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I early voted, so no worrying about voting today.An Angry Bug posted:Prop 7 - Dedicates certain taxes and fees to fund non-toll roads. On the one hand this would keep that revenue from being stolen for other things, but on the other hand the "non-toll" part sounds like an attempt to reduce funding to toll roads to make the tolls seem more necessary and funnel more profits to private owners. Not sure on this one. zoux posted:The problem is that it's another dedicated fund. Something insane like 80% or more of the state budget is statutorially allocated before the Legislature ever steps foot in Austin. So dedicating another revenue source to another fund limits the ability of budget writers to respond to needs that crop up. If there's another hurricane or other huge black swan cost, well we just took another $2.5 billion out of available funds because it's required to go to Fund 6. So, while TXDoT desperately needs the money, the proper way to do it would be to put a line item in the budget rather than force future legislatures to do it. fade5 fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Definitely voting no then. It's not like a dedicated fund would prevent misappropriation in this state anyway.
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Nov 3, 2015 17:47
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An Angry Bug posted:Definitely voting no then. It's not like a dedicated fund would prevent misappropriation in this state anyway. I think you have conservative derangement syndrome.
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Nov 3, 2015 17:49
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An Angry Bug posted:Definitely voting no then. It's not like a dedicated fund would prevent misappropriation in this state anyway. quote:It won’t solve all of our road-funding problems immediately, but voters still should say yes to a constitutional change that at least gets investments in roads back on course. Early voting begins Monday. If approved, 35 percent of all motor vehicle sales and rental taxes in excess of $5 billion, along with $2.5 billion a year from state general tax revenue in excess of $28 billion, would go to road construction and maintenance. fade5 fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Nov 3, 2015 |
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Nov 3, 2015 18:04
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Sorry, meant yes. Tired and bored at work.
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Nov 3, 2015 18:58
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I don't much care for prop 1 because the shortfall in school funds the raised exemption will cause is supposedly to be allocated from the general fund by the legislature. They don't have the best of record when it comes to properly funding schools.
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Nov 3, 2015 19:06
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Shifty Pony posted:I don't much care for prop 1 because the shortfall in school funds the raised exemption will cause is supposedly to be allocated from the general fund by the legislature. They don't have the best of record when it comes to properly funding schools. Already budgeted.
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Nov 3, 2015 19:07
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I know. I meant in the future. It is a lot more difficult to get the legislature to adjust school funding upward to meet changing needs than it is for a local ISD to do it.
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Nov 3, 2015 19:10
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Districts are held harmless through additional appropriations from the PSF I believe. They budgeted this tax cut out of the surplus and while it would be great if that were delivered to schools, if the measure fails it's not like there's a mechanism to put that back in schools. I mean, sure vote against it as a protest against unsustainable public financing, but it's not the apocalypse. Look here's why it's not a big deal: the GOP leadership was elected partially based on promises to cut taxes and what they've delivered is a teensy tiny cut that is going to vanish the second next year's appraisals are done and it's going to make Patrick and Abbott look like liars.
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Nov 3, 2015 19:16
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Has polling been optimistic for HERO passing?
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Nov 3, 2015 22:31
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Has polling been optimistic for HERO passing? Not really.
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Has polling been optimistic for HERO passing? quote:Robert M. Stein, a pollster and political science professor at Rice University, said his latest poll, which wrapped up in early October, shows the measure passing by six percentage points. But the political winds have shifted since then, Stein said, and now he is predicting defeat.
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Nov 3, 2015 22:34
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HERO is down by more than 20 points in early voting, which is unsurprising, but disheartening.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:15
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An Angry Bug posted:So I'm not entirely clear on some of the amendments up for vote here in Travis county. Here's my impressions so far. If something's off base, a correction would be helpful before I vote wrong. Isn't prop 5 allowing landowners in small counties to hire the county to build private roads instead of hiring contractors? A public option doesn't seem to have any obvious downsides, since the money from building those private roads could help keep the county construction infrastructure maintained. Am I reading this wrong? There doesn't seem to be anything getting privatized.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:44
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gently caress this retard city
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Nov 4, 2015 02:45
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Tatum Girlparts posted:gently caress this retard city  I'm so sorry.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:46
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Yay, HERO is down in flames!
