Energy is still a problem. I would add any measure to reverse the perverse takeover of Texas energy by windfarms and solar farms. Both exist only because of the climate change hoax. Both exist only because of subsidies pouring into Texas from the feds, which sets up even more investment by private sources following the taxpayer-funded "sure thing" of wind and solar. One attack vector would be legislation requiring all wind and solar to play on a level playing field with reliable sources like fossil fuels. The legislation would require that wind and solar get no favoritism in terms of penalties for falling below generation quotas during the day or evening. All energy sources must play by the same rules. In such a market environment, wind and solar won't compete. We not only need to secure the grid--we need to supply the grid with reliable, dispatchable energy. It's a life or death issue, as we saw during winter storm Uri when 241 people died, including a boy who froze to death in his bed next to his little brother.
Cameras in SPED classrooms should be operating at all times (during school) without a parent having to request them to be turned on. Our administrator did not send the letter out this year to campuses timely till inquired about it and there’s been abuse allegations reported previously. This makes for a potentially unsafe environment when cameras are not turned on and you can’t always prove abuse for students who can’t advocate for themselves. I’d love to see this become a law passed that in Texas, all SPED classrooms and settings must have operational classrooms turned on without having to be requested by an approved person. I did email you on this recently.
Cameras in SPED classrooms should be operating at all times (during school) without a parent having to request them to be turned on. Our administrator did not send the letter out this year to campuses timely till inquired about it and there’s been abuse allegations reported previously. This makes for a potentially unsafe environment when cameras are not turned on and you can’t always prove abuse for students who can’t advocate for themselves. I’d love to see this become a law passed that in Texas, all SPED classrooms and settings must have operational classrooms turned on without having to be requested by an approved person. I did email you on this recently.
Cameras in SPED classrooms should be operating at all times (during school) without a parent having to request them to be turned on. Our administrator did not send the letter out this year to campuses timely till inquired about it and there’s been abuse allegations reported previously. This makes for a potentially unsafe environment when cameras are not turned on and you can’t always prove abuse for students who can’t advocate for themselves. I’d love to see this become a law passed that in Texas, all SPED classrooms and settings must have operational classrooms turned on without having to be requested by an approved person. I did email you on this recently.
1. Property Taxes. If the County Appraisal District’s job is to increase “income”, they’re going to max out the county’s version of value every time (10% personal and 20% investment). That their value system has zero bearing on your home’s value or sell value matters naught to them. Their purpose is to collect taxes, so they’re going to raise every single penny possible. We should ditch property taxes. It’s an evil and punishment. Until they’re abolished, we should curtail them and chisel away at the pieces impacting property taxes. School bonds and unchecked municipalities are a great start, but don’t stop there.
2. The 10 Commandments are a great add, but there’s no guarantee on who’s teaching them or how they’re being taught.
3. Make Creationism a mandatory part of public school freshman biology. Currently, only Darwin’s unproven rantings on evolution are the only version of the origins of life. You end up with the same issue as the 10 commandments, but at least Creationism has a chance of being presented instead of being left out entirely.
4. The energy grid and ERCOT. We need more nuclear power, especially with tech giants building more manufacturing plants in Texas. We must outpace need, have a crazy good backup system, and stop outsourcing power to other states.
5. DOGE the Texas budget. Where is all the money going? It’s been exposed that taxpayer money is funding NGOs to help illegals stay in Texas. Purge the budget of all duplicitous and corrupt beneficiaries AND anyone in our State Congress taking money (personally or through a spouse’s nonprofit or affiliation). Texas brings in trillions. Why does the budget continue to expand? We shouldn’t be spending (and taxing our citizenry more and more); we should be sending the extra back to taxpayers.
6. Home Insurance in “high risk” areas and counties is out of control. Tack on the County Appraisal Districts jacking taxes, and it’s ridiculously expensive to own a home in Texas. Auto Insurance is getting crazy, too. The rocketing prices can’t all be because of the risk on companies. With most agents being commission based and with us decent folk footing the bills for offending miscreants, is there anything the state can do to help? I know several companies are pulling out of Harris County and Texas as a whole. If Insurance is mandatory by law, the remaining companies can charge just about anything knowing we all must have insurance.
Also make mandatory to take a Civics class. It’s obvious, based on the radical decisions of the liberal judges, no one understand how the US government works.
Civics was phased out for social studies. My daughter goes to a better than average school district. She’s got to take (3) “social studies” classes to graduate. Of the options, World History (where you’d learn about how communism and socialism have failed every, single time) isn’t mandatory. Also, pick-a-history class, 2 semesters isn’t enough to adequately cover history. One, it’s a rush, and two, most of those classes are “taught” by coaches who are dual contracted. I work at the same school my daughter attends. The majority of our dual contracted coaches do not actively teach in the classroom; they’re focused on their sports. Additionally, the government and economics classes are downright shamefully easy, yet kids still struggle with the content which is either a kid thing, a teacher thing, or both. You can only do so much with what you’ve been given. My daughter learns civics at home, where she also gets a heavy dose of politics, government, economics, financial literacy, gun safety, shooting, and personal responsibility.
