Any chance that this Texas legislative session will produce more independent thinkers? More that are willing to cater to the voters that elected them and less to the party they are affiliated with? More that will work with those on the other side of the aisle to implement legislation that will benefit us all, not just the "Bigs"? That's what I'm looking for. That's what the newly elected neophytes should be planning on doing.
Chances are they will be succumbing to the "sirens sweetly singing," the offers they hold forth and the retribution promised if they don't "play ball." It is an old story.Few are able to weather the storms that being a true statesman promises to bring. Maybe there are one or two who will set themselves apart and bow their necks against the inevitable onslaught. I can only hope this is true.There are many hardened Texas political souls who, I am sure, are smirking at my pleas for a new breed of representation. Since I am an independent business man who is relatively new to devoting attention to the Texas political process, I still hold out hope.-- John T. Johnson III, ArlingtonHave more to add? News tip? Tell us
