Sunday, November 1, 2009

Texas Constitutional Amendment Election

There are 11 Texas Constitutional Amendments on the ballot this November.
Blue Dot Blues has a great roundup on recommendations.

To summarize some of those recommendations:

  • NTU says YES on Props 2,3, 5, and 11; NO on Props 1 and 8.
  • Wallbuilders says YES on Props 2, 3, 5, 7 and 11; NO on props 1, 4, 8, 9, 10.
  • Stephen Casey says YES on Props 2,3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11; NO on Props 1, 4, 8, 9. He gives some good explanations.
  • Republican party supports Props 2, 3, 5, and 11.
  • The LPT recommends a "NO" vote on Props. 1, 4, 6, 8, and 10. They also recommend a "YES" vote on Prop. 2 and 7.
  • More on why you should Vote No on 4. This attempt to fund more 'tier-1' Universities by 'annointing' a few chosen 'wannabe' research Universities and raiding the Permanent University Fund to help them out is not an accountable and even-handed use of higher-education funding monies. Just say no.
My final call on Texas Constitutional amendments: I voted YES on Props 2,3, 5, 7, 11 and NO on 1, 4, 6, 8, 9.

UPDATE: 11/2 - Corrected the RPT endorsements based on Comment #1.

1 comment:

InTheArena said...

Quick point of clarification - the RPT hasn't endorsed Prop 7. It has endorsed 2,3,5 and 11. It has no quarrel with Prop 7, but it's not a platform issue so the party is neutral on it, as it is on the other proposals that are not specifically endorsed.