Current Issues
The responsibility of the Government to its people is clearly put before us in arguably one of the best uses of the printed word in recent human history. For those who follow faith I would not compare our Constitution against the Holly Bible. However, I would suggest it was God’s work through man that inspired such a work of art. Never before had a Government so clearly stated exactly what it owed the people. Most impressively the Constitution also states the Government serves the people instead of the opposite. This was a first for many nations that were still working Monarchies.
The Pledge
I Will uphold the Constitution; I will defend it against all enemies, both foreign and domestic.
I Will faithfully represent the interest of the citizens of my district, and I will never cast a vote in opposition to the "will of the people".
I Will stand firm and support those conservative values that made this nation great, and I will fight hard to oppose those who would undermine them.
I Will work towards the goal of a balanced budget and therefore vote for a freeze in government spending until that goal is realized.
I Will oppose all tax increases until our economy has rebounded because I believe that the government should not increase the financial burden on its citizenry during this difficult economic time.
I Will support an energy plan that calls for immediately increasing usage of all domestic resources including nuclear energy, natural gas and coal as necessary. I believe more than four decades of U.S. dependence on foreign oil is a travesty.
I Will act in accordance with my belief in the sovereignty and security of our country, and will therefore support measures to close our borders except for designated immigration points so we will know who is entering, and why. I will vehemently oppose any measure giving another country, the United Nations, or any other entity power over U.S. citizens.
I Will not apologize for policies or actions of our great country which have served to free more and feed more people around the world than any other nation on the planet. I believe the United States of America is the greatest country on earth.
Current Issues
County leaders are working with federal emergency management officials to find a way to help Hurricane Ike victims who are facing a deadline for getting out of government-issued mobile homes but who might me eligible for federal block grants to help repair their houses.
In July, VISD received an academically unacceptable rating by the Texas Education Agency, which measured the district's academic performance level for spring 2009 and ..
Energy Independence
The problem we are facing is everything is working off of technology we were using at the turn of the last century. This was when we were still getting around as man always has with the use of animals such as horses. The technological jump from using horses to get from one town to the next with cars, trains, and planes was massive. The next jump will have to be just as big of a leap in technology.