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busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
Sun Mar 16, 2014, 12:59 PM Mar 2014

I know, I know this can be applied to every state to some degree but..


Texas

"The state legislature once accidentally honored the Boston Strangler because they weren't paying attention to the bills they were passing.
On April 1, 1971, Texas state Rep. Tom Moore proposed a bill to honor Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler who allegedly murdered 13 women. Moore's point was to show that his colleagues didn't read the bills they were voting on, a point that was proven correct when the state House approved the bill. Moore ended up retracting the bill after its passage..."

Say what you will..
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