News & opinion Attorney Stewart Guss Interviews Dr. John Taylor About Proposed Amendments to Texas Constitution for Positively Houston News

Attorney Stewart Guss Interviews Dr. John Taylor About Proposed Amendments to Texas Constitution for Positively Houston News

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opositions five

nd six.  P

oposition five

ould exp

nd the

bility of Tex

ns ove

the

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ch

se

homeste

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ope

ty. 

hile the p

oposition

ould include

equi

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counseling, opponents

e conce

ned th

t this opens the doo

to unsc

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s to t

ke

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ge of senio

Tex

ns.  In

st

te

ith st

ong histo

ic

oots in p

ese

ving homeste

d

ights, this p

oposed ch

nge to the constitution h

s gene

ted signific

nt cont

ove

sy. P

oposition six

llo

s fo

the est

blishment of speci

l

nd specific funds used to

dd

ess

te

m

n

gement issues in the st

te. 

hile

e

e

ll e th

t ongoing d

ought conditions e ecking h

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te

m

n

gement infst

uctu

e, this p

oposition

lloc

tes funds out of the Tex

s "iny D

y Fund” fo

initi

l c

pit

liz

tion.  The

pp

op

i

tion of these funds out of the iny D

y fund h

s m

ny fisc

l conse

v

tives fu

ious.  The me

su

e h

s geneted so much cont

ove

sy th

t the Tex

s Legisl

tu

e,

lthough empo

e

ed to do so, did not p

ss the legisl

tion

equi

ed to est

blish these funds in its session.  Inste

d, it h

s been s

id th

t the "kicked the c

n” do

n to the vote

s, to let them dig into the

iny D

y fund fo

these p

ojects. Even in "off ye" elections, the

e

e impo

t

nt issues

nd me

su

es th

t

e, the citizens of Tex

s, get to decide.  If you

e looking fo

mo

e info

m

tion

bout the p

oposed

mendments to the Tex

s Constitution, I

ould suggest stting

ith the Tex

s Legisl

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ch,

sk questions

nd – most impo

t

ntly – VOTE this upcoming November 5th.

 

 

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