81st Legislative Session Ends: Lawmakers Continue To Let Down Texans

While there were some small victories during this 81st Legislative Session, for the most part the people of Texas were let down again by their elected officials. It appears to be a reoccurring theme every two years when the legislature meets.

The reason for these poorly orchestrated and unsuccessful legislative sessions appears to be the ever-increasing power of the wealthy special interest lobbies, who continue to dominate the allegiances of Texas lawmakers.

The days seem long gone when the first priority of government officials is to their every day constituency. Now that hard-working Texans are hardly working, diligence, and intelligent decision-making should be the priority of our lawmakers, but as we have just witnessed during this session, our legislators failed miserably