White: Today’s water shortages, however, are not intractable unless Texans refuse to surmount the status quo. As the landmark 2001 State Water Plan detailed, almost every region of Texas needs to increase available water supplies to meet future demand.
Toward a More Well-Informed Citizenry
The 86th Texas Legislature sought to enhance public debt transparency through the creation of Voter Information Documents (VID). However, this instrument is not accurately providing debt amounts and needs reform. Key points: Governments are manipulating the VID methodology to deny voters accurate tax impact estimates. Many VIDs are dissimilar, making comparative analysis challenging. There is...