Okay, he didn't really say peace out. But The Statesman is reporting that longtime State Rep. Mike Krusee, R-Round Rock, is expected to announce his retirement from the Texas House. Krusee's also the House Transportation Committee chair.

Most folks around the Capitol expected this, largely because Krusee almost lost his re-election bid in 2006 to a woman whose biggest fundraiser was a spaghetti dinner. And because this spring, Krusee took a decidedly firm stance against House Speaker Tom Craddick, to whom he had long been loyal.

Krusee made a long, emotional speech on the Saturday before Sine Die, railing against the Speaker's handling of the moves to vacate the chair. Some said back then that it sounded like a goodbye speech -- now, it becomes the de facto goodbye.

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