86th Texas Legislative Session 01/08/19 - 05/27/19 thread of fail

[Bama Chick 28596]

Your Governor is an absolute donut.

[atomheartbevo 89666]

1 hour ago, Bama Chick said:

Your Governor is an absolute donut.
 

That tree hit his head as well.  

[relapse98 634]

On 5/19/2019 at 9:01 AM, Voldemort86 said:

im just ready for this legislative session to be over.

My son and I had a discussion sort of about this a couple of weeks ago. He was wondering why we don't have a full time legislature and why it's only biennial and I said there's no way we could maintain our focus to keep them in line all the time. I like this 5 month rush and then we get a good long breather before the nuts return.

[Js1 85336]

1 hour ago, relapse98 said:

My son and I had a discussion sort of about this a couple of weeks ago. He was wondering why we don't have a full time legislature and why it's only biennial and I said there's no way we could maintain our focus to keep them in line all the time. I like this 5 month rush and then we get a good long breather before the nuts return.

Because it wasn't intended to be a full-time job or even a 20 to 30 year career of leeching off the taxpayers.

[hayden_horn 11362]

4 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

Your Governor is an absolute donut.
 

property tax crisis?

NOPE. airport chick-fil-a is the new hotness.

seriously. because san antonio wants a restaurant taking space in their airport to be open 7 days a week, the fucking state legislature thinks that's a priority issue to solve. 

man, i love being texan, but living here is a fucking contradiction.

[Js1 85336]

22 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

property tax crisis?

NOPE. airport chick-fil-a is the new hotness.

seriously. because san antonio wants a restaurant taking space in their airport to be open 7 days a week, the fucking state legislature thinks that's a priority issue to solve. 

man, i love being texan, but living here is a fucking contradiction.

Usurping local control because the religious nutjobs got their fee-fees hurt. 

Edited May 21, 2019 by Js1

[JimmyJames 12271]

5 hours ago, Bama Chick said:

Your Governor is an absolute donut.
 

I never thought I’d see the day that a UT grad taking over for aggy Rick Perry would somehow be a worse governor, yet here we are. 

[JimmyJames 12271]

2 hours ago, relapse98 said:

My son and I had a discussion sort of about this a couple of weeks ago. He was wondering why we don't have a full time legislature and why it's only biennial and I said there's no way we could maintain our focus to keep them in line all the time. I like this 5 month rush and then we get a good long breather before the nuts return.

The 5 months every two years thing plus the extremely low pay is the only thing that has saved this state from itself. 

Can you imagine if Texas had a full time lege that paid well? Trump would have moved here and ran for lieutenant governor instead of president so he could make even more money off the government. 

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

Man, could you imagine what a Trump Tower Beaumont would look like? 

[JimmyJames 12271]

6 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Man, could you imagine what a Trump Tower Beaumont would look like? 

It would be a state of Texas taxpayer funded empty 50 story building with a government funded and built casino at the bottom of it that wasn’t actually open because it still would be illegal to operate one in Texas. Trump would still get royalties for not operating the casino. On top of it would be a really expensive restaurant with really crappy food. 

Edited May 21, 2019 by JimmyJames

[troph 24798]

property tax crisis?
NOPE. airport chick-fil-a is the new hotness.
seriously. because san antonio wants a restaurant taking space in their airport to be open 7 days a week, the fucking state legislature thinks that's a priority issue to solve. 
man, i love being texan, but living here is a fucking contradiction.

San Antonio fucked up. They absolutely violated the first amendment. Chick fil A has to serve the people it hates (at least that’s where I think equal protection analysis should take us) but nothing prevents them from giving to hate groups.

San Antonio denied them based on their giving (a first amendment right) instead of saying you have to be open seven days a week.

I have a hard time being upset about the specific case here.

