Prop 1: No
Prop 2: Yes
Prop 3: No
Prop 4: No
Prop 5: No
Prop 6: Neutral
Prop 7: Yes
Prop 8: No
Prop 9: No
Prop 10: No
Prop 11: No
http://www.aipnews.com/talk/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=9697&posts=1
(Not exactly related to 2010 TX Gubernatorial race, but pinging anyway.)
Curious as to why you think opposition to a restriction on eminent domain (prop 11) is a conservative position. Narrowing the definition of “public use” to actually mean “public use” rather than allowing any confiscation of private property - even for the purpose of simply transferring it to another more “favored” private property owner - is consistent with constitutional restraint of government power. Under the current legal environment, I saw homeowners in Hurst Texas robbed of their homes under eminent domain condemnations of their property so that the city of Hurst could then hand their homes over to Simon DeBartolo (of the San Francisco 69ers DeBartolo family) so he could expand Northeast Mall. These families were “compensated” for the taking of their property in the neighborhood of 50 cents on the dollar or less. Proposition 11 would prohibit this sort of confiscation for the purpose of transferring private property from on private party to another.
Why a “No” on #11? Sounds like it is meant to prevent the taking of private property to benefit other private companies?
"Here are our recommendations:
FOR: Props 2, 3, 5, 7, 11
AGAINST: Props 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10
If you have any questions about our recommendations, please e-mail us at info@afptx.org."
I'm especially concerned about #11 and eminent domain rights. (I cast my votes early today.) THANKS!
Regards . . . Penny
How is Prop #9 different than the status quo?
How is Prop #9 different than the status quo?
There already exists such a fund, but it is restricted for the use of The University of Texas, Texas A & M University, and Prairie View A & M. The new fund would be available to all Texas universities.
There is no provision in this amendment for adding money to the fund. It's just a wider division. The fund is based on revenues from land owned by the fund (mostly oil royalties) and is a legacy of the old land grant system.
Dear Friends,
In the coming weeks, Texans will be asked to approve several amendments to our state constitution. If you are like me, you may have begun to wonder how long our constitution can get, but that train left the station long ago. Although our constitution may be growing, the amendments that we will vote on this November, will actually reduce the scope of state government and improve its operation. Passing these amendments will do nothing less than help our service men and women, protect our military bases from encroachment, make property tax appraisals fairer and preserve the sanctity of private property rights.
There has been a lot of misinformation circulating about Propositions 2, 3, and 5. I want to clarify that these amendments will NOT create a new state property tax. I would not support a state property tax and the Texas Constitution still prohibits a state property tax. Please take the time to review the analysis below and be sure to vote. Early voting is available from October 19 through 30 and Election Day is November 3. Voting locations in Harris County can be found at this link: http://www.harrisvotes.org.
May God Bless,
http://www.christianvoterguide.com/
If you click on Texas, you will get a list of links to several different conservative organizations with their recommendations, such as David Barton with Wallbuilders, Heritage Alliance, Free Market Foundation (they actuallyjust show pro & con, not a recommendation), etc.
I looked them up and compared their recommendations. David Barton and Heritage were very similar except for 2 of the amendments where they differed. They each gave reasoning on why they advocated one or the other position for the conservative or more strict constitutional reasoning. It helped me to understand them and make my decision.
With 90% of precincts reporting at 9:30 PM local time, the results are as follows for the Texas constitutional amendment proposals.
Prop 1: Passed
Prop 2: Passed
Prop 3: Passed
Prop 4: Passed
Prop 5: Passed
Prop 6: Passed
Prop 7: Passed
Prop 8: Passed
Prop 9: Passed
Prop 10: Passed
Prop 11: Passed
Goodness! Didn’t the voters study up on these?! My guess is “no.”