John Thompson writes blog post entitled "Hypocrites" which informs citizens of the fraudulent voting in the legislator and encourages people to take action.
Thompson explains the blatant disregard for the agreed upon rules the legislature sets. At the beginning of the legislative session the legislators agree to follow certain rules, including not voting for other members unless requested by that person. While it would seem that this would be an easy rule to follow and that our representatives would it can be seen, quite easily in fact that it is not followed. And as Thompson points out no representative is going to stop this fraud because they all benefit from it. I would also like to add that sometimes one member will vote for another even when they are present, which is directly against the rules.
Thompson then encourages people to take action against this fraud. No citizen would want a representative from another district vote for them. While Thompson encourages the people to take action he does not suggest and actions we can take.
Friday, December 14, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Will Rain Water Save The Day?
With drought after drought after drought many people are looking towards ways of conserving water and some are turning to rain water in hopes that can help save and maybe earn them some money.
People are able to earn money by collecting rain water through rebates. The City of Austin offers a rebate of 50 cents on every gallon of non-pressurized storage and 1 dollar on every gallon of pressurized storage up to $5,000 (David Barer). Not only can people earn money they can also help our booming population deal with the water shortages. Personally I have not heard of these rebates, it is a fantastic way to encourage people to look toward other places for water other than the city.
There is also no sales tax on water collection equipment and homeowner associations cannot ban the installations of those systems (David Barer). These measures allow homeowners the opportunity to install these systems. I was very surprised that homeowner associations cannot ban the water collection systems, sometimes it seems that they have unlimited control, this gives people the ability to not have to worry about how their neighbors will feel, they can focus on collecting water.
It seems that these encouragements aren't well known to the public though as the droughts get worse more people will be looking for ways to get water that don't rely on the tap. If these methods of collecting water were advertised along with the tax breaks and rebates more people would be willing to invest in the collection which would help alleviate some of our drought problems before it becomes a major problem.
People are able to earn money by collecting rain water through rebates. The City of Austin offers a rebate of 50 cents on every gallon of non-pressurized storage and 1 dollar on every gallon of pressurized storage up to $5,000 (David Barer). Not only can people earn money they can also help our booming population deal with the water shortages. Personally I have not heard of these rebates, it is a fantastic way to encourage people to look toward other places for water other than the city.
There is also no sales tax on water collection equipment and homeowner associations cannot ban the installations of those systems (David Barer). These measures allow homeowners the opportunity to install these systems. I was very surprised that homeowner associations cannot ban the water collection systems, sometimes it seems that they have unlimited control, this gives people the ability to not have to worry about how their neighbors will feel, they can focus on collecting water.
It seems that these encouragements aren't well known to the public though as the droughts get worse more people will be looking for ways to get water that don't rely on the tap. If these methods of collecting water were advertised along with the tax breaks and rebates more people would be willing to invest in the collection which would help alleviate some of our drought problems before it becomes a major problem.
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