Banning Pitbulls in TX

Cynthia Stevens Kent is a well known attorney who has made millions of dollars suing dog owners. Now she is calling Texas Legislators to introduce a bill in 2011 that would ban pit bulls and pit bull breed mixes. My perceptive on this is dogs don't bite because of breed or appearance; they bite out of fear that could have been the result of poor socialization, neglect, abuse, tethering or confinement or isolation. No pit bull should not be banned in Texas or any other state. It truly is not the breed at all, I own 2 pit bulls. I take them to the dog park and they love to play with other dogs and they also play good with  my little nephews and cousins and I never had a problem with anyone of them.

At the end of the day it really comes down to the owner to be responsible for their dogs. I guarantee you its people who get dogs and leave them in their yards tied up all day and they build up energy and after a while that energy turns into aggression. Some disgusting individuals use that aggression so they can fight other pit bulls or other dogs.  So if they end up passing this bill, many ask are they going to put all these animals down? If so wouldn’t that be animal cruelty. People murder other people and beings everyday around the globe , and you don’t see all them getting the death penalty, they go to jail for a long time, and some even get back out into society in a lot of cases. The problem is you got these wannabe tough guys who think they are tough that turns these dogs into monsters when they really are beautiful animals . It’s the owners fault. 

RE: “Who’s paying for the $25 billion”?

My fellow colleague Rick Trevino wrote an interesting blog “Who’s paying for the $25 billion”? This blog refers to the $25 billion dollar budget gap crisis the state of Texas is facing. If I’m not mistaken, didn't the Wall Street Journal report that only reason why Texas managed to balance its budget last time is because the state legislature pressured Perry to accept funds from the federal stimulus, despite the fact that Perry was and continues to be a vocal opponent of it?

Then again, it should be no wonder that Texas has budget troubles considering the fact that Perry (according to the Associated Press) spent nearly $600K over the past couple of years to rent a luxurious home at the taxpayers' expense while the official governor's mansion was being repaired following a fire. On regards to the repairs of the governor’s mansion I agree with Rick Trevino that they could have got lower bids. He could have went into more detail on the issue and perhaps provided a link to his source. But Overall I agree with Rick Trevino, it is unfortunate that cutting the top of this list is budget cuts on education. He is absolutely right that there are many other places where they can cut from to make up from this gap.

An Intense Face Off

This 2010 election for State house of representatives is an intense race between Patrick Rose and Jason Isaac. Both candidates have publically attacked each other’s moral character, track record and political ideology.  This is a particularly intense midterm year where the majority of Texans, and Americans for that matter, are searching for answers and demanding action from government officials.  The economy and taxes are at the top of every voters mind, and therefore every candidate’s platform.

Rose, a four term representative and former San Marcos lawyer, has flooded the local airwaves with the perceived plans Jason Isaac’s intentions to raise state sales tax.  In this already tough recession based economy, this would mean Texans would pay the highest sales tax in the nation, up to 14.5%.  Furthermore, Rose accuses Isaac of pandering to “special interest groups” and such municipalities as the PEC that he deems does not have the best interest of the average tax paying citizen at hand.

Isaac has struck back with such clever quips as “Everyone had been Rosed,” denoting that Rose wants to tax the elderly, and that his history is taxing and spending.  He wants to paint Rose as the modern day Obama liberal, responsible for out of control spending and broken big government. Isaac’s strategy would be to increases sales taxes for state, while completely eliminating property taxes for his district. Isaac states Rose has “failing grades” among the very organizations that endorse him.  Rose counters that the very statement “been rosed”came from a man named John Sharp, who was allegedly trying to “steal water” from Caldwell county.   While Isaac now aligns himself with this man, Rose claims to have prevented he and his colleagues from stealing millions of public dollars.

The debate ends by Isaac stating “A vote for me is experience, a different philosophy, a smaller government and to cut taxes. Rose ends it by “A vote for Isaac is Austin bi-partisanship style.  As young, but experienced congressmen, Rose wants to stand on a platform of collaborate policy making and proven results.  Isaac is tapping into the strong GOP roots of central Texas and widespread discontent with the current state of power in government.