"If he had to open a restaurant now he’d do it on the Texas-side"

No bill can be considered without looking at its consequences to the border-city area. This morning's Texarkana Gazette looks at varying local views on a recently-filed proposal to remove the recent minimum wage hike as it applies to tip earners (from $2.62 back to $2.13).

I agree with Joe Neal Oliver (whom I consider to be a great friend) that "state line dynamics made the minimum wage hike difficult." State Line dynamics make everything difficult. I don't think that repealing the 50 cent wage hike for tip earners is the right thing to do right now, but I do recognize that the effect of legislation is magnified down here on the border.