Is there any law that you want to see either eliminated or changed? If you want a law changed what changes do you recommend? Would you be willing to come to Austin to testify if I sponsored such a bill?
9/6/2008 8:54 AM
Jeff Rance wrote:
To what end and for what purpose? CHL has a proven track record in reducing crime. Why would you want to repeal the 2nd Amendment and citizens ability to protect themselves? Suggest you view the following - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L3kMuN8sjk
8/10/2008 11:44 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Election of judges invites corruption. Use the "Missouri Plan" where the government appoints the judges who then stand for an "in or out" vote every X years. Reply to this
8/30/2008 2:56 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
I have seen the Missouri Plan and I will respectfully disagree that they have less corruption in the system. The appointment process gives all the power to the Governor and that in my opinion weakens our ideal of 3 equal powers in our government, legislative, judicial and executive. I think the people selecting all 3 is a very powerful concept. Reply to this
8/30/2008 2:58 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
Hope you are participating in one of our focus groups so that we can determine what those better laws would be. Reply to this
8/10/2008 11:52 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Purchase data should not be shielded from appraisal districts doing so increases the tax burdens on home owners to the benefit of commercial building owners. Reply to this
8/10/2008 11:54 PM
Anonymous wrote:
TABC should be closed. All we need is for a licensing office like any other business. Reply to this
8/11/2008 12:00 AM
Anonymous wrote:
Yes, laws that are no longer relevant should be repealed. Excessive government is bad and so are too many laws. Reply to this
8/30/2008 3:00 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
We actually have done the repeal of irrelavant laws several times while I have been in the legislature and will continue to do that. Reply to this
8/11/2008 12:04 AM
Anonymous wrote:
We are pulling tape that a legislative agenda for the committee that we'll be discovering with elected officials. Reply to this
8/11/2008 12:05 AM
Anonymous wrote:
A law that a person who has from one to three vehicles parked with no state inspection or state registration for over one year be held with a fine to pay for no registered vehicles. This would be a state plus. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:23 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Yes, I would like to see 70 MPH speed all the time and eliminate 65 MPH & 60 MPH on all stretch from Ellis to Grayson Co. can you say speedway? Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:25 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Electric deregulation has proved to be a failed theory/ experiment. Utilities should be regulated by the states they save and kept in check to limit profitability and strive for greater efficiencies. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:11 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
The whole are of electric deregulation and reregulation has some interest amongst my constituents. I will have at least one question on that in the next survey. Reply to this
9/30/2008 2:16 PM
Steve Wisdom wrote:
Texas is the only state west of the Mississippi that has electric deregulation, and some of the highest electric rates in the US, now is the time to Re-Regulate. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:26 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Get rid of illegal immigrants/ there is a proper way to come into this country. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:19 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
Since much of the money that goes to every school district comes from the state and yourselves as tax payers there are some things I believe it would be irresponsible for us to do as stewards of your taxes. Turning all of the money over to local school districts without some controls is one of those. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:31 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Too many liquor laws limiting sale of alcohol in certain counties. I am for the funding of more cancer and HIV research. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:34 PM
Anonymous wrote:
NTTA should not be so powerful. When a highway is paid off the tolls should go down not up. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:35 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Tough legislation to protect the environment. Stricter controls on coal fired power plants & other polluters. Steps to move Texas to a hydrogen based economy. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:36 PM
Anonymous wrote:
The presidential primary should provide a choice of two candidates at the general election regardless of party affiliation. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:30 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
We will respectfully disagree on this one. I think the purpose of a party primary is to select the candidate of that party, not to choose between two general candidates. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:37 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Eliminate sales tax on clothing less than $100. "Tax free" day is not enough. Other states do not charge tax on clothing. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:38 PM
Anonymous wrote:
I would like to see "Transfer on Death" allowed on real estate similar to the designation on investments, bank accounts. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:17 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
I would love to hear more comments on this particularly from those in the real estate business. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:42 PM
Anonymous wrote:
- I think we should be able to garnish someone's wages to pay a debt. I am owned about $6000 from an Indi order whom I loaned money to so he would not lose his house. That was four years ago. He has not repaid me one penny and has no intention to. That is not correct. I have judgement against him in Collin Co. but that is not getting re paid. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:21 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
