Lawmakers upset at being turned away at Governor’s Mansion [View all]
Lawmakers angrily lashed out Thursday at DPS chief Steve McCraw over security policy at the Governor’s Mansion after several were turned away when they tried to get into a reception with their legislative ID cards.
“Is this not enough to get into the Governor’s Mansion?” an irritated state Rep. Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, asked McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, as he held up his DPS-issued badge. “It’s good enough for us to get into the Capitol.”
Turner made the remarks at a House Appropriations Committee meeting on Thursday.
Turner, chairman of a Texas Black Legislative Caucus conference that visited the white-brick mansion on Monday, said he was stopped at the mansion gate and required to undergo a background check before he was allowed inside. Other black House members complained they were subjected to the same treatment.
Rep. Helen Giddings, D-Dallas, said she was offended and left. Turner said state Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, also turned away.
State Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, said she used her Texas legislative badge to get into the White House when she visited Washington. But at the mansion, the same badge “was not good enough,” she said.
More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/lawmakers-upset-at-being-trurned-away-at-governors/nWdDB/ .
[font color=green]I forgot that we aren't at N*****head![/font]
= new reply since forum marked as read