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TX Governor: Perry - 41%; Strayhorn - 20%; Bell - 18%; Kinky Friedman - 16% (Survey USA)
SurveyUSA ^ | 5/22/06

Posted on 05/23/2006 9:20:02 AM PDT by LdSentinal

Analysis: In an election for Texas Governor held today, 5/22/06, Republican incumbent Rick Perry defeats 3 challengers, according to a SurveyUSA election poll conducted for KEYE-TV Austin and WOAI-TV San Antonio. Perry leads Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, who is running as an Independent, 41% to 20%. Democrat Chris Bell gets 18% and Independent "Kinky" Friedman gets 16%. 1% prefer some other candidate. 3% are undecided. Since an identical SurveyUSA poll on 4/26/06, Perry has gained 2 points, Strayhorn has lost 5 points, Bell has gained 3 points, and Friedman is unchanged. There are 5 1/2 months until the 11/7/06 election. Perry's 41% support closely matches his 40% approval rating. If one of the Independents, Strayhorn or Friedman, cannot maintain support through a long campaign, then Bell or the other Independent may pick up enough votes to approach Perry, but Perry must still be favored as long as he has more than one serious opponent. Asked of 605 Likely Voters Margin of Sampling Error for this question = ± 4.1%

If the election for Governor of Texas were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Democrat Chris Bell? Independent "Kinky" Friedman? Republican Rick Perry? Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn? Or some other candidate?

18% Bell (D)
16% Friedman (I)
41% Perry (R)
20% Strayhorn (I)
1% Other
3% Undecided


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: bell; election; friedman; governor; kinky; perry; poll; strayhorn; surveyusa; texas
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To: sinkspur

And that is totally useless with property tax cap. Just window dressing nothing more.


21 posted on 05/23/2006 10:22:52 AM PDT by Hydroshock
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To: sinkspur

It is the appraisal board taking the money more then anyone elae.


22 posted on 05/23/2006 10:23:50 AM PDT by Hydroshock
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To: RichardW
I know a number of people who are otherwise conservative believe it is high time for a change.

Long overdue!


23 posted on 05/23/2006 10:27:51 AM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: unixfox

GO KINKY!


24 posted on 05/23/2006 10:28:41 AM PDT by no dems (I guess I'm a "Johnny one-note" type voter, but I'll keep singing out against abortion.)
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To: Hydroshock
It is the appraisal board taking the money more then anyone elae.

You decide: Would you rather the value of your home go up, or go down?

25 posted on 05/23/2006 10:30:24 AM PDT by sinkspur ( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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To: sinkspur

The appraisall board has very little to determin the price I can sell my house for. The market does that. They just determin my taxes.


26 posted on 05/23/2006 10:31:43 AM PDT by Hydroshock
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To: sinkspur

Besides a much better fairer paln would be to do property evaluations like CA does. The taxable evaluation you pay is the price you purchased it for. It stays like that until you sell. That way you know what you are being charged.


27 posted on 05/23/2006 10:35:10 AM PDT by Hydroshock
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To: Hydroshock
The appraisall board has very little to determin the price I can sell my house for. The market does that. They just determin my taxes.

Do you know how the appraisal district's appraisals work?

They use the sale of the last three like properties in your neighborhood. IOW, they use market prices to determine what the value of your home is.

The local taxing entities (county, school district, etc.) determine the taxes based on the value submitted by the appraisal district.

28 posted on 05/23/2006 10:35:43 AM PDT by sinkspur ( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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To: RichardW
I'd love to vote for someone other than Perry, but I think the others are as bad or worse. I am seriously considering not voting in the governor race.

Yes, property taxes are out of control, but come on, California has a 1% higher statewide sales tax, 7.25% base, nearly a 10% income tax and you don't have to be making that much to be in that top bracket, and even with Prop 13 limiting run away appraisals, (an appraisal cap less than 10% would be nice in Texas) the property tax rate is 1%. Finally, car titling, other use fees, and licensing requirements complete the picture, California IMO has a bleaker tax picture than Texas.

Full disclosure, with the higher appraisal, and if all the taxing entities in El Paso County keep the same tax rates, which counts as a tax increase I will pay about 2.5% of my houses value in taxes for 2006.

