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Karen Menke: Squashing Initiatives 101 – Houston Chronicle

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Karen Menke

Karen Menke

Harris County Judge Ed Emmett has gotten Kingwood Area Democrat Karen Menke justifiably upset. She could not believe that he would keep a 1 cent property tax off the November ballot that bolster’s preschools. According to the Houston Chronicle,

Citing legal advice from a private lawyer, Harris County Judge Ed Emmett on Monday announced he would not place a 1-cent property tax on the November ballot to bolster preschools, despite thousands of signatures on a petition asking him to do so. [Source]

What is Ed Emmett afraid of? Why is he scared to have ‘we the people’ decide what we want to use our tax dollars for?

Karen Menke says:

Apparently when his view that the petition drive was no longer in effect was determined by the county attorney to be incorrect, he hired his own lawyer to come up with another tactic to deny the voters the opportunity to decide. This has created another lawsuit that will cost the county. Wouldn’t it be better to let the people vote?

So much for fiscal responsibility. So much for leaving it in the hands of the voters.

Karen Menke


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Egberto Willies is a political activist, author, political blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer in Kingwood, TX. He is an ardent Liberal that believes tolerance is essential. His favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship”. Willies is currently a contributing editor to DailyKos, OpEdNews, and several other Progressive sites. He was a frequent contributor to HuffPost Live. He won the 2nd CNN iReport Spirit Award and was the Pundit of the Week.