The cost of owning a home or business in Texas is becoming increasingly prohibitive. Short of totally abolishing the property tax, limiting the growth of local spending to the sum of population growth and inflation is the only meaningful way the Texas Legislature can push back the rising tide of property taxes.
Ranked-Choice Voting: Overview and Model Legislation
The movement to adopt ranked-choice voting as a system for elections has been growing throughout the nation. It is a complex method of voting that has a disenfranchising effect and violates the “one person, one vote” doctrine. Key Points: Ranked-choice voting is slow, confusing, and complex. RCV violates the one person, one vote doctrine. RCV...