Rep. Chuck Espy (D - Clarksdale), a charter schools
proponent, vows to investigate Dickson shoving incident

post from Cottonmouth on 03 April 2012 04:01:03 PM. © Cottonmouth

In a fiery speech made on a point of personal privilege just before the House adjourned this afternoon, Rep. Chuck Espy (D - Clarksdale) vowed to get to the bottom of what happened that led to Rep. Reecy Dickson (D - Macon) being "disrespected" after the charter schools vote in the House Education Committee.

Espy is referring to the reported incident in which a purported TEA party member allegedly shoved Rep. Dickson in the hallway after the charter schools bill died in the House Education Committee by a single vote. Rep. Dickson voted against the bill.

Rep. Chuck Espy has been a strong supporter of charter schools legislation. Previous posts on this are here and here.