Addressing these items is more a timing issue than whether or not we'll ultimately take care of them, |
Due to current uncertainties surrounding the non-reimbursed costs to Texas of Hurricane Katrina, I think it is prudent to wait several weeks until we know what Texas' post-Katrina obligations are for evacuees before we start spending our limited reserves, |
I have been very restrained in my comments about the House and the House leadership. But Speaker Craddick and I have a different point of view, ... I think the Legislature ought to reform our schools, not the courts. |
I think the public deserves better from their elected officials, |
If there's a culprit, (it's) those special interests who don't want school finance to pass, ... Certain lobbyists — rich and greedy lobbyists for the Texas chemical companies, for some oil and gas companies — are really out of touch with their members. They did everything they could to block school finance. |
The public deserved better from their elected officials, |
These are all items we're going to seriously consider, ... But when we only have a finite amount of available funds, I want to take a look at our immediate costs from Hurricane Katrina. |
They are friends of mine. I have argued with them. I think they really have slowed this process down, and they brought fair reform of the tax system to a standstill, |