[stand watie]

IF what you say is FACTUAL, i have EVEN less use for our "trusted servants" of the statehouse!

my staff & i "polled" the members less than 24 hours before the vote & we "had the votes" to do NOTHING.

free dixie,sw

[quadrant]

Did you believe what you were told? I'm telling you that many of those people who claimed to be voting no, were planning to vote yes for any reasonable compromise, especially one that could be written into law and not changed except by a vote of the General Assembly, rather that say by a governor eager to court votes.
I'm a Southerner who is as proud of my heritage as the next man, but I'm flexible enough to realize that at times small concessions are necessary.
Perhaps you should read THE LEOPARD. One of the principal characters has a saying, "Things must change so that they can remain the same."