Empowertexans.com

[psijac]

we keep talking about cleaning house in 2010 if we are going to do anything we need to get the ball rolling soon. To vote in the primaries register by Feb 1st Register to vote http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/reqvr.shtml

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[Charles L. Cotton]

If Texas were to "clean house" then we can forget about making anymore progress on gun issues and we can look forward to returning to the days of doing nothing but defensive work. Successful legislative session are possible only be establishing working relationships and that takes time.

Target specific anti-gun Senators and House Members; don't attack friends.

Chas.

[psijac]

I never thought of it that way. Can we still clean The House Of Reps in D.C.? Either way voters should participate in all levels of government. Houston had an incredibly low voter turnout on for the recent mayoral election. Many people registered to participate in the Presidential election but couldn't be bothered with the city.

[marksiwel]

Online voting, its the future.

[Kythas]

If this article is correct, we won't need to worry about registering to vote:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/ ... sal_v.html

[GaryAdrian]

Online voting, its the future?

You mean "Online Fraud" . We can't even secure our own computers, what makes you think that this is free of fraud and corruption?

[psijac]

If this article is correct, we won't need to worry about registering to vote:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/ ... sal_v.html

I like the idea of compulsory voting, or suffice to say I used to. The American Thinker article makes me wonder now.

http://www.aec.gov.au/faqs/voting_australia.htm#Is" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; voting compulsory

[The Annoyed Man]

I notice that they list Vicki Truitt as one of the races to watch, and I'm wondering why. She is represented my district very well. I've met her at chamber of commerce functions and have heard her speak publicly, and I was very impressed by both her and her staff's responsiveness to various questions I had. She also seemed very sympathetic to gun rights and concealed carry. Barring some glaring fault of hers, I intend to vote for her reelection.

[psijac]

I notice that they list Vicki Truitt as one of the races to watch, and I'm wondering why. She is represented my district very well. I've met her at chamber of commerce functions and have heard her speak publicly, and I was very impressed by both her and her staff's responsiveness to various questions I had. She also seemed very sympathetic to gun rights and concealed carry. Barring some glaring fault of hers, I intend to vote for her reelection.

Empowertexans.com is very big on fiscal responsibility and not so much gun rights.


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like always take everything on the internet with a grain of salt

[marksiwel]

I notice that they list Vicki Truitt as one of the races to watch, and I'm wondering why. She is represented my district very well. I've met her at chamber of commerce functions and have heard her speak publicly, and I was very impressed by both her and her staff's responsiveness to various questions I had. She also seemed very sympathetic to gun rights and concealed carry. Barring some glaring fault of hers, I intend to vote for her reelection.

I read this,
http://www.star-telegram.com/arlington_ ... 60884.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A second person filed Wednesday in the Republican primary challenging state Rep. Vicki Truitt of Keller to represent District 98. Systems engineer Diane Thorpe of Keller is making her first run for office.

Transportation will be a key issue in her campaign, Thorpe said. She said she opposes a local-option measure supported by Truitt to allow voters to approve raising taxes and fees to improve regional transportation.

Want the DART in Grapevine? Look how much it did for Irving

[amber]

Friends don't let friends kill campus carry.

[KD5NRH]

Empowertexans.com is very big on fiscal responsibility and not so much gun rights.

If they'll lower my taxes, I can afford more guns.

[sjfcontrol]

If this article is correct, we won't need to worry about registering to vote:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/ ... sal_v.html

Universal Voter Registration? More like Universal Voter Fraud!

[The Annoyed Man]

Want the DART in Grapevine? Look how much it did for Irving

If Irving is a poorly managed city, then they will get a poorly managed result. I can't speak for Irving, but just because they may not have gotten a positive result does not mean that Grapevine won't either. Quality of management has a lot to do with it.

It's already coming to Grapevine. The project is way beyond stopping. It actually enjoys considerable support locally, particularly from the local business community — of which I am a part. Yes, there are concerns about preserving the atmosphere of old downtown Grapevine, but our city has a very proactive preservationist bent because the historical charm is at the heart of why it is a popular place to live. That aside, the issue isn't really the transportation corridor. The issue is the ability of local voters to raise taxes if necessary to pay for things that the local voters want. You do believe in some degree of local autonomy, don't you?

I'm not generally in favor of my taxes going up. In fact, I'm pretty much never in favor of my taxes going up. BUT, I do believe in local autonomy to the maximum extent possible. Per the link I provided:

Grapevine citizens voted 8,058-2,898 on November 7, 2006 to levy a full cent sales tax, of which three-eights of a cent would authorize Grapevine to contract with The T for rail service and another 1/8 cent for other transit improvements, like a downtown parking garage.

A nearly 3/1 vote sounds like a pretty convincing local mandate to me. This is a pretty conservative city, and voters have expected and largely received financial accountability from their elected representatives. City of Grapevine government has spent the tax money well, and Grapevine residents have received measurable quality of life benefits for it.

I submit that, if we are to argue in favor of a decreased federal presence (and its attendant corruptive influence) in local infrastructure spending, then we have to argue in favor or greater local autonomy in determining how to raise funds for local infrastructure. You want to put an end to congressional pork? Give citizens the means to declare independence from Congress. Anything else seems a little bit irresponsible to me.

When I heard Vicki Truitt speak a few months ago at a local Grapevine Chamber of Commerce luncheon, she said that, even with the state of the national economy, the state of Texas is in a much better position to date than most other states. She also said that this condition will not last, given the exigencies of a slowly rebounding economy. "Empowering Texans" ought to mean that local communities are empowered to raise money if they need to, and spend it as they see fit to spend it. There are three options: 1) spend no money and allow infrastructure to fall behind your city's growth; 2) float bonds and go into debt; 3) raise local tax revenues (via sales taxes, property taxes, income taxes, whatever...) and pay cash for the improvements.

At least, that is how it seems to me. Maybe I'm missing something.

[KD5NRH]

Want the DART in Grapevine? Look how much it did for Irving

If Irving is a poorly managed city, then they will get a poorly managed result.

The problem is that DART is a poorly managed service; it's way too easy to get stranded somewhere due to lousy scheduling, and too many routes are actually slower than walking because connections aren't scheduled properly.