It Ain't Safe No More
By Wells Dunbar, 9:42AM, Fri. Nov. 10, 2006
I guess election season makes everyone crazy. First Rick Green (allegedly) throws a sucker punch at Patrick Rose on the steps of their Dripping Springs polling place. Now the Houston Chronicle is reporting that Dem Reps Tracy King (Batesville) and Pete Gallego (Alpine) mixed it up in a closed-door strategy session.
Sez the Chron, "King apparently was upset that Gallego and others threatened to recruit a primary opponent against him if he supported (House Speaker Tom) Craddick's re-election."
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