Suzi Wizowaty

Because I'm running for re-election for the first time, I've been thinking recently about how one best goes about this. Typically, I've noticed, politicians send reports that say "I've done this, I've done that. Look at all I've done on your behalf." Me, me, me.

But I'm not crazy about that kind of self-promotion. It seems, um, unattractive? Tacky? My Texas (more…)

Every Tuesday afternoon, the three parties hold their caucuses, to go over the bills to be introduced that week. This last Tuesday, we Dems got an advance look at the budget and what's called the Miscellaneous Tax Bill. Now both Appropriations and Ways and Means committees consist of smart, incredibly hardworking people who this year managed to come up with a balanced budget and some creative solutions that kept the state's human services programs from being eviscerated, as Governor Douglas had proposed. But. (more…)