Compare…

"We just went through a regular session and two special sessions in which the whole idea was to reduce property taxes, and I voted for that every single time."

Fred Hill, Dallas Morning News, 3/5/06

… and Contrast.

"The time to kill a snake is when you’ve got the hoe in your hand."

Fred Hill, Texas House Journal, 4/12/05

I don’t expect better from Hill.

In fact, I feel a little sad for the man. No doubt it has begun to dawn on him that the entire Austin establishment is about to blame him for inflicting a "Senator Dan Patrick" on their cozy and comfy little game. That he’d begin to hallucinate and lose all capacity to remember reality accurately is really not that surprising.

But you’d think the Dallas Morning News would care enough about their own reputation to not allow a flat-out, demonstrable lie to be spread on their pages as "news".

Feel free to ask them (respectfully, please) if they do– you can send a letter to the editor by clicking here.