Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in and after voting for the Democratic Party in and Virginia r r d d d D has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Start Your Review of Houston. Members receive 10 FREE city profile downloads a month, unlimited access to our detailed cost of living calculator and analysis, unlimited access to our DataEngine, and more. Tune in or set your recorder for am Sundays. Currently on hiatus. About Your Editor. Gary Polland is a long-time conservative and Republican spokesman, fund-raiser, and leader who completed three terms as the Harris County Republican Chairman. He is in his twenty-sixth year of editing a newsletter dealing with key conservative and Republican issues.
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Gary is a practicing attorney and strategic consultant. He can be reached at Contact TCR Please feel free to forward this issue to your friends and associates. We are back again this week because there are so many things to comment on, so let's go. Texas Propositions For November Election, TCR Suggests Proposition 1 This amendment would authorize professional sports team charitable organizations to conduct raffles at rodeo venues.
TCR Suggests : If you support more raffles, vote Yes, if not, No Proposition 2 The amendment would authorize a county to issue bonds to fund infrastructure and transportation projects in undeveloped and blighted areas. TCR Suggests : No Proposition 3 It would amend Article 1 of the Texas Constitution to prohibit the state or any political subdivision from enacting a law, rule, order, or proclamation that limits religious services or organizations.
TCR Suggests : Yes Proposition 4 This would change the eligibility requirements for a justice of the supreme court, a judge of the court of criminal appeals, a justice of a court of appeals, and a district judge.
New requirements would include: Candidates should be residents of Texas as well as citizens of the State; Candidates should have 10 years of experience in Texas as a practicing lawyer or judge of a state or county court for candidates of the Supreme Court, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, or a Court of Appeals; Candidates should have 8 years of experience in Texas as a practicing lawyer or judge of a state or county court for candidates of a district court; It would disqualify candidates if their license to practice law was revoked or suspended during experience requirement; and These requirements would be applied to individuals elected or appointed to a term beginning after January 1, TCR Suggests : Yes Proposition 6 This allows residents of nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, or state-supported living centers to designate an essential caregiver that may not be prohibited from visiting the resident, even during a pandemic.
TCR Suggests : Yes Proposition 7 This would amend the Texas Constitution to allow the legislature to extend a homestead tax limit for surviving spouses of disabled individuals as long as the spouse is over 55 years old and resides at the home. TCR Suggests : Yes Proposition 8 This measure would amend the Texas Constitution to authorize a total residence homestead property tax exemption for a surviving spouse of a member of the armed services who is killed or fatally injured in the line of duty.
Let's permanently ban the income tax once and for all, Texas! May 09, May 05, From the Texas Cannabis Collective. May 04, From the Houston Chronicle. Apr 15, Apr 08, Mar 31, Mar 26, The convention was scheduled to begin Thursday-Saturday, Read More.
Read More. Virtue signaling is a liberal tactic that has a big brother — political correctness. Most of the riots you see in America today are happening because of virtue signaling and political correctness tools employed by the left together with the mainstream media. Today, virtue signaling came to the Harris County Republican Party.
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