Talk is that Rep. Helen Giddings, the “Democrat” who hitched her star to current Republican Speaker Tom Craddick, would lose her slot as chairwoman of the Business and Industry Committee, a reward to her staying in Austin during the federal Congressional redistricting brouhaha of a couple of years past, if Waxahachie’s Jim Pitts unseats Craddick.
If that’s the case, sounds like a good reason to hope Pitts is elected.
As for her worries about clean air in the area, I sure haven’t seen her leaning hard on TXU over its plan for more coal-fired power plants, as far as her using the power of the committee’s chair.
Update, Jan. 10: Well, that was quick. The pre-vote on open votes sunk Pitts, and Giddings voted the Craddick way on that. Yeesh.
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