonna love this.  You’re just gonna love it.  Sixteen members of the Texas House of representatives are holding Rick Perry’s feet to the … ahem … fire.

Some lawmakers are urging Gov. Rick Perry to call a special session to address the wildfire devastation in the state. They sent a letter to the governor, hoping to revisit tapping the Rainy Day Fund for disaster use.

During the regular and special sessions earlier this year, Democrats argued for using the fund to ease education cuts. At one point, Perry stated the need to save the money for a possible future natural disaster like a wildfire.

Yes, he did in fact mention a wildfire specifically.   So, if we could tap him on the shoulder and remind him that WE ARE HAVING A FREEKIN’ WILDFIRE while he’s gallivanting all over with his hand out to raise money to be President, we might be able to help Texas first.

And if you think this doesn’t involve you, you’re wrong.  Other states pitched in to help because Rick perry cut our firefighter’s budgets by 75%.  And Rick Perry doesn’t have any plans to pay them back.

Donna Howard, a great Texas Democrat, explains —

“Unless the Legislature meets in special session, other states and local governments will not receive repayment for the resources they have incurred by assisting with the Texas fires, forcing them to carry this debt on behalf of Texas until at least mid-2013, or later,” Howard said.

More than $6 billion remains in the Rainy Day Fund. The state also has a Disaster Contingency Fund, which Perry’s office said has about $49 million. That could also be an option.

So far, Perry’s plan for the wildfires seems to be (1) hide out in his Austin swanky pad, (2) wear boots, and (3) wait for the mainspring to wind down.  The fire has to stop at the Gulf of Mexico, right?