My Texas Constitutional Amendment Recommendations

Early voting now, election day Saturday the 13th.

Proposition 1: Vote yes. This allows the use of leftover funds for veterans in nursing homes.

Proposition 2: Vote yes. Allows you two years to buy back your land if it was taken away to pay property taxes.

Proposition 3: Vote no. Allows churches to not pay taxes on investment property.

Proposition 4: Vote yes. To help pay for more parks.

Proposition 5: Vote no. To help schools by making trailers pay school property taxes.

Proposition 6: Vote yes to allow seniors to convert a home equity loan to a reverse mortgage loan.

Proposition 7: Vote yes to reduce the size of the jury to six people for misdemeanor crimes in rural districts. This is done in urban areas.

Proposition 8: Vote no so that if only one candidate is on the ballot, you can still write someone in.

Proposition 9: Vote no to prevent GOP appointees from spending the principal on the Permanent School Fund. This is a ploy to undo Texas tradition to help balance the budget. They can't manage money, prevent them from touching the principal.

Proposition 10: Vote yes to allow cities to donate used fire fighting equipment to volunteer fire dept.s in small towns.

Proposition 11: Vote yes to allow Texans to build wine making facilities where people can visit, taste, & buy wine.

Proposition 12: Vote no to prevent preset dollar amounts for lawsuits claiming pain and suffering. Vote no to protect patient rights. Vote no if you think life, pain, suffering, disfigurement or the loss of organs may be worth more than $250,000.

Proposition 13: Vote yes to freeze county, city, or college districts taxes for disabled and elderly citizens.

Proposition 14: Vote no to stop the Texas Dept. of Transportation from borrowing money to pay for projects.

Proposition 15: Vote yes to maintain the pensions and healthcare of retiring city or state employees (police, teachers, firemen, etc.)

Proposition 16: Vote no to prevent banks for targeting homeowners with risky credit cards based on for home equity.

Proposition 17: Vote yes to freeze the property taxes of disabled citizens.

Proposition 18: Vote no to prevent the legislature from automatically declaring one candidate the winner if only one person “qualifies” to be a candidate. This one is similar to Proposition 8.

Proposition 19: Vote no. This says in the future the legislature can't create Rural Fire Prevention Districts (RFPD’s) which have fewer resources than Emergency Service Districts (ESD's). This is a crazy amendment, we now have no RFPD's but this prevents some from being created in the future. Vote no to remind the legislature we need a new constitution so we don't have to vote for this minutia.

Proposition 20: Vote no. This is special interest loan money to communities with military bases so they can attempt to bribe bases to stay with civic improvements paid for by state loans. If the bases close anyway they will have difficulty paying the money back.

Proposition 21: Vote yes to allow university professors to also be paid to serve on the governing bodies of water districts. If you think they should only draw one state salary vote no.

Proposition 22: Vote no. This would allow the appointment of temporary replacements for any elected official who is called into military service with no limitation on length of time. This is the third anti-voter amendment the GOP is serving up.

Your opinion may vary. Paperwork may be taken into the voting booth. Early voting now, election Saturday, September 13th.

Early voting locations available here.