I just wrote a post at my personal blog, True Anomaly, about the big political event of this season up here in Colorado.  The reason I think this issue might be of interest to y’all down there is that for now, the GOP is in control in Texas.  It used to be in Colorado, and now the foundations that were built by Colorado Republicans in the past are being torn down as fast as possible by our Democrats.  The same thing can happen down there if y’all aren’t careful to maintain a strong conservative power base with wide appeal to all Texans.

There are two referenda up for a vote next month, referred to as "C & D".  These two referenda are a direct attack on the Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which mandates limits on state government spending and a refund to taxpayers of all tax revenues above the allowed level of spending.  Referendum C would allow the state to keep the monies that would be refunded to taxpayers for the next five years and ratchet up the level of spending, while Referendum D would allow the state to issue a lot of debt.

Needless to say, I’m hoping these things don’t pass, but the proponents of these things have a lot of money and support behind them.

Now, as for Texas state spending and taxes…well, the legislature can’t figure that one out and I’m not going to try either!