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– Michael Quinn Sullivan 

Thursday, November 4, 2021
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Border Crashers

• Another migrant caravan has begun its journey through Mexico, while even more people amass at the border in an effort to beat the court-ordered reinstatement of the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy. Sydnie Henry has the details.
      
• A group of around 3,000 people recently left Tapachula, Mexico, near the Guatemala-Mexico border, heading for the United States. They are most likely headed for Texas as the closest U.S. border state.
       
• According to retired ICE agent Victor Avila: “This is no surprise; this is the open borders invitation by the Biden administration.”

School Porn Letters

• After Gov. Greg Abbott inexplicably sent a letter to the Texas Association of School Boards asking them to take action on removing pornography from school libraries, the association has replied – saying the governor’s directive would be better placed in the hands of an actual government entity, such as the Texas Education Agency.
   
• Jeramy Kitchen reports on the back-and-forth of letters that has resulted from parents finding school libraries with titles showing extremely graphic images of adolescents engaged in sexual activities.
   
• NOTE: The TASB is funded mostly by the dues paid into it by school districts, but isn’t actually a governmental organization. The TEA is a government institution that specifically “oversees primary and secondary public education.”

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Field Expands For HD52, As Incumbent Flees

• As a consequence of the new legislative district maps, leftwing lawmaker James Talarico is moving from Round Rock (House District 52) to northwest Austin so he can run in a Democrat-friendly seat (HD 50) being vacated by a colleague.
   
• Apparently Talarico doesn’t think he can beat a Republican in a competitive district.
   
• Jeremy Kitchen reports the latest entrant in the competitive House District 52 race is Patrick McGuinness, a longtime resident of Central Texas and Republican activist. McGuinness joins two other Republican candidates in the race: Caroline Harris, a legislative staff member for State Sen. Bryan Hughes (R–Mineola), and Nelson Jarrin, an attorney and former legislative staff member for State Sen. Charles Schwertner (R–Georgetown).
   
• The primary election is scheduled for March 1, 2022, barring any setbacks in the judiciary for the recently approved redistricting maps. The candidate filing deadline for the 2022 election cycle is December 13, 2021.

Allen Voters Saw Through Phony-Limits Scam

• The crony establishment in Allen tried to pull a fast one over on voters, but residents slapped it down on Tuesday night. As Erin Anderson explains, a proposition was placed on the city ballot for term limits. Sounds good, right? Except the city already had term limits… and this proposition was to lengthen those terms!
   
• A citizen-driven education campaign let voters know what was really happening, and the proposition was voted down. 
   
• Meanwhile, Allen residents also rejected two school bond propositions totaling $26.3 million for athletic facility improvements. The new bond debt would’ve had to be repaid, with interest, by local property taxpayers.

Amarillo Voters Reject Tax Hike

• Voters in Amarillo defeated a ballot item that would have caused the largest single tax increase in the city’s history. Thomas Warren reports the proposition was rejected by a margin of 55-45 percent.
     
• Supporters of the tax increase, led by Vote for Kids Amarillo PAC, claimed the item would have paid for new improvements to city parks and additional items for first responders. Meanwhile, opponents of the tax increase, led by Save Amarillo PAC, said the item would have caused the largest tax increase in the city’s history without guarantees of where the money would be spent. The Amarillo City Council was also heavily criticized for placing the item on the ballot just a year after voters defeated a proposed $275 million bond that would have raised taxes by 39 percent.

In other election news… 

• Voters in Leander rejected the imposition of three-quarters of a billion dollars in new debt – and therefore higher property taxes – that was proposed for the construction of new schools. 
     
• In Carroll ISD, a whopping 64-35 percent majority of CISD voters elected transparency and accountability advocate Andrew Yeager to the school board. The race was focused on the growing leftwing indoctrination programs being imposed in the schools. Robert Montoya has those details.
      
• Jacob Asmussen reports residents of Austin suburb Pflugerville voted to amend the city charter to provide “gender neutral” wording in documents as well as to ban “discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.”
      
• Meanwhile, challengers defeated three incumbents following intense community scrutiny over allegations of Critical Race Theory creeping in the Cy-Fair ISD curriculum. Holly Hansen at The Texan reports on that race.

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