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1. All voters should have to show photo identification at the polling place prior to being allowed to vote.
undecided yes no
2. There should be a gas tax holiday in Texas.
undecided yes no
3. The state gasoline tax should be indexed to the rate of inflation.
undecided yes no
4. We should eliminate "sanctuary cities" where immigration status of someone arrested is not checked
undecided yes no
5. We should require counties to check the immigration status of all individuals charged with a felony.
undecided yes no
6. The current 8.25% sales tax cap precludes some communities from participating in DART . We should
undecided yes no
7. Plano, Richardson and Dallas are all part of DART. They should be allowed to raise the current 8.25%
undecided yes no
8. Texas should adopt more stringent auto emission standards like those of California.
undecided yes no
9. Home tax appraisal increases should be capped at 5% per year.
undecided yes no
10. Instead of a 5% cap on home tax appraisal increases a cap should be placed at 3%.
undecided yes no
11. We should place a spending cap (commonly called a revenue cap) on all cities, counties and other entities at
undecided yes no
12. We should continue to elect judges in partisan elections.
undecided yes no
13. Autistic children should be given state vouchers and allowed to attend any school of their choice.
undecided yes no
14. We should support the building of a fence on our southern border.
undecided yes no
15. The Texas Youth Commission should be remodeled so that instead of larger state facilities mostly rural for these
undecided yes no
16. Since we have a large budget surplus the priority for its use should be additional property tax reductions.
undecided yes no
17. The current top ten percent rule allowing automatic admission to state universities for all students from every school district that graduate from high school in the top 10% of their class should be repealed.
undecided yes no
18. Casinos should be allowed in Texas.
undecided yes no
19 Casinos should be allowed in Collin County.
undecided yes no
20. Smoking should be banned from all business spaces in Texas.
undecided yes no
Explanation of questions 6 and 7
In the 80th Legislature the Dallas Morning News, many local cities, and DART supporters pushed legislators to vote for a bill that allowed the Metroplex counties to hold local elections to raise your sales tax from 8.25% to 9.25%. The Legislature, 25 years ago, allowed our area to vote to raise the sales tax from 7.25% to 8.25% and to choose to use that money either for DART or on other local non transit issues. Plano, Richardson, and Dallas all voted for the tax to go towards building DART. Other communities like Allen, McKinney, Frisco and the now rapidly growing communities in Northern and Eastern Collin County voted to use the tax for non-transit issues, primarily economic development. The bill was opposed by several of our leading businesses. The bill did not pass. However the idea will be back and it is important for you to let me know how you feel on this important pocketbook issue. The bill will probably combine the issues raised in questions 6 and 7 but it is important to know your opinion on both parts of the issue.
Please take a minute to fill out this Constituent Opinions Poll covering areas of concern for our state. Your input will help me represent your interests in the upcoming session of the Texas House.
Are there state agencies or programs that you have had very bad experiences with in the last five years? What are they and what recommendations would you have for the agency or program?
Are there state agencies or programs that you have had good experiences with in the last five years? Tell us about them and about any exceptional state employee that helped you.
What is your biggest problem with the State of Texas.
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?
How can I and my staff do a better job for you.
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