Texas voters said a resounding 'NO' to expanding Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and Transportation Reinvestment Zone (or TRZ) authority to counties by defeating Prop 4 November 8
Written by Terri Hall
TexasTurf.Org
Thursday, Nov 10
Immediate Release
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(AUSTIN, TX - November 10, 2011) – In reflecting upon the mixed results of yesterday's Constitutional Amendment election, grassroots groups We Texans, Independent Texans, and Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF) are celebrating victory over the defeat of Prop 4 and gearing up to take the opposition to the mat to defeat any attempt at a Trans Texas Water heist by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) through its newfound revolving bond authority."Rather than providing solutions to the water needs facing Texas, the additional debt imposed on Texans by Prop 2 compounds the problem," warned Debra Medina, Founder, We Texans. "InfrastructureTexas.org put out information playing on voters' fears about the drought and wildfires. Many Texans believed this money was going to fund needed water projects with no cost to them. H204Texas PAC put out an email saying Prop 2 would cost the taxpayers NOTHING. But we know better and we'll be watching TWDB's every move to ensure taxpayers and Texans' water rights are protected."
Politifact.com concluded H2O4Texas' claim was a half truth.
It states: "The group's claim sidesteps the fact that taxpayers of jurisdictions benefiting from the bonds will face bond-related costs. And while the additional bond authority sought in the proposition would not cost state taxpayers–up front–state lawmakers could still exploit their standing authority, as before, to spend state revenue on related debt."
"We're encouraged by the near defeat of Prop 2 – a big giveaway to Rick Perry's water boys on the Texas Water Development Board. Citizens are wising up to the fix between large-scale developer friends of the Governor, and Republican and Democratic politicians who are in on these deals," notes Linda Curtis, Founder of Independent Texans. "Democratic State Senator Kirk Watson got a taste of what is to come last week, when he faced suspicions of otherwise supportive citizens in Bastrop when he was pushing Prop 2 at a water forum. When politicians on both sides come together, so must we citizens. The Texas water war – a transpartisan phenomenon like the fight to stop the TTC – is now officially on."
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The next opportunity for Rick Perry to "step in it," as he said, is at the Saturday, Nov. 12 CBS debate in South Carolina. 7 p.m., our time.
Way too many debates! Gingrich is climbing in the polls due to the others bringing each other down. I would favor him as president over all the rest. It hat happens and Newt is the candidate it will renew my faith in the Republican Party.
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