Don Huffines t-sip…Friend or Foe?

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GinMan
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The internet sure likes to smear his name so it's obvious he's a conservative lol.

" Huffines has regularly boasted about his associations with white supremacist groups and other anti-government organizations."

" Huffines campaigned on the themes of teaching creationism in public schools, term limits, school choice, funding highway construction, opposing new toll roads, and cutting taxes."

" In 2017, Huffines proposed a bill, which did not pass, that would have required 30% voter turnout for any bond election in Texas to be successful. At the time, most such elections drew fewer than 10% of voters to the polls. The San Antonio Express-News claimed that were Huffines' bill to become law, it would make a successful bond election nearly impossible in Texas."

" In January 2022, Huffines declined to fire a staffer who had previously worked for far-right conspiracy website InfoWars and who had ties to the white nationalist movement; in a statement, Huffines said that his campaign would not engage in "cancel culture". "

" Huffines has warned of an alleged communist invasion of Californians moving to Texas and has advocated to bring prayer back to schools and dared "the Supreme Court to come to Texas to enforce the separation of church and state."


He's starting to grow on me….







ts5641
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He's just an unlikeable dude and that's why he can't win anything. Sort of like Trump.
willtackleforfood
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Are you talking about PRESIDENT Trump?

Caution: You're approaching Rapier territory.
Old May Banker
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" In 2017, Huffines proposed a bill, which did not pass, that would have required 30% voter turnout for any bond election in Texas to be successful. At the time, most such elections drew fewer than 10% of voters to the polls. The San Antonio Express-News claimed that were Huffines' bill to become law, it would make a successful bond election nearly impossible in Texas."

Disagree with him here... that's a local issue the state should stay out of.
Kozmozag
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Bond issuance is a scam.
Old May Banker
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Kozmozag said:

Bond issuance is a scam.

Please educate me on what means growing municipalities and schools have to build needed infrastructure without them.
Elmer Dobkins
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Would you buy furniture at a store called Unpainted Huffhines?
Loren Visser
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Old May Banker said:

Kozmozag said:

Bond issuance is a scam.

Please educate me on what means growing municipalities and schools have to build needed infrastructure without them.


They could save money and then build it

However, that is not currently legal with our I&S structure.
If the pay's right, and it's legal, I'll do it...Well, if the pay's right, I'll do it.
Old May Banker
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Loren Visser said:

Old May Banker said:

Kozmozag said:

Bond issuance is a scam.

Please educate me on what means growing municipalities and schools have to build needed infrastructure without them.


They could save money and then build it

However, that is not currently legal with our I&S structure.

So a smaller town that has a need for $50 or $100 million to get drinking water to growing residents can "save it up"?

Growing businesses occasionally need loans, I'm just curious why legitimate needs in cities / schools are viewed so differently.... and I agree about I&S. I'm familiar there as well.
Old May Banker
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I get the bond issue is a red meat deal for the tea party... and in many instances I understand their gripes. But not every necessity is nefarious.
Reno Hightower
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'Sip = foe. ALWAYS a foe!
Martin Cash
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Loren Visser said:

Old May Banker said:

Kozmozag said:

Bond issuance is a scam.

Please educate me on what means growing municipalities and schools have to build needed infrastructure without them.


They could save money and then build it

However, that is not currently legal with our I&S structure.
Do you even do reality?
TxTarpon
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His stuff read good.
But he lost big.





He might have faired better as Land Commish then move up to Gov.
PlaneCrashGuy
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Reno Hightower said:

'Sip = foe. ALWAYS a foe!


This guy gets it.
I'm not sure if people genuinely believe someone is going to say, "Wow, if some people say I'm a moron for not believing this, it clearly must be true."

It's not much a persuasive argument. It really just sounds like a bunch of miniature dachshunds barking because the first one one barked when it thought it heard something.
TheEternalPessimist
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Reno Hightower said:

'Sip = foe. ALWAYS a foe!
I disagree.

I like EX TEXASEX
BTKAG97
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Old May Banker said:

Kozmozag said:

Bond issuance is a scam.
Please educate me on what means growing municipalities and schools have to build needed infrastructure without them.
They already get tax funds. Learn to budget. It's called Finance.
Old May Banker
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BTKAG97 said:

Old May Banker said:

Kozmozag said:

Bond issuance is a scam.
Please educate me on what means growing municipalities and schools have to build needed infrastructure without them.
They already get tax funds. Learn to budget. It's called Finance.

