01 FEB 2019 – We are not handing a problem to the Legislature telling them, “Go fix it!” We’re presenting a solution. It’s the only comprehensive solution ever proposed to the Legislature. And it’s a solution that secures both our liberty and our property while still helping Texas to prosper. In 2013, George Lavender sponsored […]
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“Today is a good day to die.” – Crazy Horse, Lakota Sioux Warrior It may not be a good day, but today, 09 MAY, that’s what’s happening to every House Bill. Unless they’ve gotten a “Second Reading” on the House floor before midnight tonight… they are all dead. The only reprieve will be the Senate
Last night, midnight, all bills that failed to get a “second reading” on the House floor, were killed. That included all bills (except one) filed for Property Tax Relief. No surprise, (see the post I wrote a month ago, “The Battle for Property Tax Relief and Reform is Lost”) we are left with the Big
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Friday, SB29 (Eliminate Taxpayer-Funded Lobbyists) was scheduled for a vote in the House. But Dade Phelan, State Affairs Committee Chair, went onto the floor that morning, and made a motion to withdraw it back to his committee for the stated reason of “improving” it to avoid a “fatal point of order.” Really? The revised bill
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