Energy is still a problem. I would add any measure to reverse the perverse takeover of Texas energy by windfarms and solar farms. Both exist only because of the climate change hoax. Both exist only because of subsidies pouring into Texas from the feds, which sets up even more investment by private sources following the taxpayer-funded "sure thing" of wind and solar. One attack vector would be legislation requiring all wind and solar to play on a level playing field with reliable sources like fossil fuels. The legislation would require that wind and solar get no favoritism in terms of penalties for falling below generation quotas during the day or evening. All energy sources must play by the same rules. In such a market environment, wind and solar won't compete. We not only need to secure the grid--we need to supply the grid with reliable, dispatchable energy. It's a life or death issue, as we saw during winter storm Uri when 241 people died, including a boy who froze to death in his bed next to his little brother.
Cameras in SPED classrooms should be operating at all times (during school) without a parent having to request them to be turned on. Our administrator did not send the letter out this year to campuses timely till inquired about it and there’s been abuse allegations reported previously. This makes for a potentially unsafe environment when cameras are not turned on and you can’t always prove abuse for students who can’t advocate for themselves. I’d love to see this become a law passed that in Texas, all SPED classrooms and settings must have operational classrooms turned on without having to be requested by an approved person. I did email you on this recently.
Cameras in SPED classrooms should be operating at all times (during school) without a parent having to request them to be turned on. Our administrator did not send the letter out this year to campuses timely till inquired about it and there’s been abuse allegations reported previously. This makes for a potentially unsafe environment when cameras are not turned on and you can’t always prove abuse for students who can’t advocate for themselves. I’d love to see this become a law passed that in Texas, all SPED classrooms and settings must have operational classrooms turned on without having to be requested by an approved person. I did email you on this recently.
Cameras in SPED classrooms should be operating at all times (during school) without a parent having to request them to be turned on. Our administrator did not send the letter out this year to campuses timely till inquired about it and there’s been abuse allegations reported previously. This makes for a potentially unsafe environment when cameras are not turned on and you can’t always prove abuse for students who can’t advocate for themselves. I’d love to see this become a law passed that in Texas, all SPED classrooms and settings must have operational classrooms turned on without having to be requested by an approved person. I did email you on this recently.
1. Property Taxes. If the County Appraisal District’s job is to increase “income”, they’re going to max out the county’s version of value every time (10% personal and 20% investment). That their value system has zero bearing on your home’s value or sell value matters naught to them. Their purpose is to collect taxes, so they’re going to raise every single penny possible. We should ditch property taxes. It’s an evil and punishment. Until they’re abolished, we should curtail them and chisel away at the pieces impacting property taxes. School bonds and unchecked municipalities are a great start, but don’t stop there.
2. The 10 Commandments are a great add, but there’s no guarantee on who’s teaching them or how they’re being taught.
3. Make Creationism a mandatory part of public school freshman biology. Currently, only Darwin’s unproven rantings on evolution are the only version of the origins of life. You end up with the same issue as the 10 commandments, but at least Creationism has a chance of being presented instead of being left out entirely.
4. The energy grid and ERCOT. We need more nuclear power, especially with tech giants building more manufacturing plants in Texas. We must outpace need, have a crazy good backup system, and stop outsourcing power to other states.
5. DOGE the Texas budget. Where is all the money going? It’s been exposed that taxpayer money is funding NGOs to help illegals stay in Texas. Purge the budget of all duplicitous and corrupt beneficiaries AND anyone in our State Congress taking money (personally or through a spouse’s nonprofit or affiliation). Texas brings in trillions. Why does the budget continue to expand? We shouldn’t be spending (and taxing our citizenry more and more); we should be sending the extra back to taxpayers.
6. Home Insurance in “high risk” areas and counties is out of control. Tack on the County Appraisal Districts jacking taxes, and it’s ridiculously expensive to own a home in Texas. Auto Insurance is getting crazy, too. The rocketing prices can’t all be because of the risk on companies. With most agents being commission based and with us decent folk footing the bills for offending miscreants, is there anything the state can do to help? I know several companies are pulling out of Harris County and Texas as a whole. If Insurance is mandatory by law, the remaining companies can charge just about anything knowing we all must have insurance.
This should be addressed in the special session.
https://x.com/catturd2/status/1939684862484513035?s=46
Also make mandatory to take a Civics class. It’s obvious, based on the radical decisions of the liberal judges, no one understand how the US government works.
Civics was phased out for social studies. My daughter goes to a better than average school district. She’s got to take (3) “social studies” classes to graduate. Of the options, World History (where you’d learn about how communism and socialism have failed every, single time) isn’t mandatory. Also, pick-a-history class, 2 semesters isn’t enough to adequately cover history. One, it’s a rush, and two, most of those classes are “taught” by coaches who are dual contracted. I work at the same school my daughter attends. The majority of our dual contracted coaches do not actively teach in the classroom; they’re focused on their sports. Additionally, the government and economics classes are downright shamefully easy, yet kids still struggle with the content which is either a kid thing, a teacher thing, or both. You can only do so much with what you’ve been given. My daughter learns civics at home, where she also gets a heavy dose of politics, government, economics, financial literacy, gun safety, shooting, and personal responsibility.