Category Archives: Texas

All Texas Constitution Amendments Pass (and a word about Kelo)

As usual, all the Texas constitutional amendments passed. However, the result that sticks out the most to me is the overwhelming Yes vote on Constitutional Amendment 11 (to place limits on government taking of private property for public use): For … Continue reading →

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Texas: We Suck Less!

Compared to California, that is. Some takeaways: “Besides Mississippi, every one of the 17 states with the lowest state and local tax levels had positive net internal migration from 2000 to 2007. Except for Wyoming, Maine, and Delaware, every one … Continue reading →

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Texas Constitutional Amendment Election Tuesday

Remember: There’s an off-year election Tuesday, November 3. Here’s a PDF of the ballot from the League of Women Voter’s I was going to do a quick and dirty voter guide from a conservative/libertarian perspective on the issues, but a … Continue reading →

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Austin Watch: Your Tax Dollars At Work

Here’s an interesting job opportunity. Your taxpayer-funded Austin Public Library job is to write letters to legislators telling them how much you appreciate getting earmarked taxpayer dollars from them. Presumably so they’ll earmark you more taxpayer dollars the next time … Continue reading →

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We’ve Got the Power

Interesting article on why Texas might decline to participate in that proposed interconnect grid. If we did participate, we might have to give up independent oversight to various federal bureaucracies. The article contains a couple of notable ironies: Because there’s … Continue reading →

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