text: Along with the announcement of the Special Session on Monday, one could also say that all of the main players that may become standing candidates for main offices in this city and state were also on stage as a kinda "introduction to the people" if you will. It should come as no surprise that the resulting legislation that is passed out of the Special Session will dictate the terms of the upcoming 2018 and 2020 election cycles - who is in play and what the main issues will be. 
  
  In other words, pay close attention - because this whole thing has a lot more moving parts than figuring out how to get $3 billion dollars.