Tuesday is Last Day to Vote
Posted: Sunday, October 23rd, 2011 at 2:08 pm
By: SATP
Tuesday is the general election and your last day to vote on the ten proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, as well as on other local issues. Are you prepared to cast an educated vote?
SATP is pleased to help educate Texans on these proposed changes in several ways. First, we encourage all voters to visit the Texas Secretary of State website and the League of Women Voters website for their descriptions and impartial analyses of each amendment. Second, the SATP Board of Directors has announced its recommendations on each issue. These positions are offered to help you make these important decisions.
While San Antonio Tea Party carefully deliberated these issues, we strongly urge you to arrive at your own considered decision. Please follow the links below to assist with your research:
Printable Amendments Language with explanation and summary.
Printable Amendments Pro and Con opinions.
Printable Matrix comparing SATP recommendations with other conservative Texas groups.
Printable version of SATP recommendations.
Be informed and VOTE!
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Ballot Language |
San Antonio Tea Party Recommendations |
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| 1 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to provide for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of all or part of the market value of the residence homestead of the surviving spouse of a 100 percent or totally disabled veteran. |
YES |
| 2 | The constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of additional general obligation bonds by the Texas Water Development Board in an amount not to exceed $6 billion at any time outstanding. |
NO |
| 3 | The constitutional amendment providing for the issuance of general obligation bonds of the State of Texas to finance educational loans to students. |
NO |
| 4 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit a county to issue bonds or notes to finance the development or redevelopment of an unproductive, underdeveloped, or blighted area and to pledge for repayment of the bonds or notes increases in ad valorem taxes imposed by the county on property in the area. The amendment does not provide authority for increasing ad valorem tax rates. |
NO |
| 5 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to allow cities or counties to enter into interlocal contracts with other cities or counties without the imposition of a tax or the provision of a sinking fund. |
NO |
| 6 | The constitutional amendment clarifying references to the permanent school fund, allowing the General Land Office to distribute revenue from permanent school fund land or other properties to the available school fund to provide additional funding for public education, and providing for an increase in the market value of the permanent school fund for the purpose of allowing increased distributions from the available school fund. |
NO |
| 7 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to permit conservation and reclamation districts in El Paso County to issue bonds supported by ad valorem taxes to fund the development and maintenance of parks and recreational facilities. |
YES |
| 8 | The constitutional amendment providing for the appraisal for ad valorem tax purposes of open-space land devoted to water stewardship purposes on the basis of its productive capacity. |
NO |
| 9 | The constitutional amendment authorizing the governor to grant a pardon to a person who successfully completes a term of deferred adjudication community supervision. |
NO |
| 10 | The constitutional amendment to change the length of the unexpired term that causes the automatic resignation of certain elected county or district officeholders if they become candidatesfor another office. |
YES |
San Antonio Tea Party
Thanks for providing this resource. My Picks pretty much matched yours. Will feel better walking in the booth on Tuesday.
PROP 7 SURE REEKS of N.W. O. and AGENDA 21…Is El Paso County returning to MEXICO?
Re Prop 7, I assume voting yes only gives El Paso the option. Now they don’t even have the option.
That was the conclusion of the SATP Board on this issue.
What was the basis for SATP voting in favor of Prop. 7 when every other conservative group in the matrix recommends a “NO” vote? In addtion, the “We Texans” anaylsis, I just received, is recommending a “NO” vote, as well.
Thank you.
The SATP Board decided it was best to allow El Paso the “option” to decide for themselves on this matter.
I haven’t recevied an answer to what the column headed “Agenda 21 Analysis” means & who did the assessments for a “yes” or “no”.
Thanks.
Marilyn,
I passed your question on to the SATP editors that supplied me with the files to put online. I will send you the reply whenever I get them.
Thanks for your interest in San Antonio Tea Party.
The Agenda 21 Analysis assessments were the result of an unscientific survey of Texas Conservative “grassroots” groups. Future scorecards of this type will provide clearer information on sources. Thank you for your question!
I had marked my choices when the newspaper listed them. Now I find that Tea Party recommendations matched mine exactly. Guess I’m in the right frame of mind.
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Richard Giles did mention Prop 4 was missing…but not on which documents. Apologies if this is a duplication, but I found it is missing on the “Printable Pros & Cons” document
Like Richard, this should be a resounding “NO”!
Thanks Granpa Smurf for all your work on these…
Thanks guys for the ‘proofing.’ I updated both underlying documents. They should be good to go now. Let me know if you see other goofs.
Robin, I think Nancy was referring to the Neighborhood Group meeting held by SATP on Monday night. This was a “NO” vote from the audience.
NOW, on the chart, what is “Agenda 21 Analysis” mean? Who did this analysis? Prop. 1 has it marked as “YES” but Prop. 7 has it marked as “NO”.
Thanks.
Richard,
Thanks – Good catch. An error in an earlier file created ‘cascading errors.’
I am still chasing the others, but maybe this page looks better.
Thanks again.
#4 is not listed. The recommendation on this amendment should be “NO”. Thank you.
well…()_&^#&*^*
give me a few minutes…@#$%^&
Nancy: The above matches my notes from the Board of Directors meeting.
I guess you changed from what seemed to be your final decision of the majority at the meeting but it’s ok. The majority of the amendments should be “no’. People can decide for themself.