The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1985 Page: 5 of 6
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White’s supporters now regard
him as “in trouble” politically,
and he wasn’t helped much last
week when the public learned
he paid a former water com-
missioner almost $10,000 for a
23-page report containing in-
formation readily available at
state agencies.
Former commissioner John
Stover of Lufkin, an appointee
of White’s predecessor Bill
Clements, said he received the
contract after White promised
to help when he resigned to let
White appoint a successor.
White denied he gave Stover
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understand. And
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crumpled coalition
Even if the Senate approves,
as it did last session, the two-
thirds barrier still remains in
the House, a quota higher than
the strongest coalition tally
that pro-gambling forces have
put together.
And that coalition crumbled
into pieces last week following
a dismantling of the bill’s wel-
fare provisions in committee.
Bowing to the wishes of the
horse racing industry, panelists
deleted the section direct-
ing part of every racetrack’s
proceeds to child welfare. That
section was important to mi-
nority lawmakers who had
withheld support in ’83 until it
was included.
Blacks, Republicans
Even though the gambling
lobbyists tried to appease them
by guaranteeing a percentage
of racetrack stock to minority
investors, the Black lawmakers
in particular weren’t buying in.
And the substitute was similar
enough to affirmative action to
repel most of the Republican
legislators.
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Many legislators will support
parimutuel betting only if they
know it will pass. They don’t
want to face the folks back
home after voting aye on a con-
troversial issue that failed.
When the Blacks and Repub-
licans kept the bill from the
76 votes needed for a majority,
several sunshine supporters
quickly defected and changed
their votes before the official
count
Senate Action
Last week in the Senate:
—Lawmakers approved a bill
allowing criminal background
checks on the estimated
100,000 child-care employees in
Texas.
—The State Affairs Com-
mittee heard mixed testimony
on the open container bill.
—The Education Committee
considered several bills to abol-
ish or amend the new no pass-
no play rule which was part of
last year’s controversial reform
package.
Mauro, Hightower
Two state officials were in
Washington, D.C. last week for
different reasons.
Land Commissioner Garry
Mauro lobbied the Congress to
protect the Veterans Land Pro-
gram in Texas by repealing a
provision which wipes out the
program for some vets in 1990.
Agriculture Commissioner
Jim Hightower spoke to a Jef-
ferson Memorial rally of farm-
ers lobbying for higher farm
supports. Hightower continued
his attacks on President Rea-
gan, calling him “stupid” and
accusing him of committing
“economic genocide” against
farmers.
Prosecution Rests
Meanwhile, in the felony
commercial bribery trial of At-
torney General Jim Mattox,
the prosecution rested after
their prime witness testified
Mattox tried to get him to call
off the trial.
Then Mattox’s defense law-
yer began his tact of portray-
ing the attorney general as a
man just doing his job before
heated exchanges between him
and a Houston law firm led to
this trial.
Mattox is accused of threat-
ening to harm the firm’s bond
business to make them back off
from depositioning his sister.
Mattox says he didn’t make the
threat, and his defense tried to
show his actions never resem-
by
Lyndell Williams
AUSTIN—Like a firecrack-
er exploding in their faces, last
week’s surprising rout of the
parimutuel betting issue left
pro-gambling forces shocked,
wounded and wondering what
went wrong.
What was expected to be a
close vote, resembling the two-
vote difference in '83, turned
into a lopsided 96-52 massacre
as the Texas House of Repre-
sentatives voted against pass-
ing the horse-betting bill to
third reading.
And in the shocked after-
math, opponents quickly sealed
the bill’s fate by winning a mo-
tion “to reconsider and table”
it, a little used parliamentary
procedure that makes a two-
thirds vote necessary before
the bill can be brought up again
for consideration. Several pro-
gambling freshmen legislators
were confused by the motion
and found out afterwards they
had voted against their issue.
Although the bill’s House
sponsor and Speaker Gib Lewis
pronounced the bill “dead” for
the remainder of the session,
other members think the bill
may yet be revived in the Sen-
ate, where Ike Harris, R-Dal-
las. has pledged to push for-
ward.
Harris chairs the powerful
Economic Development Com-
mittee, and Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby
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Reddell, Lewis A., II & Flowers, Linda. The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1985, newspaper, March 14, 1985; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1175668/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.