I'm trying to remember....

...my resolution/promise not to bitch about elected officials if I didn't vote. Well, stupid me, I forgot to get an absentee ballot, so I didn't vote in the Texas Gubernatorial election.

Yay.

So, here comes my dilemma. I didn't vote. Rick Perry proposed something really, really stupid. Something that affects me, and my future career choices in the state of Texas.

But I didn't vote. So I can't complain.

Right?

But I can express my extreme, extreme dislike for this proposed budget of his.

Historical Commissions are important for many reasons. There are so many things that the Federal Government requires the states do, and the Historical Commission fills all of these duties. The Historical Commission also manages all of the state historic sites in the state (there are 20 sites/historic house museums in Texas).

And while Rick Perry is touting his job creation companies/businesses, he's proposing to cut the Texas Historical Commission which has 220 employees, and provides grants/expertise on so many different projects. One of those projects includes a favorite of former President George W. Bush, and one that started under his gubernatorial term.

But I didn't vote.

And this is also only the first budget proposal. It isn't formalized. So there's hope.

There's always hope.