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| Rep. Ryan Guillen (Texas House District 31) |
So let’s get
this straight. Apparently all the ducks of Texas legislative affairs are in a proverbial
row to the extent that we can start worrying about the trivial issues affecting
our great state.
Without
using political parties in this post, State Representative Ryan Guillen (HD-31)
who represents almost the entire rural area south of San Antonio has filed what
apparently amounts to be the most influential piece of legislation of this
session. In his own words, “I think the people of Texas want a game, and we’re
trying to get them one.”
Have you
guessed what this genius filed as his earth-shattering piece of legislation?
Yes, he filed House Bill 778 which would seek to force the University of Texas
and Texas A&M to renew their rivalry in college football. His bill deals
out the punishment of losing all their scholarships should one of the teams not
agree to participate. Apparently that is the life-affirming necessity that all
of us Texans require for proper stability of our cooperative equilibriums.
Regardless
of where you stand on whether other former conference foes have a game with
Texas A&M, that is an irrelevant point in this discussion. The point here
is that we as a state, and especially in the country, are in need of serious
legislators who are in Austin to properly legislate the state and not there to put
up ridiculous shots at sad ending to a once-proud rivalry. Whether the
University of Texas ever agrees to play Texas A&M again is solely and
completely up to them. The state House of Representatives is not the place to
settle that.
During a
typical legislative session there are thousands of items of legislation that
are filed in the Texas House alone and roughly only four months to settle them
all. So regardless of whether this is a serious bill or just a symbolic attempt
to make a point, the time in which the Texas legislature is in session is short
and there is no time for these sort of idiotic and petty measures.
That is the
reason that Representative Ryan Guillen wins this week’s Legislative Loser of
the Week.
Congratulations,
Bill
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