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Why would he not take the job. Is he at a better school now?

Depends on whose President.

Not only that, but undocumented/illegal immigrants are not eligible for service in the U.S. military as they are not ‘under the jurisdiction’ of the U.S. So, how can their children be…? In case of war, draft the kids against the parent’s country? Riddle me that Batman liberals. 😁 (On a side note, I’d be curious how many illegal immigrants actually sign up for Selective Service as the law requires. If they don’t, they aren’t eligible to stay in country. It’s grounds for immediate removal. However, why they have to sign up when they can’t serve is a mystery to me. Another tracking mechanism I presume.)

Upon reading the amicus briefs for the case ‘Trump vs. CASA’, and knowing that 5 of the Justices have expressed concerns about the overreach of national injunctions from District Court judges, I now believe the Administration will win on the merits of removing the injunctions. How it will be worded for equal treatment will be interesting. I also believe the second issue—automatic birthright citizenship (so to speak)—is in serious jeopardy based on SCOTUS own precedent, historical references, and numerous case laws. The issue would then be up to the Legislature to craft a law that dealt with children who have already been given citizenship prior to a ruling. For any other geeks interested in this sort of stuff, the entire briefs SCOTUS is reviewing before Thursday are in the below link. Really fascinating if you’re interested in the real history and some civics of our government. The link will also be the one that provides live feeds during the hearing. SCOTUS doesn’t allow televised hearings. So, you’ll see written feeds of questions/answers/descriptions of emotions/etc. You won’t have to rely on biased news coverage either way. [Hidden Content]

Kingwood Park vs Pflugerville Weiss Game 1: 7pm Thursday, May 15, Caldwell Game 2: 7pm Friday, May 16, Cy Ridge Game 3: 4pm Saturday, May 17, Mumford (if needed)

Property tax in general is not fair. However, it’s a price to pay to avoid a state income tax. Adjusted corporate tax could help supliment.

Beckville vs Hemphill Game 1: 7pm Wednesday, May 14, Panola College (Carthage) Game 2: 7pm Thursday, May 15, Shelbyville HS Game 3: 7pm Saturday, May 17, Lufkin HS (if needed)

So you’re saying if my scenario was the law you wouldn’t have a problem with it. Got it.

Bridge City vs. LaGrange Game 1- Thurs, May 15th @ Rice University, 7pm Game 2- Friday, May 16th @ Summer Creek High School, 7pm Game 3- Sat. May 17th @ Summer Creek @ 2pm (If Needd)

What happens to citizens when they commit a crime worthy of arrest…They get separated from their child. y’all wasting y’all’s time

Texas-Sized Trouble for John Cornyn: Leadership-Aligned Poll Shows Double-Digit Ken Paxton Lead! [Hidden Content]

Spurger vs Round Top-Carmine Game 1: 4:30pm Friday, May 16 Game 2: 30 minutes after Game 1 Game 3: 11am Saturday, May 17 (if needed) All games at Willis HS

Chester vs Brookeland Game 1: 6pm Thursday, May 15 Game 2: 7pm Friday, May 16 Game 3: 7pm Saturday, May 17 All games at Lamar University

I did learn that a very significant area coach interviewed for this position. I highly doubt he will take the job, but did interview.

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Wow!

I hear they are going to rename it….MAGATRAZ. Lmao

But the constitution says that a person born here is a citizen. It doesn't matter how absurd it is.

I see where the Westwood coach is on admin leave now. School board voting tonight to fire him or not. Silsbee may have dodged a bullet.

I think we just ran out of gas after the PN-G game

Thanks for the assessment. I knew it sounded too good to be true. The vouchers is one thing I disagreed with Abbott on. They have a whole thread on it. Things like this need to be explained to the general public such as your take.

Thanks for asking. I’m opposed to doing away with property taxes for a few reasons- primarily, in regards to “how will we replace this tax revenue?” If you normally pay $3k per year in property taxes, you’d just expect to pick it up elsewhere, through sales tax or an excise (vat) tax. The only problem is that the redistribution of that burden won’t be passed down evenly. Parkdale Mall Will no longer pay property taxes, but WILL pay a higher sales tax on the lightbulbs and toilet paper that they buy. They’re going to pay way less. A guy that owns a dozen rent houses will see his property tax bill shrink dramatically. Will he pass the savings on to his tenants? Of course not. The people renting won’t see any change at all in their cost of living. But the average Joe Homeowner who’s already having trouble making ends meet will surely see an increase in the cost of everything he buys to survive. It’s been proven that increases in sales taxes hurt lower income people worse than wealthy people. A larger percentage of their income will be spent on taxes, while people with multiple properties see their tax liability decrease. Another HUGE problem is that money won’t be collected locally. Your sales tax dollars will be collected by an agency of the state that will then redistribute the funds as they see fit. Good luck getting those hairy-legged women in the Peoples’ Republic of Austin to send anything back our way. How well can rural counties lobby against the Harris, Bexar, Dallas, and Tarrant counties? We’ll all be sucking hind teat, if you know what I mean. The cost of education is high. Right now the average annual spending per student in Texas is almost $10k/year. Assuming you had three kids at home, could you afford to educate them at a cost of $30k per year? I sure couldn’t. Most people who have kids in school simply can’t afford to shoulder the cost of educating them by themselves. That’s how we ended up spreading the cost of their education among all property owners. I’m not saying that property taxes are fair, but it’s the most fair system that we’ve got. And to be frank, the voting public will vote against their own interests when instructed to. I’d be amazed if you didn’t just vote for politicians here in Texas that were in favor of giving tax dollars to rich parents to offset the cost of private education for their spoiled brats. Not necessarily you personally, but Texans as a group just sent their legislators to Austin with a mandate to make vouchers for private school for rich kids a public responsibility, while simultaneously arguing that “taxation is theft.” It’s bananas.

Outside of Katy, Angleton will be the most complete team BH will have faced so far. Eagles will have to bring their A game.

DIVISION 2 SEMI-FINAL GAMES May 12th, 10pm Lutheran South- 6 Second Baptist- 0 May 12th, 1pm Southwest Christian- Grapevine Faith- CHAMPIONSHIP GAME- Tuesday, MAY 13th- 10am

Sure hope they have another good season. The new coach came from Katy and Katy usually plays very good defense, so I am hoping in his second year that the defense improves tremendously. It has been weak the last several years. I don’t know if they don’t know how to teach secondary play or if there is not much talent at those positions. They certainly had a much better season last year, but simply struggled the last few games on defense