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Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by shiftpgdn on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:45PM (#25426723)
Texas doesn't have a full time legislature so unlike California the amount of damage they can do is limited.
Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by octoberfranklin on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @02:28AM (#25427893)
I dearly love this aspect of Texas. It is such total genius.

And the escapades with legislators fleeing the state in order to block legislation makes for hilarity.

Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by jartelt on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @12:59PM (#25432899)
But when they are in session, they focus on important issues like playing revisionist history with your children's school textbooks...
Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by rwc on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:47PM (#25426745)
Even better than a part time legislature, in fact. Texas only meets for a few months every other year.
Re:Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving fo... by whatshisface on Monday December 14, 2020 @10:54PM (#25426785)
On top of that, a huge fraction of the laws are written directly in the constitution, meaning that without a supermajority it's impossible to change almost anything.