Proposal something to snack on [Texas Rep. Flores wants "Chips/Salsa" to be official state snack]

Houston Chronicle ^ | 11/.14/2002 | AP

[HennepinPrisoner]

AUSTIN -- Amid a slew of bills addressing conservative social reform, one lawmaker was thinking about snacking.

State Rep. Kino Flores, on the second day of filing bills to be addressed during the upcoming legislative session, submitted Wednesday a bill to make tortilla chips and salsa the official state snack.

The move comes after a group of second-grade students at Leo Marcell Elementary School in Mission decided Texas needed a state snack. They went to Flores, D-Mission, with their idea.

"I got a telephone call saying they wanted to propose a law, then an e-mail, then a visit," he said. "I thought if it's important enough for them to visit, it's important enough for me to look at."

If approved, the measure would include chips and salsa with the bluebonnet, jalapeño, blue topaz and prickly pear cactus as official Texas symbols.

[HennepinPrisoner]

Aren't there more important things the Texas legislature should be doing? Such as demanding Washington reimburse Texas hospitals for having to care for illegal aliens?

[lsee]

Should EVERY second grade class be permitted to clog the system in order to learn "how a bill becomes law"? Shouldn't lawmakers have the spine to tell them "this isn't playtime?" kindly but firmly?

[NC Conservative]

Love nachos and salsa. Yummy.

[Valin]

Aren't there more important things the Texas legislature should be doing?

NO!!

[Dog Gone]

Welcome to Texas. Now change your state flag on your homepage!

The way it works here in Texas is that literally hundreds of bills are filed at the start of the legislative session. Only a tiny fraction are ever even considered by a committee, much less sent to the floor for a vote.

You'll read stories about all kinds of wacky or insignificant bills being introduced, but it's meaningless.

[Redbob]

Remember the "Law of Unintended Consequences," and when you see the legislature working on something like this, instead of screwing up something important, thank your lucky stars!

BTW, I vote for Dr. Pepper and Fritos.

[Britton J Wingfield]

No way it'll ever be as popular as pressed-armadillo.

[lsee]

it's meaningless...and expensive...but, I like chips and salsa!

[laker_dad]

People just like to say the word, SALSA!

[lsee]

Okay, wise guy, here's the wav file you were prob'ly thinking of...SALSA!!!!! Say it with feeling! Seinfeld

[xm177e2]

Aren't there more important things the Texas legislature should be doing?

Aren't we best off when the legislatures aren't doing stuff?

[nanny]

[No way it'll ever be as popular as pressed-armadillo]

Well, since the armadillo is our state mammal, I don't think it could get both honors - chips and salsa is OK with me as long as it is Pace. Is ice cream a snack, we could have Blue Bell.

[laker_dad]

Okay, wise guy, here's the wav file you were prob'ly thinking of...SALSA!!!!! Say it with feeling!

LOL Thanks! That's the one...