[Js1 85336]

 

[CooterBrown 18012]

Can the City just require that any leasee in the airport be open set hours, 7 days a week? Seems like the easiest way to handle this. Or just do like Austin, Tulsa, etc. that require all the restaurants to be locally owned or headquartered locally.

 

[troph 24798]

Can the City just require that any leasee in the airport be open set hours, 7 days a week? Seems like the easiest way to handle this. Or just do like Austin, Tulsa, etc. that require all the restaurants to be locally owned or headquartered locally.
 

Yes they can do that.

[High Plains Drifter 11049]

 

On 5/9/2019 at 9:03 PM, Message Board User said:

 

 

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On 5/14/2019 at 8:42 AM, troph said:

Get this we are Arkansas bullshit out of here. There is nothing more annoying than a rooster cockadoodling at 530am. No. Let cities govern themselves on the hyper local stuff already people. Good lord.

 

Aaah, sweet  libcuck tears

[Voldemort86 2259]

6 hours ago, Js1 said:

 

Why do they want to make it harder for libertarians to get on the ballot? What’s the point here?

[Voldemort86 2259]

13 hours ago, relapse98 said:

My son and I had a discussion sort of about this a couple of weeks ago. He was wondering why we don't have a full time legislature and why it's only biennial and I said there's no way we could maintain our focus to keep them in line all the time. I like this 5 month rush and then we get a good long breather before the nuts return.

The legislature is always filled with loons. If we had to put up with them full time, the legislature would drive most Texans insane.

[atomheartbevo 89666]

21 minutes ago, Voldemort86 said:

Why do they want to make it harder for libertarians to get on the ballot? What’s the point here?

As we creep closer to The Flip, any decent libertarian candidates could split enough votes off from an R to flip that seat.  2018 scared the absolute shit out of the GOP.  

Edited May 22, 2019 by atomheartbevo

[Voldemort86 2259]

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

As we creep closer to The Flip, any decent libertarian candidates could split enough votes off from an R to flip that seat.  2018 scared the absolute shit out of the GOP.  

They better get used to it.

 

i think the days of them winning the primary, coasting thru the general, and winning it by 20+ points are long gone.

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

5 hours ago, Voldemort86 said:

They better get used to it.

 

i think the days of them winning the primary, coasting thru the general, and winning it by 20+ points are long gone.

I predict the next statewide cycle we will have at least one race end up in court when the R loses and refuses to concede because voter fraud.  

[gmr548 16580]

Why do they want to make it harder for libertarians to get on the ballot? What’s the point here?

Ls take votes from Rs. Gs take votes from Ds.

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[Js1 85336]

28 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Ls take votes from Rs. Gs take votes from Ds.

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It's like people turned out 2018 where Republicans explicitly paid or just plain convinced green party/left-leaning independent candidates to run in races they needed to win across the country.  

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

7 hours ago, Voldemort86 said:

They better get used to it.

 

i think the days of them winning the primary, coasting thru the general, and winning it by 20+ points are long gone.

I bet they still win their own primary.

[Guest Lobo]

Tyrants nearing the end of their reign typically try to make it harder for up and coming opposition to present an obstacle to their heirs.  

 Both parties know they Balkanization of the American polity is coming soon    

[mchookem 16336]

debating HB 3703 right now (i just happen to be here). Patrick is so smarmy.

[Chooky 13307]

12 hours ago, Voldemort86 said:

Why do they want to make it harder for libertarians to get on the ballot? What’s the point here?

Because libertarian candidates take votes from conservatives and Green Party candidates deduct from Democrat candidates and voter suppression and fucking with polls is easier than adapting to the writing on the wall. 

[bolverk 29672]

I plead to any of you who either lives in H-E-B, or know someone who does, please do everything in your power to vote this dipshit out of office.

 

[TexEx15 17528]

51 minutes ago, mchookem said:

debating HB 3703 right now (i just happen to be here). Patrick is so smarmy.

Add Birdwell

[MillerEP 30455]

HB 3703 passed but didn't expand any new conditions. Kind of bittersweet, but good for those it can help.