Contact Mark Hey in my Austin office and I will have him look into this. I have a bill that would allow garnishment of wages for the victims of someones criminal actions. Will be trying to pass that this session. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:43 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Implement family planning classes in middle school(contraception). It's always the poor people who cannot afford kids who have the most. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:44 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Lets just make sure Richardson and Plano have water. No Water, No Jobs. You all know that. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:45 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Eliminate class C assault. make it civil. People would be nicer to each other if they had to sue for a slap in the face. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:47 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Eliminate the law banning in-line skating in downtown Plano. Could be a good alternative transportation mode. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:31 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
This is a local ordinace not a law. I would suggest talking to your city council members on this. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:40 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
I would agree with you as we tried to do some of this with our Jessica's Law that I was a lead joint author on. We did set up the life sentence for repeat pedophiles. We also passed the death penalty but the Supreme Court has ruled that unconstitutional. When we worked on the bill we knew they could make that ruling and therefore separated the other portions of the bill so that if they ruled part of the bill unconstitutional the rest would survive as it does. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:50 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Sales tax should be changed to 6.25% state, 1 % county, 1% city, 1% transit district, levied state wide, no local transit districts closest one to tax me location. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:37 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
This would have little or no chance of passage since many would be taxed who would have no local expenditures. This would be a Robin Hood Bill on transportation. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:51 PM
Anonymous wrote:
I understand that you were co-author of HB 1094 in 2007. Please re introduce this legislation to reform the Texas Futile Care law in the next session. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:35 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
As a legislative courtesy we will check with the author of HB 1094 and see if they intend to reintroduce their bill. They have been working hard on the bill and would be a better choice to carry the legislation which we would support. That is just the right way for one legislator to treat another. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:53 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Death penalty should only be applied in particularly aggressors cases. Used too frequently now. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:56 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Change the protection of Pharm House doing vaccinations & not accountable for the problems they are creating. Reply to this
8/21/2008 10:58 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Stop privatization of state assets or services. Fix our infrastructure bridges and dams. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:21 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Smoking bans in outdoor venues- Repeal the 10 cent sin tax on cigarettes- it's probably where the $15 billion surplus came from. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:43 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
Actually most of the surplus has come from a variety of areas and the cigarette tax increase is a comparitively small amount. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:25 PM
Anonymous wrote:
People should get better support for home school. If I continue to pay school taxes then my home schooled children should qualify for extra curricular activities at public schools. If I am able to give my children a better education, that should not keep them from extra curricular activities that my tax dollars support! Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:49 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
This is a bill I have supported in the past. It does have a lot of opposition but we did somethings to help with the Virtual School Network Bill I carried throught he house last session that allows some classes for home schoolers. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:27 PM
Anonymous wrote:
A person cannot just tell another person living in their home who is no longer welcome to leave, and have it enforced by police if they refuse. Because of "established residency" laws. I work in a domestic violence shelter and have seen people have to leave their own homes and go into a shelter. Often it is an adult child or a boy friend who knows the law and uses it to get free living accommodations while abusing the home owner or renter. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:14 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
We will look into this. We are working with several abuse groups and this might be something they are interested in helping with Reply to this
9/6/2008 8:39 AM
Jeff Rance wrote:
This is something that should be changed not just for abuse groups and halfway houses. An individuals home should not \come under the same laws and jurisdiction as an apartment or commercial rental facility. The absence of the ability for a Home Owner to decide who may/may not live in THEIR home is a travesty of Texas Law and should be addressed immediately. Reply to this
9/15/2008 1:49 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
My comments about abuse groups was not about group homes or state facilities but was intended to address the concerns they have made about the ability of a home owner to remove someone from their property. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:28 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Applied behavior analyses should be offered to every child with in a public school. Every school district that has a child w/ Autism should have a board certified behavior analyst employed by the district. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:29 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Law allow utilities to raise prices need law make them mandatory to lower prices when the index goes down! Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:45 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
