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Senator Hutchison Holds Tense Meeting with Perry Supporters in El Paso
Lubbock, TX, Avalanche-Journal ^ | 12-12-04 | AP

Posted on 12/12/2004 7:28:40 AM PST by Theodore R.

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To: deport

"That would be charging people by the mile to drive. unequal... but fuel taxes do that now."

And by and large it works. The problem with fuel taxes is there's no built in revenue growth, like inflation, or what we see in property taxes. If fuel taxes had that indexing, we'd be paying 30 cents per gallon more and we'd have the freeways we need. What angers me about Perry is his haste to dump that system without any thought as to the consequences.


81 posted on 12/12/2004 10:10:35 AM PST by BobL
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To: BobL

You are overreacting. The process works well elsewhere.


82 posted on 12/12/2004 10:12:17 AM PST by Lady Jag (All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power)
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To: Lady Jag

It's never been tried at these toll rates (other than California SH 91). It is very, very, punishing.


83 posted on 12/12/2004 10:15:31 AM PST by BobL
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To: Lady Jag

But I agree, I am reacting more than necessary. I don't know why - maybe need a shrink.


84 posted on 12/12/2004 10:16:42 AM PST by BobL
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To: BobL

Incremental tolls occur on most toll roads. It's just different terminology. Regular commuters' transponders eventually provide discounts. Some drivers get off early to avoid higher tolls and drive through neighborhoods with some detriment but also increasing local revenues. Every issue you've raised indicates overreaction due to lack of research and experience, or you're listening to hysterics or MSM.


85 posted on 12/12/2004 10:20:36 AM PST by Lady Jag (All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power)
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To: Theodore R.
I don't think KBH would be a strong Governor.She is just ok as a senator not strong not weak just ok.IMHO.Perry has a lot under his belt and has the democrats number.The press and the democrats would love to see him gone.
86 posted on 12/12/2004 10:34:10 AM PST by solo gringo (Liberal democrats are swamp leaches)
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To: Galactic Overlord-In-Chief

Perry has been a big nothing as governor and a disappointment. He's no kind of leader at all. Personally, I'm prone to thinking that Kay is a better choice than he is.


87 posted on 12/12/2004 10:36:21 AM PST by Clara Lou (Hillary Clinton: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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To: Kuksool
Actually a governor has some say on abortion. Sure, they can't sign a bill banning abortion, but there are reasonable restrictions that can be placed on abortion. For example, cutting any state funds to Planned Parenthood, changing Texas's parental notification abortion law into a parental consent law, and blocking any state plan promoting stem cell research.

I take it you are not familiar with the Texas system? We may have the weakest governor in the US. Our Lt. Governor is the power in the state and the Governor has only two real powers. The veto, which Perry uses a great deal, though he cannot tell you why, and the bully pulpit, at which he is 100% ineffective.

88 posted on 12/12/2004 11:13:11 AM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon (May God Bless the President)
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

Considering that the General Assembly is controlled by socially conservative Republicans, there is no doubt they will attempt pass some more pro-life bills in the near future. When they do, the media will ask the candidates for Governor if they would support such bills.


89 posted on 12/12/2004 11:23:41 AM PST by Kuksool
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To: Theodore R.
Earlier this week the news was covering KBH's position on stem cell research and acting as if they were surprised she would support such research. I'm no fan of KHB either. I have not cared for the responses coming from her office anytime I sent correspondence on various issues but particularly illegal immigration.
90 posted on 12/12/2004 11:26:18 AM PST by Texas_Jarhead (I believe in American Exceptionalism! Do you?)
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To: deport

It is often said that the TX governorship is institutionally weak, but the governor has line-item veto and can veto up to 20 days after the legislature has left town. Legislators usually defer to the governor if they hope to pass favored bills, for it is nearly impossible to override his veto. This was last done in 1979, I believe.

The lieutenant governor has great authority over the State Senate and is a powerful person in his right. He can keep legislation that he opposes (as Bob Bullock did with abortion restriction legislation in the 1990s) from coming to the Senate floor.

But the TX governorship is not really "weak" as I see it.

The governor has virtually no clemency powers: those were taken away in 1936, but he has a one-time 30-day reprieve in death sentences.


91 posted on 12/12/2004 11:27:44 AM PST by Theodore R.
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To: Texas_Jarhead

Did Kay Bailey specify what type of stem cell research: adult or embryonic?


92 posted on 12/12/2004 11:28:25 AM PST by Kuksool
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To: Kuksool
1) What is the General Assembly? The Texas House?

2) Nothing will happen until Roe vs. Wade is successfully challenged, and that is still at least a few year out.

3) Any attempts to change current law will be small steps and KBH has always supported laws against partial birth and late term abortion.

She would make a far better governor than Perry.

93 posted on 12/12/2004 11:31:07 AM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon (May God Bless the President)
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To: Kuksool

I'm fairly certain it was embryonic research that was discussed. Not 100% on that but I imagine that there wouldn't be much of a news stroy to play up if it was adult stem cell research.


94 posted on 12/12/2004 11:32:18 AM PST by Texas_Jarhead (I believe in American Exceptionalism! Do you?)
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

I think the term "General Assembly" in all states refers to BOTH houses of the legislature.

"Congress" technically refers to the House and Senate, but people associate it primarily with the House.


95 posted on 12/12/2004 11:35:11 AM PST by Theodore R.
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To: Theodore R.
I think the term "General Assembly" in all states refers to BOTH houses of the legislature.

I should have been more clear. I meant the Texas House may be socially conservative (and that's close) but am not sure the Senate is. We have some real odd folks in that chamber.

96 posted on 12/12/2004 11:41:49 AM PST by HoustonCurmudgeon (May God Bless the President)
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To: Theodore R.
"Conservatives plan all right moves; Texas GOP puts constitutional ban on gay marriage first"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1298863/posts

The link above shows that the Texas lawmakers are planning an aggressive socially conservative agenda next year. It could frame the debate in the 2006 elections.
97 posted on 12/12/2004 11:47:32 AM PST by Kuksool
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

Yes, I agree with you that the State Senate, though Republican in majority before the TX House gained a GOP organization, is more liberal than the lower body. Wouldn't you think that is because the House has much more direct rural representation than does the Senate? So there are still some "conservative" Democrats in the House too but vitually none in the State Senate. There are some state senators that some on our forum would call "RINOs" too.


98 posted on 12/12/2004 11:49:32 AM PST by Theodore R.
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To: Theodore R.
I heard on a statewide radio news network last week that in a poll taken asking who was preferred, RP or KBH for gov, she was favored 2 to 1 over Perry. He is not popular and is truly a RINO and was a Democrat until it became evident that only Repubs could be elected statewide.

Perry came to my hometown several years ago, had his picture taken with some low-life Dems ( the Dems loved it because the people are so low they were an embarrassment to them) and sent it out in campaign literature. He has been unpopular here among Repubs since then.

99 posted on 12/12/2004 11:57:42 AM PST by lonestar (Me, too!--Weinie)
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To: Kuksool

changing Texas's parental notification abortion law into a parental consent law



Just how does a Gov. dictate that to the Legislature? And it's been reversed by the SCOTUS thus the legislative out using the 'judicial bypass' provision.


100 posted on 12/12/2004 12:06:05 PM PST by deport
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