Wick, you fired off a post last week that was pretty critical of Tom Craddick, who you said refuses to consider a modification to the 10-percent rule. A law-practicing FBvian has been hounding me ever since to correct you on that point. He writes:
I have now read several articles discussing the House’s votes the last session on capping the top 10% rule. They first voted on a cap at 67% of incoming enrollment, but the Senate passed a cap of 50%. The compromise bill set it at 50% and the House rejected it at the end of the session. In light of that, how do you keep up, without edit, this statement by Wick: “Why can’t the Top 10 Rule be modified? Because Speaker Tom Craddick of Midland refuses to consider it.”
If he refuses to consider it, how did the House vote on it multiple times last year and pass a version that included caps? Here is one of the articles I read.
