10/12/2023
Hey y’all!!! It’s time to step up and perform our civic duties again and vote!!! Community Impact, one of the local news sources telling greater Williamson County and Pflugerville things like what new businesses are coming, now open, and soon to close, has published local as well as state propositions on the ballot for November 7th (early voting in Williamson County starts 23 October)!
Attached you’ll find what certain lobbies and committees are supporting, but here’s my view of things:
I literally just looked at these and decided what I was going to agree with based on the descriptions in Community Impact newspaper… the ones that I support are propositions 1-4 and 9.
Proposition 1 because it solidifies personal property rights and further limits state and federal interference on personal property
2 because childcare centers need to be able to save funding to keep costs lower for parents.
3 because the state shouldn’t be able to take from the rich to give to whatever they feel is the special need of the month and keep on giving.
4 because we the people do need some breaks.
And 9 because retired teachers do need to live.
I chose no to props 5-8 because of the massive spending on research. Granted keeping that money in Texas would be better than funding nationwide efforts, but $234 mil I think is an exorbitant amount.
7-8 how has the state been funding infrastructure in the past? Why do we need to start now? Same with Prop 14.
Prop 10, pharma and biomed are already too big to fail so why to they need such extential breaks?
Prop 11, isn’t there practically nobody in El Paso county anyway, and aren’t they mostly in a reserve and conservancy already? Why the need now?
Prop 12 doesn’t really affect me, but every county should have a treasurer. To eliminate the position and disseminate the responsibilities seems asinine to me.
And Finally, Prop 13, I thought national retirement age was 65? Why is the retirement age for judges 70-75 and rising? I vote no. Make them retire before they’re senile and can’t effectively judge (no offense). Get some fresh meat on the bench.
This November, Texas voters will decide to ratify or reject 14 separate constitutional amendments dealing with taxation, infrastructure, public employee retirement, and more. This guide examines each proposed amendment and offers insight and analysis. Key points – On November 7, 2023, Texans will ...