Actually No child left behind is federal law and I read somewhere in the last few days that it may not have been reauthorized for future years. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:47 PM
Anonymous wrote:
We feel like there will be sponsors prosody divesture of land to the lease holders @ Possum Kingdom Lake, and we would appreciate support to join. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:49 PM
Anonymous wrote:
It is upsetting that good students are unable to attend certain schools in Texas because of the 10% rule. My kids graduated with almost 1,000 class mates, kind of hard to be in the top 10% especially if you are contributing positively in other extra activities representing the school. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:51 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
This is one area where the survey responses were almost equally divided which did surprise me since the top 10% rule does work to the detriment of some of our PISD students. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:51 PM
Anonymous wrote:
The system of random elections on random dates. All elections should be synchronized to 2 times on the calendar. All registered voters should be notified with a copy of the ballot by postal mail. Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:27 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
I have tried to do this on several occasions but there are many who object. I will put this question on the next survey. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:52 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Better laws to protect cyclists and educate drivers and police about the traffic laws that allow cycles on roadways. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:55 PM
Anonymous wrote:
Day of week and time for liquor sales. Open Sunday sales. Allow sales in grocery stores. Not just beer/wine. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:57 PM
Anonymous wrote:
These cameras on stop lights are concerning for privacy reasons, I would gladly come to Austin to help protect American privacy. Reply to this
8/21/2008 11:58 PM
Anonymous wrote:
The speed limit on trucks should be enforced. They pass everything on the road and cause bad accidents! They cant stop like a car! Reply to this
9/2/2008 8:09 PM
Jerry Madden wrote:
I concur. There is an extreme danger from trucks traveling above the speed they are built for and more importantly maintained for. Reply to this
Please consider repealing the concealed gun law.
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To what end and for what purpose? CHL has a proven track record in reducing crime. Why would you want to repeal the 2nd Amendment and citizens ability to protect themselves? Suggest you view the following -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L3kMuN8sjk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krq34URvk6s
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CHL License should be valid for the same length of time as our drivers license.
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Illegal immigrants should be returned to their country.
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Election of judges invites corruption. Use the "Missouri Plan" where the government appoints the judges who then stand for an "in or out" vote every X years.
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I have seen the Missouri Plan and I will respectfully disagree that they have less corruption in the system. The appointment process gives all the power to the Governor and that in my opinion weakens our ideal of 3 equal powers in our government, legislative, judicial and executive. I think the people selecting all 3 is a very powerful concept.
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Reduce the spending for education.
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Seat belt law.
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Change liquor laws so liquor is available anywhere.
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Better laws on health insurance.
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Hope you are participating in one of our focus groups so that we can determine what those better laws would be.
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Purchase data should not be shielded from appraisal districts doing so increases the tax burdens on home owners to the benefit of commercial building owners.
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TABC should be closed. All we need is for a licensing office like any other business.
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Yes, laws that are no longer relevant should be repealed. Excessive government is bad and so are too many laws.
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We actually have done the repeal of irrelavant laws several times while I have been in the legislature and will continue to do that.
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Casinos could help state income.
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I care very much about Texas and would like to be more active.
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We look forward to having your assistance during our upcoming meetings
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We are pulling tape that a legislative agenda for the committee that we'll be discovering with elected officials.
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A law that a person who has from one to three vehicles parked with no state inspection or state registration for over one year be held with a fine to pay for no registered vehicles. This would be a state plus.
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Probably a lot, but none of passion today.
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Yes, I would like to see 70 MPH speed all the time and eliminate 65 MPH & 60 MPH on all stretch from Ellis to Grayson Co. can you say speedway?
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Eliminate eminent domain for private or company profits.