 

So it covers epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and spasticity, all seizure disorders, terminal cancer, autism, ALS, and incurable neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Huntington's diseases. 

Edited May 22, 2019 by MillerEP

[tx 3 putt 76957]

6 hours ago, bolverk said:

I plead to any of you who either lives in H-E-B, or know someone who does, please do everything in your power to vote this dipshit out of office.

 

 

high school dropout 

[Voldemort86 2259]

11 hours ago, mchookem said:

debating HB 3703 right now (i just happen to be here). Patrick is so smarmy.

Was he trying to scare everyone into not voting for “legal weed”?

[relapse98 634]

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen are set to address the media soon. We’re expecting some updates on the big issues of the legislative session: school finance and property taxes.

[Brisketexan 105139]

Just now, relapse98 said:

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen are set to address the media soon. We’re expecting some updates on the big issues of the legislative session: school finance and property taxes.

Update: we're going to fix school finance and property taxes by taxing gay people every time they use a public restroom.

[kevwun 15788]

Also, everyone is now required to eat chick-fil-a once a week.

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

2 hours ago, relapse98 said:

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and House Speaker Dennis Bonnen are set to address the media soon. We’re expecting some updates on the big issues of the legislative session: school finance and property taxes.

Hopeful but nervous on the education side of things. Big opportunity for AISD to get out from behind the eight ball. Addressing recapture is issue number 1. Overall school spending is 2.

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

The final version of the bill is $11.5 billion over the next two-year fiscal period -- increasing classroom spending by $4.5 billion, lowering property taxes by $5 billion and increasing teacher salaries by $2 billion. 

Snip

The raises are tied to the state's increase to the basic allotment -- the minimum per-student amount the state funds schools. The basic allotment will increase from $5,180 per student to $6,160. 

Thirty percent of the increase that school districts receive from the basic allotment hike will be dedicated to raises -- most of which must go to teachers, nurses, counselors and librarians. School districts are being told to weight the raises toward teachers who have at least six years of experience. 

A quarter of the money designated for salary increases can be used for any full-time employee, which gives school districts flexibility to give even steeper teacher raises, or to other staff members like bus drivers, teachers' aides and cafeteria workers. 

Snip

The bill also spends an estimated $452 million over the next two years on an outcomes-based funding program -- rewarding schools with bonus money for every student who graduates and enrolls in college or the military. It does not include a less-popular version of outcomes-based funding that gives bonuses based on third-grade reading scores -- a proposal that the Senate had wanted.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2019/05/23/texas-house-senate-strike-deal-bill-fund-schools-teacher-pay-raises-tax-relief

No word yet on how/if this impacts recapture. More money per student is great but it doesn’t mean much for AISD if we are still sending 700 million a year to other districts.

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

From Texas Tribune. Huge if true.

The compromise bill, Bonnen said, would reduce recapture payments that wealthier districts pay to shore up poorer districts by $3.6 billion, about 47%. But he also said the state could not afford to completely eliminate recapture, also known as “Robin Hood,” because it would cost too much to completely reimburse school districts from state coffers alone.

[RPM 26321]

Too bad we can't find a new product that would be in high demand that we could tax the shit out of and use that for schools. That would be a really good thing.

[tx 3 putt 76957]

32 minutes ago, RPM said:

Too bad we can't find a new product that would be in high demand that we could tax the shit out of and use that for schools. That would be a really good thing.

sex ?

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

Gambling would pay a lot of bills just by keeping Texas dollars in the state. Pot would allow the money already being spent to be taxed. If we are ever going to get serious about property tax relief and not have and income tax then we need more revenue streams.

[JimmyJames 12271]

7 hours ago, kevwun said:

Also, everyone is now required to eat chick-fil-a once a week.

Given the lines at the drive through I had already assumed that law had been passed a while ago. 

