Posted on 10/25/2023 8:38:23 PM PDT by Saint Athanasius
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 1 "The constitutional amendment protecting the right to engage in farming, ranching, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 2 "The constitutional amendment authorizing a local option exemption from ad valorem taxation by a county or municipality of all or part of the appraised value of real property used to operate a child-care facility."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO, 3 "The constitutional amendment prohibiting the imposition of an individual wealth or net worth tax, including a tax on the difference between the assets and liabilities of an individual or family."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 4 "The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to establish a temporary limit on the maximum appraised value of real property other than a residence homestead for ad valorem tax purposes; to increase the amount of the exemption from ad valorem taxation by a school district applicable to residence homesteads from $40,000 to $100,000; to adjust the amount of the limitation on school district ad valorem taxes imposed on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect increases in certain exemption amounts; to except certain appropriations to pay for ad valorem tax relief from the constitutional limitation on the rate of growth of appropriations; and to authorize the legislature to provide for a four-year term of office for a member of the board of directors of certain appraisal districts."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 5 "The constitutional amendment relating to the Texas University Fund, which provides funding to certain institutions of higher education to achieve national prominence as major research universities and drive the state economy."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 6 "The constitutional amendment creating the Texas water fund to assist in financing water projects in this state."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 7 "The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the Texas energy fund to support the construction, maintenance, modernization, and operation of electric generating facilities."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 8 "The constitutional amendment creating the broadband infrastructure fund to expand high-speed broadband access and assist in the financing of connectivity projects."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 9 "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 88th Legislature to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 10 'The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to exempt from ad valorem taxation equipment or inventory held by a manufacturer of medical or biomedical products to protect the Texas healthcare network and strengthen our medical supply chain."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 11 "The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County to issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to fund the development and maintenance of parks and recreational facilities."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 12 "The constitutional amendment providing for the abolition of the office of county treasurer in Galveston County."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 13 "The constitutional amendment to increase the mandatory age of retirement for state justices and judges."
STATE OF TEXAS PROPOSITION NO. 14 "The constitutional amendment providing for the creation of the centennial parks conservation fund to be used for the creation and improvement of state parks."
Thanks for that, it surely helps me!
I am against Prop # 8. I have to pay for high-speed internet access. I do not want my money to subsidize some “poor, uneducated minority individual” who simply does not want to work so that he/she/it can get free internet access.
I think the objective is to make high speed internet more available in rural areas. In some of those areas, satellite internet is just about the only option.
“I think the objective is to make high speed internet more available in rural areas. In some of those areas, satellite internet is just about the only option.”
Yep.... such is the rural life. What confounds me is you can have a land line yet no internet is available via that land line. Makes absolutely no sense.
Yes on #3, so they can’t prevent descendants from inheriting
Yes on #4 so property taxes are lower, folks over 65 get tax ceilings lowered, and CAD officials get —elected— not —selected—.
Not sure on #1; leaning yes so farmers and ranchers don’t lose their livelihoods to city extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Not sure on #9; leaning yes because retired teachers haven’t gotten a cost of living raise in decades.
Yes on #12 to eliminate the Galveston treasurer’s office.
No on everything else; if it says “fund” it means taxes will go up.
Prop 12 seems oddly specific. What’s going on there?
Phelan is a former Democrat who must feel sympathetic to his former party.
Many places you can still get dialup, but I’m not sure it would be worth it.
4G would be much better.
https://www.dialup4less.com/texas.html
That is so true! And yes, we need him here in Texas AND in DC. We need more just like him is what we need!
Surely don’t miss dial-up. Can still hear that sound from time to time in the back somewhere. Strange indeed.
I had hard-lined in via ATT for a while until a better hard-line deal came around. Then came the rural life. Somehow thought that I could swing back to hard-line with the landline but apparently the cutoff is rural. Prolly no infrastructure out here to support hard-line based internet so wireless... spit... it is.
Gotta dig deeper into that one and may have something to do with #8, I suspect.
The electrical cooperative in this rural area provides high-speed internet access at a price that is the same or less than most of the large providers like AT&T. I have my laptop and desktop on it-use them for both personal and business. I also dumped DirecTV SAT service and got Sling-more choice of channels, cafeteria style for 1/2 the price. I have all that on the co-op internet and it works just fine...
Many/most rural areas are serviced by an electrical co-op-if the one here provides high-speed internet, can’t the others do that, too? If you can pay for electricity, then you can pay for high-speed internet-so I agree there should be no handouts-you get it, you pay for it like everyone who works...
I had Hughesnet SAT service for a few years until the electrical co-op got the lines run out here-Hughesnet was okay-but it went down every time it rained, etc. It was more expensive than what I’m paying for the co-op high-speed, too...
The Texas Constitution is far to specific. The Constitution mandates counties have certain officials such as county treasurer. From time to time, counties seek to abolish positions in order to save money. Galveston County would be like the 12th county to get rid of the treasurer position, and the purpose is to save the county a few hundred thousand dollars every year.
#4 does nothing about spending, so it won't do anything about taxation. Raising the homestead exemption will require cities and school districts to raise property tax rates in order to fund their spending.
#4 is a request for a more progressive taxation scheme.
Vote no.
“It was more expensive.....”
Yeah..... tell me about it. Practically triple what I was paying in the burbs.
Still wouldn’t trade rural for the madness of the burbs though.
May try to get something organized for some affordable genuine hard-line high-speed net around these parts.
Local Co-Op sounds like a good start.
Copper landlines have very limited ability to support anything faster than 56kbps dial-up internet, which in this Year of Grace 2023 is hopelessly obsolete. DSL requires fairly short runs between the switching station and the customer's modem. In rural Texas, that's going to be a problem. For many years, I used DSL in rural WV ... it was a bit dodgy on a good day. Frontier finally ran fiber out our way ... it's a massive improvement.
A Texas farmer’s fight for justice could have major implications for property rights 5th Amendment.
In the early 2000s, the state renovated Interstate 10, elevating and broadening the highway and erecting concrete barriers. The construction trapped the DeVillier property, turning his farm into a lake whenever the region experienced heavy rains, as it did in 2017 during Hurricane Harvey.
The court didn’t rule against DeVillier. It simply said that Congress never passed a law allowing Americans to sue states for taking their property, so the Fifth Amendment’s property protections do not apply to DeVillier or anyone else.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/a-texas-farmers-fight-for-justice-could-have-major-implications-for-property-rights?utm_source=deployer&utm_medium=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Beltway+Confidential&utm_term=
I’m voting yes because over 65’s tax ceilings will be lowered due to the tax rate decreases and homestead exemption increases.
I think I see where our worldviews diverge. I believe government should treat everyone the same way. You believe that government should give preferential treatment to certain groups.
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