I love it: Bill Shipp says if Richardson succeeds with his tax proposal, he will go from being "Romeo of the Rotunda" to "Houdini of the House."

Bill Shipp, in writing about House Speaker Glenn Richardson's proposal to abolish property taxes, increase statewide sales taxes and let the legislature decide on appropriations for many local government functions (which would result in county commissioners, school board members and mayors and city commissioners losing much of their powers of taxing and spending), notes:

If Richardson succeeds with this proposal against a horde of local government lobbyists, we will change immediately his honorary title from "Romeo of the Rotunda" to "Houdini of the House."