[Js1 85336]

38 minutes ago, JimmyJames said:

Given the lines at the drive through I had already assumed that law had been passed a while ago. 

Guilty. Fucking spicy chicken biscuits 

[Pancho 44803]

 

[ChuckNorrisActionJeans 2674]

Gross. Doing his part to keep Texas shit-stupid and cruel.

[tx 3 putt 76957]

This is what happens when you elect a high school drop out. Burleson must really suck 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13512]

22 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

The final version of the bill is $11.5 billion over the next two-year fiscal period -- increasing classroom spending by $4.5 billion, lowering property taxes by $5 billion and increasing teacher salaries by $2 billion. 

Snip

The raises are tied to the state's increase to the basic allotment -- the minimum per-student amount the state funds schools. The basic allotment will increase from $5,180 per student to $6,160. 

Thirty percent of the increase that school districts receive from the basic allotment hike will be dedicated to raises -- most of which must go to teachers, nurses, counselors and librarians. School districts are being told to weight the raises toward teachers who have at least six years of experience. 

A quarter of the money designated for salary increases can be used for any full-time employee, which gives school districts flexibility to give even steeper teacher raises, or to other staff members like bus drivers, teachers' aides and cafeteria workers. 

Snip

The bill also spends an estimated $452 million over the next two years on an outcomes-based funding program -- rewarding schools with bonus money for every student who graduates and enrolls in college or the military. It does not include a less-popular version of outcomes-based funding that gives bonuses based on third-grade reading scores -- a proposal that the Senate had wanted.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2019/05/23/texas-house-senate-strike-deal-bill-fund-schools-teacher-pay-raises-tax-relief

No word yet on how/if this impacts recapture. More money per student is great but it doesn’t mean much for AISD if we are still sending 700 million a year to other districts.

Not entirely sure how this impacts school districts when the state gives them money for teacher salaries but simultaneously lowers property tax revenue for the school districts.   Sounds like a potential breakeven where teachers may end up with the same salary but tax payers save money.   

[Larry T. Spider 1746]

As I said before, reducing the amount of recapture that AISD pays is the biggest concern. Under the new plan, we will go from paying over 700 million to a little under 600 million. While this is a lot of money, it still puts Austin at a significant disadvantage. Other nearby districts such as round rock will pay 0 into recapture.

https://house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/committees/FY20-HB-3-CCR-District-Runs.pdf?link_id=4&can_id=9c3810ea26bfc0c3b78a20f8bdbd4c6b&source=email-your-weekly-briefing-special-report-on-school-finance-and-pay-raises&email_referrer=email_554086&email_subject=your-weekly-briefing-special-report-on-school-finance-and-pay-raises

Edited May 26, 2019 by Larry T. Spider

[Bama Chick 28596]

Seriously???

[troph 24798]

Guilty. Fucking spicy chicken biscuits 

Eating chick fil A is my weekly Christian out reach.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13512]

7 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

As I said before, reducing the amount of recapture that AISD pays is the biggest concern. Under the new plan, we will go from paying over 700 million to a little under 600 million. While this is a lot of money, it still puts Austin at a significant disadvantage. Other nearby districts such as round rock will pay 0 into recapture.

https://house.texas.gov/_media/pdf/committees/FY20-HB-3-CCR-District-Runs.pdf?link_id=4&can_id=9c3810ea26bfc0c3b78a20f8bdbd4c6b&source=email-your-weekly-briefing-special-report-on-school-finance-and-pay-raises&email_referrer=email_554086&email_subject=your-weekly-briefing-special-report-on-school-finance-and-pay-raises

Not everyone agrees that it’s a problem that school property taxes are shared across districts.  I don’t have kids but pay a decent amount in school taxes in Houston.  Im ok that a school district in south Texas gets a portion of my tax money as opposed to hisd receiving the full amount. 

Or is your concern related only to the formula that I assume is used to decide how much some districts pay?