Downing, Boyle, Masset, Keffer, Hutchison, Culberson, Perry, Black, and Bell Clayton Downing, director of the Texas School Coalition and former superintendent of Lewisville schools, talking to The Dallas Morning News about the state government's efforts this summer: "They missed the boat. They've been more focused on campaign promises like property tax relief than on solving the education funding issue. It was a mistake that not a dime of the tax bill was going to schools." Carolyn Boyle, who quick the Coalition for Public Schools to start up the new Texas Parent PAC, which will raise money for legislative races: "I quit my job because I was so fed up with the Texas Legislature. I realized we need new people at the Texas Legislature." Republican consultant Royal Masset, talking to the San Antonio Express-News about education groups that opposed the Legislature's proposals on school finance: "They've done a heck of a job. Our people are just not used to it. They're used to getting 100 e-mails from right-to-life people. Now they're getting angry parents. I think it scares the heck out of them." House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, quoted in The Dallas Morning News after the Senate passed school finance legislation that would require a tax bill that already died: "Why they were going through all that grandstanding and show biz yesterday when they knew what the reality was, I don't understand." U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, who announced earlier this year that she'll seek reelection instead of running for governor, in the San Antonio Express-News: "I thought when I bowed out of the governor's race that it would take the politics out of the Legislature. That's one of the reasons why I announced early. I really thought that would help. I see no change, and I'm disappointed." Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, quoted in The Dallas Morning News on allowing volunteers to protect the U.S.-Mexico border: "We always relied on each other in frontier days in Texas. We relied on neighbors and friends to arm themselves and... protect the neighborhood against bandits. I'm fed up." Gov. Rick Perry, asked by a reporter for the San Antonio Express-News about the costs of three special sessions on school finance: "I am stunned that you would ask a question about the cost of a special session vs. the benefit that can come... That's a minor amount of money relative to what this means to the teachers of the state of Texas, for crying out loud, the children who deserve to have those textbooks in the schools this fall." Perry spokesman Robert Black, asked by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram to respond to criticism from Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Chris Bell of Houston: "Chris who?" Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell, quoted by the Associated Press: "Rick Perry is an inspiring leader. In fact, he's inspired me to run for governor."