Texas Eminent Domain Bill Vetoed By Govenor Perry

castlecoalition | 6/19/2007 | Jarhead1957

[Jarhead1957]

Yeah, pretty boy stuck it to us where it hurts. Property rights are dear to all Texans, and Perry just made it easy for anyone to exercise Eminent Domain in Texas.

I won't be going Whooop for that Aggie again.

[Ditter]

OK I will. His singing voice is gone, he has used up all his ideas for books and his stand up humor is not PC enough for 2007. Add all of that up with the fact that he has no business experience and he is too ugly to find a rich wife and there you have it, his reasons for running for public office.

Did you really want a governor who’s greatest hit was a song entitled “ Waitress oh waitress come sit on my face”?

It embarrasses me just to think about him representing our state and I am not easily embarrassed.

[cbkaty]

"Perry is Edwards" seems a prime example of what you are talking about. Pot, meet kettle

Mental gymnastics.......

That was not a insult nor was it directed at you...."the hair & the issues"....can we stay on track?

[cbkaty]

Did you really want a governor who’s greatest hit was a song entitled “ Waitress oh waitress come sit on my face”?

I must say that the song is not a legacy or a proud moment for Kinky.....yet he is what you see and hear....

My primary concern is the politician that is not what he appears to be.........and never allows his real agenda to surface.

[VRWCmember]

That was not a insult nor was it directed at you...."the hair & the issues"....can we stay on track?

Oh, so rather than dealing with facts or substance you are saying they both spend more time making sure their hair is perfect than you do, so they must be the same. Oh, now I understand. Yes, your political analysis is brilliant. Now I see how you would come up with the notion that there is no difference between Gov. Perry and the Silk Pony.

[cbkaty]

The issues are eminent domain, property taxes, and border....hair is simply a silly sidebar.... Back to the facts....PLEASE!

[zeugma]

is this veto proof?

Only because the cowardly legislooters aren't in session any more. If this had been important to them (as opposed to just being posturing), they would have passed the bill early enough to have been able to overcome the inevitable Perry veto. 

[VRWCmember]

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.

[Ditter]

I agree. Didn’t Kinky run on the republican ticket and isn’t he a liberal?

[RckyRaCoCo]

Cant’ have a pesky little thing like Emminent Domain reform getting in the way of the Trans-Texas Corridor

nailed it

[Jarhead1957]

Professor, I agree with most of what you say, but having retired from government I know how hard it is to get the Texas legislature to do anything. My guess is we will never see the bill again.

[Dick Vomer]

the best government is the stalemated government when they can't "fix" anything. It means they are just finding new ways to tax us.

I wish I'd of voted for Kinky as well.

[Dick Vomer]

It is past time to bring the Southern subspecies of RINO to extinction: Perry, Warner, Lott, and Graham.

you are dead on, correct.

[RachelFaith]

Kinky shoulda won....

[Dick Vomer]

I thought his greatest hit was, “They don’t make Jews like Jesus, anymore”

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

And the land grab marches on,,,gotta have that “ROAD”...

[Ditter]

That was a big hit but the other one was the most disgusting.

Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys accompanied by his friend Little Jewford, will now sing “Waitress Oh Waitress Come Sit on My Face”!

Do you want me to give you the next line in the song, or do you remember it?

(I’d probably be kicked off FR if I repeated it so I won’t)

[nicmarlo]

But of course. The serfs will just have to learn to like it, or they’ll be rounded up if they don’t.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Something tells me the “hellrazin’” in Texas ain’t started
yet...

[nicmarlo]

Something tells you right. My oh my won’t everyone be surprised when it does!