I see you used the sarcasm emoji and assume it was meant as such as there is no way for municipalities or schools to budget that way without substantial problems.
No Longer Subsribed
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Old May Banker said:

" In 2017, Huffines proposed a bill, which did not pass, that would have required 30% voter turnout for any bond election in Texas to be successful. At the time, most such elections drew fewer than 10% of voters to the polls. The San Antonio Express-News claimed that were Huffines' bill to become law, it would make a successful bond election nearly impossible in Texas."

Disagree with him here... that's a local issue the state should stay out of.

Mechanism he proposed to address it not the greatest. The correct solution is to require the bond elections to be held on the normal election day, not a random day in May when nobody is voting.
Aggie97
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Shagga said:

Old May Banker said:

" In 2017, Huffines proposed a bill, which did not pass, that would have required 30% voter turnout for any bond election in Texas to be successful. At the time, most such elections drew fewer than 10% of voters to the polls. The San Antonio Express-News claimed that were Huffines' bill to become law, it would make a successful bond election nearly impossible in Texas."

Disagree with him here... that's a local issue the state should stay out of.

Mechanism he proposed to address it not the greatest. The correct solution is to require the bond elections to be held on the normal election day, not a random day in May when nobody is voting.


Normal election days for municipals and school districts is in May
Legal Custodian
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All I know is that he has it
AggieVictor10
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willtackleforfood said:

Are you talking about PRESIDENT Trump?

Caution: You're approaching Rapier territory.


Why are you trolling rapier?
hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. good times create weak men. and weak men create hard times.

less virtue signaling, more vice signaling.

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Lol,lmao
Gigem_94
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The guy looks like Alfred E Neuman.
willtackleforfood
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I am less into virtue signaling and more into vice signaling.
Old May Banker
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Shagga said:

Old May Banker said:

" In 2017, Huffines proposed a bill, which did not pass, that would have required 30% voter turnout for any bond election in Texas to be successful. At the time, most such elections drew fewer than 10% of voters to the polls. The San Antonio Express-News claimed that were Huffines' bill to become law, it would make a successful bond election nearly impossible in Texas."

Disagree with him here... that's a local issue the state should stay out of.

Mechanism he proposed to address it not the greatest. The correct solution is to require the bond elections to be held on the normal election day, not a random day in May when nobody is voting.

State law already dictates those dates to match other local, state, and federal elections IIRC.
Adverse Event
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I've enjoyed what huffines has said in the past, what I've hears directly, live in Twitter spaces. But that's peak "say whatever the audience needs to hear....for votes/action."

Don't know much about him.
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Ernest Tucker
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Gigem_94 said:

The guy looks like Alfred E Neuman.


I always thought he looked more like Henry Gibson
YouBet
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I've loved a lot of his policies. He's just never going to win a big election because his ideas disrupt the status quote.
nortex97
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Didn't wheels crush him in the primary?
YouBet
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nortex97 said:

Didn't wheels crush him in the primary?


Yep.
Old May Banker
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Legal Custodian said:

All I know is that he has it
Different Huffines IIRC... that's his cousin or something in the dealership.
Legal Custodian
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Old May Banker said:

Legal Custodian said:

All I know is that he has it
Different Huffines IIRC... that's his cousin or something in the dealership.


Dang, they're goes jewel of a joke
murphyag
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Never trust a sip.
SociallyConditionedAg
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Huge Huffines fan. He was one of the most conservative members in the Senate while in office and uncovered a huge corruption case in Dallas. Listening to him and talking to him in person is much better. I enthusiastically voted for him in the Primary; hopefully he'll try again next time.
Ag with kids
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Old May Banker said:

I get the bond issue is a red meat deal for the tea party... and in many instances I understand their gripes. But not every necessity is nefarious.
I don't really have that much of a problem with bond issuance.

Typically, the voters DIRECTLY approve it. It's not a "taxation is theft" moment when you've already told them to spend the money and you'll pay for it...
Old May Banker
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Agree 100%... we let Washington rob us of 40%+ and then pretend less than 1% invested locally - as approved by local voters - is demonic.
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