On November 6th, 2007, Texans will be presented with 16 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. As of this moment, I am definitely for Amendment No. 8, and generally yes on the rest because they received not only the 2/3 required majority but almost unanimous votes in both of the legislative chambers, with the exception of the followings which are definitely a big bold NO vote from me:

Amendment No. 12: TxDOT does not need anymore money to do crazy things like video taping drivers on Texas public highway without even a simple public notice, let alone consent. And why does a public agency need to spend money to advertise is beyond me. They are up for sunset review next legislative session so I hope for a lot more scrutiny into how they spend our tax money.

Amendment No. 15: There is no need for the creation of another cancer research center. Plus $3 billion is not enough to start something from scratch and play catchup. If we need to, put more money in to the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. The House vote on this, which is HJR No. 90, was 116 for, 26 against, and 1 present, not voting. Among the votes shown as yes, 7 people had a statement saying they intended to vote No, with one no switched to yes, and three additional yes. So the final tally was 113/32/1. Among the nays are the conservative members I trust, who are good people trying to do the right thing: Linda Harper-Brown, Frank Corte Jr., Jodie Laubenberg, Ken Paxton, Robert Talton, and Bill Zedler.

Amendment No. 16: I don't like to spend more money and the House votes on this is 113 for, 22 against, 1 present not voting. Among the votes shown as yes, 6 people had a statement saying they intended to vote no, with one additional no. So the final tally was 107/29/1. Among the nays are the conservative members I trust Linda Harper-Brown, Robert Talton, Myra Crownover.