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Texas

mwmisses4289

(2,751 posts) Wed Nov 5, 2025, 08:27 AM Nov 5

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Well, shoot. Looks like all the texas constitutional amendments passed. [View all]

I'm glad the good ones passed, but a couple amounted to tax breaks for the wealthy and I'm sorry to see those passed. And the parental rights one...oy!

Ooppss!! Edited to add link!
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/elections/2025/11/04/535041/texas-election-results-2025-state-propositions/

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Well, shoot. Looks like all the texas constitutional amendments passed. [View all] mwmisses4289 Nov 5 OP

Texans are not yet fed up. Irish_Dem Nov 5 #1

oh they are fed up, but they are enablers. Javaman Thursday #15

What is the parental rights one? Amaryllis Nov 5 #2

This. mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #4

so parents could physically assault their children and nothing can be done about it? DBoon Nov 5 #11

Pretty much. mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #14

Like they don't have enough rights already. catrose Nov 5 #12

Goofy, right? At least we "clarified" that issue. txwhitedove Nov 5 #8

Goofy is too polite a term for this. mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #10

I guess that gets us up to 547 now? tanyev Nov 5 #3

What? and have the texas legislators actually do some work? mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #5

And be in session every year instead of every other year! tanyev Nov 5 #6

Yeah, state as big as ours, it really does need our legislature to be a yearly thing. mwmisses4289 Nov 5 #7

I'm happy. With Prop 11 & 13, my home taxes will go down somewhat. txwhitedove Nov 5 #9

Tax breaks for the wealthy, more power concentrated with the governor & his cronies. catrose Nov 5 #13

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