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Burka v Riddle on prison diversion funding

Texas Monthly named state Rep. Debbie Riddle to its Ten Worst Legislators list, in part because of her performance as chair of the Criminal Justice Subcommittee Appropriations, and in part because Paul Burka apparently just doesn't like her. Riddle responded, and the ensuing debate casts more light on some of the Appropriations battles in the House this session over prison diversion funding. Riddle responded to Burka:One of the reasons you rate me as among the ten worst legislators in the state is because you claim I shifted money from incarceration diversion programs to programs that ?weren?t requested, such as $20 million for new cars for the Department of Public Safety.?If you disagree with the funding decision to give DPS the tools they need to do their job, that is a legitimate political viewpoint...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 09, 2009 (boomark / email).