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House OKs
revised
version of
state budget
Ed Sterling
Capital
Highlights
AUSTIN - On April 5, the
Texas House of Representatives
approved Committee Substitute
Senate Bill 1, a proposed state
budget of $194 billion for fiscal
years 2014 and 2015.
The Senate earlier approved a
$195.5 billion budget, so the next
step is for differences in the two
budgets to be worked out in a
House-Senate conference commit-
tee. Both
budgets
spend less
than what
it would
take to
keep in
stride with
inflation
and the
state’s in-
creasing
popula-
tion. The
House
version
adds,
above
base
spending,
$2.8 billion back into the elemen-
tary and secondary education
budget, far less than the $5.4 bil-
lion the Legislature cut from edu-
cation in 2011 to cope with a pro-
jected state revenue deficit.
In a split vote to approve
CSSB1, the House went along with
a joint recommendation not to ex-
pand Medicaid spending made by
Gov. Rick Perry, Lt. Gov. David
Dewhurst, House Speaker Joe
Straus and other leading Republi-
cans on April 1.
“Medicaid is a broken, unsus-
tainable federal program that could
eventually bankrupt Texas and all
states, and it’s nuts to expand it,”
Dewhurst said. “I’ve spoken with
our Texas senators about examin-
ing all the best ideas being consid-
ered nationwide on Medicaid, but
I’m not willing to consider going
forward unless we can agree on a
solution that is right for Texas.”
State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst, R-
Brenham, chair of the House Com-
mittee on Public Health, on April 1
said, “This debate will shape our
nation’s debt and financial future
for generations. That’s why I’m
honored to play a part as we seek
Texas solutions. When we reform
the Medicaid system, Texas can
lead the way to a brighter future
here at home and across the coun-
try.”
Casting nays on final passage
of CSSB1 were state Reps. Rafael
Anchia, D-Dallas; Lon Bumam, D-
Fort Worth; Nicole Collier, D-Fort
Worth; Joe Farias, D-San Antonio;
Mary Gonzalez, D-Clint; Ana Her-
nandez-Luna, D-Houston; Justin
Rodriguez, D-San Antonio; David
Simpson, R-Longview; Chris Turn-
er, D-Arlington; and Armando
Walle, D-Houston.
Farias explained his vote say-
ing, “We clearly had the means to
restore the cuts from two years ago
but budget writers chose not to re-
store the full $5.4 billion. The
budget also fails to fund Medicaid
expansion, an opportunity that
chambers of commerce, faith lead-
ers and Texas hospitals all agree is
necessary for our future.”
Turner, chair of the House
Democratic Caucus, said, “There is
no greater investment in our future
than doing everything we can to
help the nearly five million school
children of Texas realize their full
God-given potential by providing
the very best public education for
each and every one of them. This
budget falls well short of that basic
values test, which is why 1 voted
no.”
Senate OKs CPRIT bill
Voters approved a constitution-
al amendment in 2007 establishing
the Cancer Prevention and Re-
search Institute of Texas and au-
thorizing the state to issue $3 bil-
lion in bonds to fund groundbreak-
ing cancer research and prevention
programs and services in Texas.
On April 3 the Texas Senate
See HIGHLIGHTS, Page 5
Lynette
Sowell
My front
porch
Knight in a white pickup
There I was, zipping along in my
truck—well, my husband's truck—on a
Monday morning, heading to
Gatesville to cover county commis-
sioners' court for the paper. It was a
bright, chilly morning, but the hot cof-
fee I had in my travel mug made up
for the chill.
Then I heard the telltale sign of a
flat tire—that distinctive wubb-wubb-
wubb on the asphalt. No. Way. This is-
n't the first time I've gotten myself
stranded while out on a story. One
time it involved the truck and a ditch
on Big Divide that I won't talk about
just to save myself the embarrassment.
Anyway, back to flat tire. We're a
one-vehicle household right now, and
although my husband had the day off,
he couldn't help me without another
vehicle. There I was, stuck on the side
of 116 North and time was tick-tock-
ing away.
What to do? I didn't panic. I had
my phone. I could post something on
Facebook, but then many of my friends
were already at work, and most likely
my phone would blow up with the
"Sorry to hear that" kind of messages.
I have some great friends! But all the
encouraging messages wouldn't do me
much good, sitting in a red Chevy with
a gimpy front tire.
Within three minutes, I looked up
into my rearview mirror to see a shiny
white pickup truck and a man ap-
proaching my truck. I got out to meet
him on the shoulder.
"Flat tire, huh?" he asked.
I nodded, and we introduced our-
selves, he being from Gatesville and
working on Fort Hood, me making my
twice-monthly journey to the far north
of our county. Right away he offered
to change the flat tire and put the spare
on.
"Funny thing," he added. "I had a
flat tire this morning on the way to
work too. I've still got my jack and all
the equipment handy. But it was dark
and a lot colder when I was changing
my tire." He even offered to let me sit
See PORCH, Page 5
When men change their hair-dos
Men never leam. We make fun of
women’s fashions, joke and wisecrack
about the latest coiffures just as we
have about skirt lengths, plunging
necklines, slit skirts, sheer tops or any
fashion trend.
Well, guys, they ain’t got nothin’
on us.
I know something about men’s
“do’s.” The changes I’ve seen go back
to the early 1940s. Times, fashions and
hair-do’s are like a pendulum.
There’ve been mutton-chop side-
bums, longer hair, shorter hair, odd
cuts and re-cyclings or new begin-
nings every decade or two.
Hard times, such as the Great De-
pression, invoked “getting your ‘mon-
Willis Webb
Webb’s
Threads
ing of value and of matching the look
of the times — close-cropped GI/sol-
dier looks.
Following WWII, GIs were in
college and/or starting families and
things reverted to cycles. Every few
years, someone would do something
daring and different and guys would
say, “I’ve got to go with the new
style.” (Sound familiar, gals?)
Attitudes became more varied af-
ter World War II, a bit more after Ko-
rea, but the tumultuous 1960s turned
everything upside down. Rebellion
and defiance became ingrained in so-
ciety.
Then the U.S. waded into the
Vietnam War and those differences
became more pronounced and manifest-
ey’s worth’” by cutting your hair short to
maximize time between cuts. If you were poor, ed themselves in many ways.
“short” was more accommodating to your wallet. Young men flocked to college, to avoid being
Then came World War II and the dual reason- drafted to fight a war for which American leader-
ship found no universal support, as it existed in
both world wars. Some fled to Canada, which de-
clined to return them to face charges for refusing
U.S. military service.
In protest, young men let their hair grow long,
with mustaches and beards to provide a stark con-
trast — conventional haircuts and “longhairs,” an
offshoot of being a hippie. Being labeled such in-
volved doing what they termed peaceful things to
protest the war: sit-ins and occupation of public ar-
eas to draw attention.
In addition to long hair, hippies’ clothing
looked completely dirty, drawing jibes such as “the
great unwashed.” This look proved particularly of-
fensive to vast numbers of Americans, thus terms
considered derisive were applied to demonstrators.
Hair and clothing styles began going through
cycles. More moderate looks took hold although
longer hair stuck around. Some even went to GI
buzz/burr cuts, others to “flat-tops” to distinguish
See WE BB, Page 5
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Photographer: Dennis Knowlton
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Distribution: Alex Perez
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Staff writer: Renae Brambaugh
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Staff writer: Lynette Sowell
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