In an earlier blog post, I noted that the prospect looked dim. The Motor Vehicle Board was locked in a 4-4 tie. Now, apparently, there has been another appointee (by the Governor) to the Board and the issue may not even come up for another vote.
Jerry Patterson, the Texas Land Commissioner, is running for Lieutenant Governor (the office of which, in Texas, wields more power than that of the Governor), supports the SCV plate and has hinted that the issue may not be as dead as The Aggie would like it to be. Patterson suggested that the whole affair may end-up in court as a First Amendment issue.
NAACP, of course, has collected 22,000 signatures against what they have named the "hate plate". The SPLC will probably show up here sooner or later. Meanwhile, the Texas Division of the SCV has been lending its support of the Buffalo Soldiers' sons to have their own plate.
The Aggie is on the losing end of this affair. His opinion is, obviously, for sale.
Did you hear that a skeleton was found in an old building in College Station, Texas? Yep, it was the Texas Aggie Hide-And-Seek champion of 1938.
Deo Vindice
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