I\’m sure this won\’t piss anyone off … but check out the letter Rep. Brian McCall (R-Plano) sent to a concerned poker citizen who requested his support on HB 3186:
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Wow. Way to encourage participation in the political process, sir. I think a lot of elected officials — perhaps the majority even — forget that regular people like Mr. Rogers are their bosses, not their bitches. I may be a little jealous because he has way better hair than me tilty based on the way he belittles a citizen who simply did what he was supposed to do to let his representative know where he stands on an issue. You\’ll notice McCall doesn\’t actually take a stance … he pretty much just calls Jason stupid for doing so.
Click below for more insight into what a simple-minded congressman Rep. McCall may or may not be …
ALT HED: Why We Lost, Exhibit A
In the letter itself, McCall implies that Jason, by having a strong stance on HB 3186, is not concerned about \”public education, public safety, transportation … the budget, [and] crime.\” Now if McCall can\’t see why poker legalities are related to all of the above, then why, really, should he be in charge of anything of social importance? This bill was all about crime and public safety and the budget. Perhaps he could talk to the cops in his district for an explanation. McCall did go to Oxford, so he can\’t be an idiot. But it is possible that a politician who touts his closeness to George W. Bush and Rick Perry as his strongest asset has become so full his party line that he has forgotten how to think for himself, let alone the people he claims to represent. Just a possibility. You gotta know what your opponent is capable of.
From his website:
Since being elected in 1991, I have fought to lower taxes, to reduce government waste, to preserve Texas values, and to help make the Texas economy one of the strongest in the nation.
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Thank you again for the opportunity to serve you. I look forward to representing your interests in the Texas Legislature.
Reduce government waste? If that were true, then he would have seen the clear sense of making money by protecting people (from robbery, cheating, etc.) as opposed to spending money on tying up the police and court system with hard-to-prosecute misdemeanors.
And how does sending taxable dollars out of state while not taxing the poker money that stays in-state help make the Texas economy stronger? (It doesn\’t … it makes it weaker.) And I won\’t waste my time explaining the Texas values inherent to Texas Hold\’em … but I would like to remind Reppy B-Mac that with that last sentence, hey, your God knows if you are bluffing.
It should be noted that McCall is a member of the Calendars Committee.