Kathy Walt
Kathy Walt
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We certainly have been monitoring it at the governor's level and it is a concern, just as an increase in violence in the adult prison system would be a concern.
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He certainly is aware of who we hired. But decisions are made more at the staff level.
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The intent certainly is that people whose taxes are frozen would see the same level of property tax deductions.
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I have real concern developing about lawlessness breaking out in Texas as a result of our generosity. We need to make certain we do not exceed our ability to provide necessities for those we are agreeing to take. What's the plan for those who see the Astrodome as their rightful home for the next 90 days? What's the plan for handling increase in prison/jail population?
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Charter schools, as a matter of law, have always been exempted from the accountability system, and the 65 percent requirement is part of the financial accountability system. We don't know that there is an administrative way around it, but certainly if there is a way that Gov. Perry administratively can achieve that, he certainly will do that.
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We felt very strongly that we needed a more bipartisan approach.
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The state's hiring of a bipartisan lobby team helped us secure $5 billion in additional federal funding for Texas.
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The state is not going to restrict their First Amendment rights, just as we don't restrict the political giving of thousands of people who contract with the state of Texas.
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As the governor has said, once he has a bill or bills on his desk that substantially reduce property taxes and reform the business franchise tax, he'll open the call to other issues.
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We have another hurricane season starting June 1, and there are too many issues and too many Texas lives that could be affected if we do not address these issues prior to the start of the hurricane season.
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Her work is so shoddy and incompetent, she didn't even know how to track payments.
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I don't understand their objection to consumers hearing about the plan other than the fact that they don't want the Legislature to succeed.
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I don't know of a single teacher in Texas who wouldn't welcome the possibility of getting a raise of $10,000, and if the head of a labor union wants to demean and diminish the hard work and the value of teachers, then he or she should be ashamed.
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I have found sufficient reason to indefinitely stop all payments to the firm.