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Electric deregulation has proved to be a failed theory/ experiment. Utilities should be regulated by the states they save and kept in check to limit profitability and strive for greater efficiencies.
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The whole are of electric deregulation and reregulation has some interest amongst my constituents. I will have at least one question on that in the next survey.
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Texas is the only state west of the Mississippi that has electric deregulation, and some of the highest electric rates in the US, now is the time to Re-Regulate.
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Get rid of illegal immigrants/ there is a proper way to come into this country.
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All dealing with education so education is back at local community level.
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Since much of the money that goes to every school district comes from the state and yourselves as tax payers there are some things I believe it would be irresponsible for us to do as stewards of your taxes. Turning all of the money over to local school districts without some controls is one of those.
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law required or enforced requiring photo ID for voters.
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Eliminating Robin Hood.
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Too many liquor laws limiting sale of alcohol in certain counties. I am for the funding of more cancer and HIV research.
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NTTA should not be so powerful. When a highway is paid off the tolls should go down not up.
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Tough legislation to protect the environment. Stricter controls on coal fired power plants & other polluters. Steps to move Texas to a hydrogen based economy.
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The presidential primary should provide a choice of two candidates at the general election regardless of party affiliation.
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We will respectfully disagree on this one. I think the purpose of a party primary is to select the candidate of that party, not to choose between two general candidates.
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Eliminate sales tax on clothing less than $100. "Tax free" day is not enough. Other states do not charge tax on clothing.
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I would like to see "Transfer on Death" allowed on real estate similar to the designation on investments, bank accounts.
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I would love to hear more comments on this particularly from those in the real estate business.
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Texas talks a good deal, but really does little for her disabled Vets
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Stronger enforcement of immigration laws.
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- I think we should be able to garnish someone's wages to pay a debt. I am owned about $6000 from an Indi order whom I loaned money to so he would not lose his house. That was four years ago. He has not repaid me one penny and has no intention to. That is not correct. I have judgement against him in Collin Co. but that is not getting re paid.
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Contact Mark Hey in my Austin office and I will have him look into this. I have a bill that would allow garnishment of wages for the victims of someones criminal actions. Will be trying to pass that this session.
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Implement family planning classes in middle school(contraception). It's always the poor people who cannot afford kids who have the most.
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Lets just make sure Richardson and Plano have water. No Water, No Jobs. You all know that.
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Eliminate class C assault. make it civil. People would be nicer to each other if they had to sue for a slap in the face.
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Eliminate the law banning in-line skating in downtown Plano. Could be a good alternative transportation mode.
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This is a local ordinace not a law. I would suggest talking to your city council members on this.
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keep pedophiles in prison for life if they are not sentenced to death!
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I would agree with you as we tried to do some of this with our Jessica's Law that I was a lead joint author on. We did set up the life sentence for repeat pedophiles. We also passed the death penalty but the Supreme Court has ruled that unconstitutional. When we worked on the bill we knew they could make that ruling and therefore separated the other portions of the bill so that if they ruled part of the bill unconstitutional the rest would survive as it does.
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Repeal laws separating surface & mineral rights on property.
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Sales tax should be changed to 6.25% state, 1 % county, 1% city, 1% transit district, levied state wide, no local transit districts closest one to tax me location.
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This would have little or no chance of passage since many would be taxed who would have no local expenditures. This would be a Robin Hood Bill on transportation.
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I understand that you were co-author of HB 1094 in 2007. Please re introduce this legislation to reform the Texas Futile Care law in the next session.
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As a legislative courtesy we will check with the author of HB 1094 and see if they intend to reintroduce their bill. They have been working hard on the bill and would be a better choice to carry the legislation which we would support. That is just the right way for one legislator to treat another.
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Death penalty should only be applied in particularly aggressors cases. Used too frequently now.
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Require commercial estate sales to be reported to appraisal districts
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Government casinos in Galveston. Generate revenue, promote tourism.
