News clips of interest

HIDALGO APPRAISERS USING GOOGLE TO SURVEY HIDDEN STRUCTURES

It appears the Hidalgo County CAD has decided to use Google Earth to locate hidden structures in the county to place on the tax rolls. A sign of hard economic times.............................

DEMOGRAPHER'S DATA PREDICTS HALF OF TEXANS OBESE BY 2040

Guess the special hospital and health districts in the state will jump on this to raise their tax rates.

EYE ON AUSTIN: MOTHER OF ALL BUDGET BATTLES LOOMS IN TEXAS

Get ready for some sort of tax increase. Don't make much sense when they have Billions in surplus. They call it the 'rainy day' fund. Wonder what is considered a 'rainy day' need?

HOME SCHOOLING GROWS RAPIDLY

The number of students taught at home since 1999 has increased by 74%. Students schooled at home seem to 15% - 30% higher scores on academic achievement exams versus their peers in public schools.

FROM THE LAND OF GOVERNMENT STUPIDLY WE HAVE:
EPA CONSIDERING $175 TAX PER COW TO CURB GREENHOUSE GASES

According to scientists an average dairy cow passes 50 - 100 gallons of gasses into the air daily. The $175 would apply to dairy cows with $80 a head for beef cows. The hogs are not left out of the gas problem for they will be assessed $20 each. I would be willing to bet that a government funded study came to this greenhouse gas problem. And some folks just don't understand why we have an economic financial problem............