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To: VRWCmember
The issues are eminent domain, property taxes, and border....hair is simply a silly sidebar.... Back to the facts....PLEASE!
46 posted on 06/19/2007 8:42:29 AM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: cbkaty
eminent domain, property taxes, and border....hair is simply a silly sidebar.... Back to the facts....PLEASE!

Eminent domain: It was stupid for Perry to veto this change in state law. It is probably equally stupid to say "Perry just made it easier for big business to steal your property" since the result is that the law is still the same as it was. Since the law was passed so overwhelmingly, it should be fairly easy to include this law in the next legislative agenda and get it passed next time -- either over Perry's veto or with another governor to sign it.

Property taxes: Perry's proposal for property tax relief had some good and some not-so-good aspects. Something had to be done about the Robin Hood plan that so blatantly violated the state constitution ban on statewide property taxes.

Border: The ED issue at hand isn't really a border issue, but I guess the Border issue can be injected into discussion of any issue. Perry's policies on the border are no better and no worse than those of any other recent Texas state political figure. There's not much any state officeholder can doe in this regard other than using state resources to police and enforce existing laws. Perry has committed some state resources to border enforcement.

Still curious as to where "Perry is Edwards" fits in with these nice discussions of facts.

48 posted on 06/19/2007 9:02:42 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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