Here you have Aaron Pena saying well I don't think I'm going to run again. After watching all the turmoil play out at the State Capital. Then he comes out and says that he was doing the interview off the record. And is now blaming The Monitor for leaking that conversation.
Now he says that he's running and wants to bring down a medical school. How many times this past session was E-News screaming for either a medical school or dental school or even a law school. What did his district get in the end? A lousy three million dollar drug rehab center.Why do I just say a lousy three mil? The budget they past was $152 billion dollar.
Out of that Edinburg gets 3 mill for this drug rehab center. Aaron will tell you he brought 5 million to the RAC. The check goes to San Antonio and they will decide how much to give the RAC in Edinburg and in Harlingen.
Aaron Pena has always been for the teachers. The teachers did get a raise this session. If you break it down. The raise is an extra $1.25 a day. Let me say that again. Aaron fought to get you an extra one dollar and twenty five a day. Yeah, he's really for the teachers.
Also passed in the budget was to give Gov. Rick Perry a $30,000 dollar raise. So, I ask you all who is more important Rick Perry or the teachers teaching our kids?
Midland, tx where Craddick is from will get in $30 million dollars for projects up in his area.
As for the Speakers Race for next year. Aaron was quoted by saying:
Peña said he would like to see a Democrat in the speaker’s chair and considers Turner a good friend. He said “it would be hard not to” support Turner.
Turner is a democrat out of Houston. Sounds like Aaron will finally vote for a democrat huh? WRONG
More likely, this is not a play for speaker at all. It is a play to protect the Craddick Ds from a primary challenge. Turner's candidacy gives the Craddick Ds the opportunity to pledge to a Democrat. This removes the main argument that can be used against the Craddick Ds in the primary. Then, safely reelected, they can deliver their votes to Craddick in January 09.
This is a political move to help Craddick. Either Sly wins, and Craddick has one of his most loyal lieutenants as Speaker or Sly withdraws and throws his support back to Craddick. In either case, the primaries and general election calendar is the math we need to fix this problem.
Aaron Pena equals lies, deceits, and will always be with Craddick. Remember Craddick was the one able to get Aaron's drug rehab center. Loyalty to Craddick is almost certain.
