Where’s the party line?

From my vantage point at the City Hall building here in Granbury, Texas, there is no party line. It has been vanquished by a more formidable foe — cancer.

Cancer is not a partisan issue. Proposition 15 is not a partisan initiative.

The legislators who sponsored the bills that became Proposition 15 are a testament to that — Democrats Patrick Rose and Kirk Watson and Republicans Jim Keffer and Jane Nelson. The couple hundred locals who came out to see us at lunchtime also heard from other lawmakers from both parties.

It is clear that cancer is what we have in common. We all have an interest in fighting cancer, no matter what party we might typically support.

I also had the opportunity to address that room, crowded with friendly Granbury locals at the City Hall. I told them that we lose an American to cancer every minute. Imagine how unimportant partisanship is compared to that awful fact.

We can’t wait for the federal government. We can’t wait for a miracle. We can’t wait for someone else to step up.

Cancer costs Texans alone $30 billion dollars in direct and indirect costs. That before we even consider the emotional costs — lost friends, lost family members, lost potential, lost time.

That’s too high a price. It seems like the nice folks in Granbury agree.

On to Cow Town, also known as Fort Worth…