We met again with the folks pushing for SB 1368, Senator Carona’s Helmet Bill. There was some good news from the Medical professionals that they would fund PSAs for Motorists Awareness. Mr. Polunsky said the Senate Transportation Committee would find out who got our Training Fund moved and where it is now. Neither said so but I got the feeling these things would be done if we agreed to accept SB 1368 in some form.
They wanted the sticker to be mandatory and we couldn’t be stopped if we have it. I explained the law now says we can’t be stopped if we have it but they do it. Mr. Polunsky said there must be some way to keep them from profiling you. I let him know they are already supposed to take sensitivity training to quit profiling us and it hasn’t helped.
They offered two or three changes and each time I said I couldn’t accept the Bill that way. Finally I told them LOOK, WE CAME TO YOU FOR HELP AND I CAN SEE WE AREN"T GOING TO GET IT HERE. YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT, WE WILL RUN OUR BILL AND WE SHALL JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS. The upshot was that we try one more time to come up with something I would accept and I walked out.
Again we are at the point that we make Wentworth happy or we lose. Senator Carona has shown us that Wentworth controls the Senate, FOR NOW. I have talked to Jimmy and Robert and here is how it shapes up. We don’t think Senator Carona can pass Wentworth’s Bill in the House and he won’t bring ours up in the Senate. I shall go back into Mr. Polunsky’s office on Monday and tell him that Senator Carona can do as he sees fit. We will go with our Bill in the House and try to kill his in the Senate. If that fails we shall give it our best shot at killing it in the House.
We are citizens of this great State of Texas and we demand to be treated as such. So say I, so say we all !!!
We may just have to wait until we get some Democrat Chairmen again.
Sputnik
State Chair / TMRA 2
