Monday, April 20, 2015
Ed. note: thanks to Senator Sylvia Garcia (D-Houston) for writing this op-ed for our site, and for her vote against the state budget.
Last Tuesday, I cast the lone “no-vote” on the Senate’s $211 billion version of the state budget. I did this because we desperately need to invest in the future of our state and, even though we have the money to do so, this budget instead kicks the can down the road.
For over a decade, Texas has been in a race to the bottom with our deteriorating transportation system, failing schools, and one of the highest levels of uninsured people in the nation. In short, Texans and Texas businesses across the state are hurting, and this budget does nothing to remedy those woes. Continue reading this post »
