Mike Miles testifies in the Senate Education committee
And "Senator Hughes, what are you doin'?"
Hello. I dipped in and out of hearings yesterday and today while working. All of the discussions — even of terrible policy — have been pretty dry and tired. I’m still watching the Senate Education committee hearing waiting for the spicier bills — they were on a long-winded journey about the number of uncertified teachers in Texas, which is absolutely a problem that needs to be solved, and I think bills offering uncertified teachers a financial path to certification make sense. Happy to hear from my teacher friends who disagree with the contents of this bill. But do we gotta talk about it for hours?
Locally-loathed Houston ISD superintendent Mike Miles is currently in another long hearing about replacing the STAAR test, though the text of the bill is inscrutable to me. I would wait for people more knowledgeable on me to report on this. Needless to say, the committee is absolutely stroking his ego.
Anyway, we did get this bright moment today from Sen. Carol Alvarado (D-Houston):
GIRL, SAME.
In Steve Toth news:
In Paul Bettencourt news:
You might have seen Sen. Donna Campbell’s little speech about this, but “it’s simply not what a landman actually does” is just as ridiculous. I’ve worked around all kinds of people in Texas, from utility field workers to executives who wear cowboy boots, and I tell you whut: they’re all church-going Christians out there cussin’ up a storm.
I regret to inform everyone that I was wrong about Jack Quaid’s father making an appearance at that hearing. It was Matthew McCoughauuneyeyeye and Woody Harrelson instead, who are apparently currently filming some family-friendly schlock for the masses in Dripping Springs, a place I have been known to go for weekend getaways.
In school voucher news:
Today’s House discussion of school voucher legislation was postponed, which may mean its passage is in doubt and negotiations are underway. So please encourage everyone you know who has Republican representation in Texas to contact their reps and ask them to vote no on the voucher bills.
Thursday hearing alert:
SCR 42 Hughes
Urging the state to adopt the policy to recognize two sexes, male and female — will be heard in the Senate State Affairs committee.
Three. Good. Things.
Antiques Roadshow was trending today on Bluesky for no reason other than people love Antiques Roadshow, and yeah, it is my favorite television show.
The suspicious mole on my neck was fine. Just angry. GIRL, SAME.
Susan Crawford beating Elon Musk for the Wisconsin Supreme Court seat.