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Nov 4, 2015 02:49
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Well don't worry at least we're making sure those fuckers in Austin have to live there, lest they be tarried from appearing at a vote if their horse slips a shoe or something.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:53
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Tatum Girlparts posted:gently caress this retard city loving Christ that's depressing though, seriously. 
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Nov 4, 2015 02:55
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Even though I don't live in Texas, this still makes me angry. It amazes me that people...just gently caress. WHat scares me is that I live in a state where LGBT protections are a thing and that they can be taken away because some people find the idea of queer people even existing and happy a scary idea.
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Nov 4, 2015 02:58
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Pretty much only the oldest, most hateful citizens show up for any kind of local election. Wouldn't/won't they have a better chance by far in fall 2016?
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Nov 4, 2015 03:07
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All the state ballot initiatives passed by huge margins.
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Nov 4, 2015 03:18
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zoux posted:All the state ballot initiatives passed by huge margins. https://enrpages.sos.state.tx.us/public/nov03_190_state.htm Says that only about 12% of the voting districts have reported so far, unless there is another site that has a more up to date feed.
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Nov 4, 2015 03:22
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fade5 posted:You can always move to San Antonio, we still have an NDO. I'm seriously considering it. Every year it seems I get pushed farther out of town by skyrocketing rent prices and after ten years of work I'm ready to do the lovely liberal thing and abandon this loving city to it's goddamn bullshit.
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Nov 4, 2015 03:36
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fade5 posted:You can always move to San Antonio, we still have an NDO. It's tempting, I have friends who already moved for work and all. I wanna stay in Texas or go back to Louisiana because I genuinely love these two states and consider them my homes but, yea it feels like every election there's a fresh reason for me to look at both of them and go 'man gently caress this place'.
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Nov 4, 2015 03:41
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Come to San Antonio, I need friends here anyway 
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Nov 4, 2015 04:07
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And Kentucky just elected a tea bagger pro Kim Davis Governor
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bring back lf gently caress this gay earth death to america i hope im never sober
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Nov 4, 2015 04:31
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Hey houston goons what's the cutoff to be in the runoff for mayor?
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Nov 4, 2015 04:35
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Hey houston goons what's the cutoff to be in the runoff for mayor? Is it not just the top 2?
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Nov 4, 2015 04:49
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Tatum Girlparts posted:Hey houston goons what's the cutoff to be in the runoff for mayor? top 2 if noone gets a majority in the first election, I think, so King and Turner. If turnout is low in the runoff I'm seriously just killing everyone
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Nov 4, 2015 04:49
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Oh cool the two guys I hate equally. I mean it's not like Garcia being in the mix wouldn't add just a third turd in the punch bowl but man both those guys are scumbags.
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Nov 4, 2015 04:51
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You don't like Sly Turner?
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I mean yea he's miles better than King in the sense that at least he's a generic Democrat but I'm not a huge fan of the dude pulling poo poo like playing the 'oh I evolved on gays' card while still doing poo poo like voting against something as basic as a loving study on the impact of bullying children due to their sexual orientation and his poo poo like 'well yea raising the minimum wage is good but we should leave that to a vote (that always ends well right)' or his 'no we need MORE cops and more money for their gear, that's what Houston needs!' stance. I was a Bell guy, at the very least Turner agrees we need to fix our goddamn shitbag sidewalks, that alone makes me like him a bit. I'm just drunk and surly really, Turner's a decent dude and yea, down to him or King it's not a question, I just wish Houston could have nice things and not just ok things.
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e: n/m for some reason 13's site hosed up for a sec I guess
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Tatum Girlparts posted:gently caress this retard city There are many highways to allow you to egress the state, thank you for voting sir.
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TEAH SYAG posted:There are many highways to allow you to egress the state, thank you for voting sir. Well, highways might be exaggerating a bit. Don't cross any bridges.
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Nov 4, 2015 09:54
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gently caress you Houston. You're a hellish expanse of bigotry and horrible city planning.
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Nov 4, 2015 16:35
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Do we have a real live "NO MEN IN WOMENS BATHROOMS" person itt?
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Badger of Basra posted:Do we have a real live "NO MEN IN WOMENS BATHROOMS" person itt? They can just say there girls and you have to show them your vagina because of Obama. For your pleasure here's a bunch of Christians whining about the new Church of Satan in Spring. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gw4Y-jNyFo "This is what you get when you have freedom of religion," she said, derisively. zoux fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Nov 4, 2015 |
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