Just watched this wonderful play after talking with a former student of mine who is now living in Austin, Texas. We started talking Texas politics and I shared what seems like a dream now - the lives of Barbara Jordan, Ann Richards and Molly Ivens. After our conversation I ended up watching this wonderful play. Gov. Richards died in 2006 but her message really still applies today.
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https://www.pbs.org/video/ann-3fpvx3/
I was giving a speech in Texas years ago, and afterwards Ann Richards came up to thank me. It was definitely one of the highlights of my professional life. She was so charismatic and brilliant politician.
If I had one magic wish for Texas... it would be to send Barbara Jordan, Ann Richards and Molly Ivens to drop kick Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick, Ken Paxton, Ted Cruz, John Cornyn out of the state and put Texas back on track.
@QueenOfEverything how the hell did we wind up here with that motley crew?
@QueenOfEverything I'm not a Texas resident. I've visited my sister in Tyler and the University of Houston on two different trips. It was an interesting place. Extreme heat and extreme politics seems to go hand in hand. There was a wry humor that I always appreciated in Richards, Ivens and many musicians that I've admired. I couldn't spend 16 years there though? That's as long a sentence as anyone should have. Glad you escaped.
@altucker
Sorry, Al... after almost 16 years of living in Texas- I sold out and moved to Washington State last March. I lived in McKinney- where The Paxtons live. Is there an unwritten law in Texas that all politicians have immunity from prosecution for all the millions they get in bribes in "business opportunities"? When will Texans rise up and VOTE against the guys keeping them off the National Power Grid bc the PRIVATE PROFIT grid is paying politicians off- nothing changes!