My main heartburn with the new tax structure is my belief that in five years all the school district will be back up to $1.50 per 100, I mean here in El Paso the school districts have go to and gotten bonds approved by the voters for maintenance, WTF if yo can't work routine maintenance into your annual budget SOMETHING is wrong and that is my concern.
The expanded business law is troublesome in that nearly every business will pass the increases on by raising prices, but I think, if there is going to be a tax law it should be an all or none affair. Everybody pays, or no one pays, but 1 in 8 or 1 in 9 having the tax apply, while the other business take a pass doesn't seem right. I like the no one pays idea, but rather than doing away with it, they really expanded it. Just like a bunch of politicians.
29 posted on 05/23/2006 10:35:49 AM PDT by thinkthenpost (I am the King of the run-on sentence.)
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To: Hydroshock
The taxable evaluation you pay is the price you purchased it for. It stays like that until you sell. That way you know what you are being charged.

That works for California because California also has a state income tax. Texas doesn't.

Maybe you would prefer that Texas have a personal income tax. Most Texans don't.

30 posted on 05/23/2006 10:37:22 AM PDT by sinkspur ( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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To: sinkspur

See post 27. Everyone I have talked to about thsi taxing plan like it.


31 posted on 05/23/2006 10:37:59 AM PDT by Hydroshock
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To: RichardW

Apparently you don't get around much.


32 posted on 05/23/2006 10:39:04 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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To: sinkspur

That is the way they should work, but often don't. In 2004 the Ft. Bend Country appraisal board circulated a memo stating that referred to the taxing entities as there primary concerns. And called for the max effort to keep taxes up. That is one of the main reasons I like the California plan. There is no need for an appraisal board, you just have a clerk record the price.


33 posted on 05/23/2006 10:40:54 AM PDT by Hydroshock
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To: Hydroshock
Everyone I have talked to about thsi taxing plan like it.

Would they also like a 10% state personal income tax, as California has, as well?

34 posted on 05/23/2006 10:41:18 AM PDT by sinkspur ( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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To: sinkspur

Maybe we can try cutting spending instead of a bunch of new taxes. That seems to me what a conservative would do.


35 posted on 05/23/2006 10:42:08 AM PDT by Hydroshock
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To: Hydroshock
Maybe we can try cutting spending instead of a bunch of new taxes.

Send your recommendations to the governor.

He and the legislature cut nearly two billion out of the budget two years ago, including some CHPS funding that included therapy for handicapped kids.

What else would you like to cut?

36 posted on 05/23/2006 10:44:20 AM PDT by sinkspur ( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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To: RichardW

"The incompetence of Texas state government is second only to Louisiana's"

Uh, no. I can list about 20 or more states that would take that title before Texas.


37 posted on 05/23/2006 10:45:13 AM PDT by The South Texan (The Democrat Party and the leftist (ABCCBSNBCCNN NYLATIMES)media are a criminal enterprise!)
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To: sinkspur

I have sent it to the governnor along with a letter asking not to be bother with any requests for support in the coming election. As things stand I will not vote for anyone for Governor. We have an 8 billion+ surplus that should be used along with cuts. Starting with cuts in school administrations.


38 posted on 05/23/2006 10:51:34 AM PDT by Hydroshock
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To: Hydroshock
We have an 8 billion+ surplus that should be used along with cuts. Starting with cuts in school administrations.

Cuts in school administration should be directed to your local school board. Perry has no influence over budget considerations in your school district.

Texas doesn't always have a surplus of 8 billion, which is why the Texas Supreme Court would never accept a variable source like the surplus or the lottery as a permanent solution to school funding.

39 posted on 05/23/2006 10:57:26 AM PDT by sinkspur ( Don Cheech. Vito Corleone would like to meet you......Vito Corleone.....)
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To: sinkspur

Mandate the 65% solution to fund schools. That dictates that 65% of all money spent in education be spent in the classroom. And then details what is meant by classroom. Example the football staduim is not a classroom.


40 posted on 05/23/2006 10:59:10 AM PDT by Hydroshock
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