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1 minute ago, MissingInAction said:

I wish. Cant be in public until my wbc is normal next week.

There’s a party downtown near 5th Street.

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Sorry if I'm slow with my thoughts, but I'm going to assume that a law allowing wastewater to be reused is not really about finding a reuse of the water or frankly even disposing of it. If O&G can "safely" reuse wastewater for agriculture, then why not allow them more access to more groundwater. They'll return x% of it back to the river or agriculture canals at a later date. Let's face it, O&G wants 100% of Texas water so they need to identify how to sell that argument. 

In a way, it reminds me how the chemical industry came up with the idea of plastic recycling. Not because they wanted to reduce landfill waste or that they wanted to buy recycled plastic. They wanted to shift the blame of plastic waste in our environment away from them. Chemical companies aren't the bad guy, it's your neighbor who refuses to separate their trash. This gives the chemical companies more of a market because the consumer doesn't feel bad about choosing plastic.

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4 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Still waiting for action on SB3. My prediction is that he doesn’t sign it, allows it to pass into law, and then calls a special session to “fix it” before it takes effect

I bet he doesn't sign it in the next hour and then just washes his hands of it and say its Dan's fault if needed.

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So…yesterday wake-up to see we may be at war with Iran (currently in the UK).  Today wake-up up to Abbott being sensible to kill SB3.  Welcome back to 2025.  
 

Gov statement, special session to apply common reasonable regulation (absolutely want child resistant packaging because even if we keep ours in a lockbox, many don’t)


https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/VETO_proclamation_SB_3_IMAGE_2025-06-22.pdf

Assume Abbott did this for his own political play as a Pub prez candidate, to extract money from the industry, or just put Patrick in his place as a preemptive maneuver.  Regardless of reasons:

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Pretty interested to find out what the real reasons are that Abbott vetoed SB3 because the stated legality issues/because it was the right thing to do just don’t seem like something he would go to absolute war with Lt Dan over… gotta be more to the story

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“Texas must enact a regulatory framework that protects public safety, aligns with federal law, has a fully funded enforcement structure and can take effect without delay,” Abbott said.

In a statement explaining his veto, Abbott argued that SB 3 would not have survived “valid constitutional challenges,” and that the bill’s total ban “puts federal and state law on a collision course,” noting that the 2018 federal Farm Bill legalized hemp products.

“Allowing Senate Bill 3 to become law — knowing that it faces a lengthy battle that will render it dead on arrival in court — would hinder rather than help us solve the public safety issues this bill seeks to contain,” Abbott said. “The current market is dangerously under-regulated, and children are paying the price. If Senate Bill 3 is swiftly enjoined by a court, our children will be no safer than if no law was passed, and the problems will only grow."

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/state/texas-thc-ban-delta-8-9-vetoed-greg-abbott-special-session/287-cca31320-9394-470e-8e69-04477de760e6

 

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1 hour ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Pretty interested to find out what the real reasons are that Abbott vetoed SB3 because the stated legality issues/because it was the right thing to do just don’t seem like something he would go to absolute war with Lt Dan over… gotta be more to the story

Real reason is even he thinks Dan Patrick is a clown

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19 minutes ago, tx ind said:

Real reason is even he thinks Dan Patrick is a clown

If this is true I may have to actually apologize for a small portion of the mean things I have said about Abbott...

small portion...
 

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34 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

“Texas must enact a regulatory framework that protects public safety, aligns with federal law, has a fully funded enforcement structure and can take effect without delay,” Abbott said.

In a statement explaining his veto, Abbott argued that SB 3 would not have survived “valid constitutional challenges,” and that the bill’s total ban “puts federal and state law on a collision course,” noting that the 2018 federal Farm Bill legalized hemp products.

“Allowing Senate Bill 3 to become law — knowing that it faces a lengthy battle that will render it dead on arrival in court — would hinder rather than help us solve the public safety issues this bill seeks to contain,” Abbott said. “The current market is dangerously under-regulated, and children are paying the price. If Senate Bill 3 is swiftly enjoined by a court, our children will be no safer than if no law was passed, and the problems will only grow."

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/state/texas-thc-ban-delta-8-9-vetoed-greg-abbott-special-session/287-cca31320-9394-470e-8e69-04477de760e6

 

You could make most of those same arguments against the 10 commandments law but here we are….

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1 hour ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Pretty interested to find out what the real reasons are that Abbott vetoed SB3 because the stated legality issues/because it was the right thing to do just don’t seem like something he would go to absolute war with Lt Dan over… gotta be more to the story

 

34 minutes ago, tx ind said:

Real reason is even he thinks Dan Patrick is a clown

The governor doesn’t care about Dan Patrick at all. He wants to be president.
 

I would bet folding money that his polling of GOP primary voters in Iowa and New Hampshire shows that whereas SB3 could hurt his chances, legalized THC for adults + abortion ban + vouchers is a good combination.

A losing fight for the 10 commandments is also a winner.

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