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Change the protection of Pharm House doing vaccinations & not accountable for the problems they are creating.
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Stop privatization of state assets or services. Fix our infrastructure bridges and dams.
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Ban toll roads
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Smoking bans in outdoor venues- Repeal the 10 cent sin tax on cigarettes- it's probably where the $15 billion surplus came from.
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Actually most of the surplus has come from a variety of areas and the cigarette tax increase is a comparitively small amount.
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Define marriage as a legal union between a male and female human being.
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We the voters did this in a Constitutional Amendment a couple of years ago.
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School vouchers for all students.
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People should get better support for home school. If I continue to pay school taxes then my home schooled children should qualify for extra curricular activities at public schools. If I am able to give my children a better education, that should not keep them from extra curricular activities that my tax dollars support!
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This is a bill I have supported in the past. It does have a lot of opposition but we did somethings to help with the Virtual School Network Bill I carried throught he house last session that allows some classes for home schoolers.
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A person cannot just tell another person living in their home who is no longer welcome to leave, and have it enforced by police if they refuse. Because of "established residency" laws. I work in a domestic violence shelter and have seen people have to leave their own homes and go into a shelter. Often it is an adult child or a boy friend who knows the law and uses it to get free living accommodations while abusing the home owner or renter.
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We will look into this. We are working with several abuse groups and this might be something they are interested in helping with
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This is something that should be changed not just for abuse groups and halfway houses. An individuals home should not \come under the same laws and jurisdiction as an apartment or commercial rental facility. The absence of the ability for a Home Owner to decide who may/may not live in THEIR home is a travesty of Texas Law and should be addressed immediately.
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My comments about abuse groups was not about group homes or state facilities but was intended to address the concerns they have made about the ability of a home owner to remove someone from their property.
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Applied behavior analyses should be offered to every child with in a public school. Every school district that has a child w/ Autism should have a board certified behavior analyst employed by the district.
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Law allow utilities to raise prices need law make them mandatory to lower prices when the index goes down!
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Do away with teaching to the test and no child left behind.
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Actually No child left behind is federal law and I read somewhere in the last few days that it may not have been reauthorized for future years.
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Marriage Amendment- only between a man and a woman.
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Address illegal immigration. Stop the flow/ send illegal's home.
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I would come to Austin for any change good for the common person
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Enforce immigration laws.
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The CHL renewal process is an administrative nightmare begging for simplification.
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Love to see a tax break or incentive for home schoolers.
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Redefine education. Apply education to learning as opposed to testing
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Require all votes in the state legislature be recorded, and available to all voters online.
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We do have a process now for recording votes on all legislation.
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We feel like there will be sponsors prosody divesture of land to the lease holders @ Possum Kingdom Lake, and we would appreciate support to join.
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Eliminate lobbyist and their money.
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It is upsetting that good students are unable to attend certain schools in Texas because of the 10% rule. My kids graduated with almost 1,000 class mates, kind of hard to be in the top 10% especially if you are contributing positively in other extra activities representing the school.
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This is one area where the survey responses were almost equally divided which did surprise me since the top 10% rule does work to the detriment of some of our PISD students.
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The system of random elections on random dates. All elections should be synchronized to 2 times on the calendar. All registered voters should be notified with a copy of the ballot by postal mail.
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I have tried to do this on several occasions but there are many who object. I will put this question on the next survey.
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Better laws to protect cyclists and educate drivers and police about the traffic laws that allow cycles on roadways.
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Smoking ban, driving age raised.
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Would like to see open carry on firearms
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Day of week and time for liquor sales. Open Sunday sales. Allow sales in grocery stores. Not just beer/wine.
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Allow more lakes to be made.
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These cameras on stop lights are concerning for privacy reasons, I would gladly come to Austin to help protect American privacy.
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The speed limit on trucks should be enforced. They pass everything on the road and cause bad accidents! They cant stop like a car!
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I concur. There is an extreme danger from trucks traveling above the speed they are built for and more importantly maintained for.
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