Fire do-nothing reps
Poor House Republicans, they just can’t seem to get it together.
I cannot remember the last time they accomplished anything. Can you? House Republicans do nothing but fight among themselves.
“We the People” pay them very handsomely; most of them receive $174,000 per year. Yet they do absolutely nothing.
They work for us, “We the People.” Why do we continue to pay them all this money? They refuse to compromise on any legislation. Their philosophy is “win at all costs!” But time after time after time, the “losers” are “We the People.”
Since they refuse to work for “We the People,” it is past time to give them the pink slip for their poor performance.
Peter Morris
Better way to elect
Our elections process is a con. Controlled by a duopoly of two parties, mindless mudslinging and avoidance of the issues, the current process is only an illusion that people have power through their vote.
Eliminate the business of selling the presidency, and truly give the public the power to choose a representative, not a mouthpiece paid for by power brokers with deep pockets.
Rather than a slate of candidates, replace them with a slate of the issues that resonate with the American people.
Have candidates submit a positions questionnaire on where they stand on the issues of the day. Those candidates who best align with a majority of the public on each issue become the officeholders.
Milan Mrvichin
Abbott harms public ed
Gov. Greg Abbott continues to attack members of his own party who do not support his push for private school vouchers. Members such as state Rep. Steve Allison, of San Antonio, who has a stellar history of support for public education.
Abbott wants to allow any parent to choose a school that is best for their child — charter or private, and use public tax money to support that move.
At the same time, the governor holds teacher pay raises hostage. How can that be justified? Teachers either deserve a pay raise or they don’t. The basis for that decision should not be whether vouchers are approved.
Abbott seems to believe there are numerous problems with public schools in Texas. Therefore, parents should be given thousands of dollars and allowed to choose their own school.
But if the governor thinks schools need improvement, what is he, as chief executive officer of Texas, doing to accomplish that? It stops at your desk, governor.
Joe Lazor