Nov 8 Elections
My (Matt Albright) recommendations for the Nov 8 elections


Prop 1: NO.
Why do we need another bureaucracy to deal specifically with the Choo-choo industry? Don't we already have something called the TX Railroad Commission? Can't TXDOT deal directly with the railroad & local authorities in order to come up with solutions for road expansion? Sounds to me like a money grab.

Prop 2: YES.
This one is straighforward. God created Adam & Eve (not Adam & Steve) and instituted marriage at the beginning of creation. During the creation event (see Genesis chapters 1 & 2), man was created but no suitable mate was found for him. From this Eve was created to be the complement to Adam.

Prop 3: NO.
Sounds like a bunch 'legalise' to make public monies even harder to keep track of than what they are now.

Prop 4: YES.
It is possible that this could be abused by a judge, but overall I think it is a 'common sense' ammendment.

Prop 5: NO.
Too convoluted for me to grasp will always get a NO vote. In general, usury limits don't bother me.

Prop 6: NO.
It took me a while to come to a decision on this one. I like the idea of adding another 'non-legal' public member, but why does it have to be an appointment from the guv? Why not a random member of the public pulled from say the voters roll? (we fill juries this way) The addition of the county judge made me suspicious. I feel like the new public member was the carrot to accept the new county judge position. In the end what sealed my decision was the Senate sponsor........drum roll please......... Jon Lindsay.

Prop 7: NO.
We have enough problems with home ownership and rising property taxes in this state. No need to make it worse. Since, this is a new 'product' to this state, what did people do before this came along? It just seems like a bad deal to me.

Prop 8: YES.
Don't know much about this other than it seems to be a 'house keeping' problem. From the background info, there is 5,600 acres held by 1,820 individuals. With the number of individuals involved for the amount of land, my suspicions are not aroused. These type ammendments have passed before and I haven't heard anything more about them.

Prop 9: NO.
I never have liked 6 year terms for any office (particularly for appointed positions).

HCC Trustee District V: Ramiro G. Vazquez
Don't know much about Vazquez other than he is an engineer and says he wants to build a better system by aligning college programs to employment needs. The other candidate, Richard Schecter, is the spouse of Sue Schecter who is a former state rep and former Harris County Democrtic Party Chair. The Houston Chronicle reports in its endorsement of Schecter that he is unafraid to consider steps such as raise taxes........Nuff said.
- posted by Matt Albright @ 10/30/2005 09:58:00 PM