Commentary #1

     I do agree with Ms. Huizar when it comes to the fact that our legislative sessions do seem to be too short to get everything addressed that needs to be.  But if 140 days is too short, my question is how many days would be sufficient? If the legislative session is too long then all these state representatives  will be taken out of their respective districts which in turn would make them largely unavailable to the people they represent. And if the legislative session is not long enough, then we would be running into the same problem that we are seeing now.

     I don’t think that the length of the session is the only thing that’s leading to all these representatives “running around like chickens with their heads cut-off,” but also the tendency that many of us have to procrastinate when it comes to important things. I feel if our state reps buckled down and do a better job than what they’re doing now, they can get a lot done. But that still doesn’t mean they can get everything addressed that needs to be. And further more Ms. Huizar has an excellent point, what happens to all the items that don’t get to be addressed? Do they spill over on to the next legislative session or do they simply just get forgotten? These are all questions that the people of Texas need to be asking, because after all without questions we can never receive an answer.