Everyone has their own set of priorities. Everyone almost always has an opinion about whether or not a persons priorities are headed the proper direction or if they are misguided. Day after day, across the country we watch, read and listen to our elected officials. We typically hope they are spending their days working for us, for the betterment of our state or country. We hope they are not wasting their time, effort and our tax dollars in the process. So I ran across this article in the Dallas Morning News as well as the Texas Tribune that absolutely made me laugh and shake my head. I thought to myself, "Really?! Is this seriously what we elect our State Representative to do?" I thought let's not focus our efforts on education, economy, or the welfare of the state. Texas claims to be far and above the rest, correct? So in Texas let us do this: HB 778
Bill Proposed by State Representative
Ryan Guillen
This newly proposed bill would require UT and Texas A&M to play each other in a football game annually. Again I say, "Seriously?" I go on to read further, not only does this bill propose they play annually, it proposes a penalty and restrictions on athletic scholarships if there is non-compliance by either institution. Now I personally love a good rivalry game as much as the next person, i.e. the Red River Shootout. Since I am from Oklahoma, you can guess I am not wearing orange. As fun is this game is for both states, in the event it were to end, I would gladly move on and hope that our elected Representatives spend that extra time proposing and passing bills that protect our kids at school, and people at their work place. That list can go on and on. This article displays a misguided priority by State Representative Guillen, in my opinion. He said, "I think the people of Texas want a game, and we're trying to give them one." I can only hope the people of Texas set higher priorities and standards for this state, come election time. I recommend taking a moment to read these articles to see what Texas priorities are these days.
