[Lady Johanna]

I heartily agree, declare their seats vacant and abandoned, and replace them.
If you had an employee who walked out, you'd fire him, and replace him. Same needs to be done here.

[GatekeeperBookman]

So what do the pretty gov & the too clever Lt. Gov wait for??? A team of assasins?? A sign from God??

MAybe we should run a blind classified personal in the Austin_American Statesman-"Rick, fire them. Let what's his face the Lt. deliver the pink slip. Call us for his plane ticket to Albeturque. Tell no one."