For the past decade, the Legislature has been shifting the responsibility of funding Texas schools onto local districts and onto the local property tax, but the local property tax can no longer bear this heavy burden. The Supreme Court's decision makes clear that it is time for the Legislature to step up to the plate and pay for the high academic standards it has imposed on districts and students.
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It's the first time in a long time we've been able to get affordable housing near the center of town and well-served bus routes.David Thompson
Affluent baby boomers have unique challenges when it comes to retirement planning and represent one of the largest opportunities for financial services firms. Mass marketing to this group of high net worth individuals simply doesn't work and requires a more thorough understanding of the affluent lifestyle, attitudes and behaviors. It's obvious from our research that there's lots of low hanging fruit yet to be picked.
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A hundred is possible. Guys now get to shoot 40 or 50 times whenever they want to. I had never shot 40 shots in a game in my career.
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If the City Council does not radically alter the trend in housing, then Davis in 2020 will become a much more exclusive community and ... a larger percentage of its workforce than today will be living elsewhere. ... And that, in particular, if we do not require a good portion of the new houses to be permanently affordable, then while we may have smaller homes, they will be very expensive homes.
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A lot of these kids haven't been pushed out of their comfort zone.
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If it's legislators now, who's next City officials, county officials, state government officials would end up wanting the same exemption.
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