What a terrific legislative moment - a rare occasion when public debate on the floor actually changed hearts and minds at the eleventh hour, killing a truly bad bill that offended both reason and liberty.I turned it on late so I didn't hear all the debate this morning, but I was pleased to find Reps Turner, Chavez, Hodge, Castro, Olivo, Coleman, Dukes, Puente, Farias, Alonzo, Escobar, Bolton, Miles, Veasey, Giddings, and most especially Senfronia Thompson and Harold Dutton all doing a… [read post]