Every business especially small business will fight tooth and nail when the state makes attempts on telling them what to do. The people I work for are not antigun, but their spine will stiffen when the legislature meets and starts talking about how adding more rules to the way they do business. This is an educational issue. Companys need to understand we can take our handguns almost anywhere, and us CHL owners and travellers aren't going postal in our churches, schools, and even our post offices.Charles L. Cotton wrote:You are absolutely correct about what went in in the House. However, as for SB534, it would not have come out of House Calendars Committee until it was too late to pass, even if it had go to Calendars earlier than April 25th. Not only did the Texas Association of Business (TAB) oppose it, virtually every Chamber of Commerce in the State was sending emails and faxes opposing SB534. The money lined up against SB534 was staggering and this is why this battle will be hard fought again in 2009.srothstein wrote:I just wanted to point out that it was not really the businesses fault that the bill died. In this case (this specific legislature), it was the politicians fault with the way they played politics all session. It started with the battle for the Speaker of the House, and then the 60 days with do nothing rules made/enforced put a lot of bills behind schedule. A lot of the stalling at the end of the session came from the political reactions to the original stalling and from the new battle for the next Speaker of the House.
Sure, the opposition from the business community certainly did not help us, but the real blame is the reps and senators themselves and the two major parties.
Chas.
I believe the issue needs to be addressed at the school level. While the unions might seem to be powerful, they represent the leftist. The leftist generally aren't our friends anyway. Whereas the typical Chamber of Commerce are folks that tend to be middle or even to the right.