Will you guarantee that absolutely NONE of the work performed on your Trans Texas Corridor will be done by illegal immigrants?
In the debate the other night, Governor Perry's first question was on illegal immigration and border security. He proudly spoke of the National Guard troops sent to the border, and the amount of money he is asking the legislature to dedicate to border security to "stop the illegal activity down there", adding that you cannot have national security or an immigration policy without securing the border. He reached for the warm fuzzy notion of bipartisanship in adding that the predominantly Democrat Sheriffs asked for his help and he obliged.
Now...can you envision a program that would be more inviting, enticing and encouraging of illegal immigration than a multibillion dollar publicly funded roads and transportation project?
Watching the debates, Chris Bell looked and sounded "Gubnatorial" if you will. The only problem he has is that not enough people know who he is. It is a tall order to get the word out in a month, but people here - do everything you can.
Kinky is a joke - his only real plan is to expand gambling to fund education - that is no plan, won't work and will decrease property taxes in the worst way possible - by devaluing property 'cuz casinos and families don't mix.
Carole Keaton is running on old hackneyed slogans of "Austin won't listen." If ever there was an Austin insider it would be the woman whose dad has a street named after her here.
