[On Monday, however, Barbour and Williams said the unit would be open to anyone who was in need once it was set up next week.] We hope to do sick care and all the things a normal health department does, ... We want to set it up and support the Hurricane relief effort.
We set up a $100 million grant program that districts could apply for, ... Teachers could apply for $3,000 in extra pay if they would teach in chronically low-performing schools. It was an incentive to get good teachers into tough schools. It was a pretty good reform bill that just didn't pass, but we made progress as we went along.
I want to remind the people in Port Arthur and Southeast Texas that as lawmakers, we are just as frustrated as they are about the special session. But I do think we have made substantial progress since the regular session.
The residential real estate last year sold at auction, in live auction, was just over $14 billion.
The last thing you want to do is stop the race. They don't want a six-hour race, they want a three-hour race.
The whole purpose was to save money.
They were getting only minimal relief, ... And I was concerned about property tax relief. I took a look at the average home owner in District 4, and the proposed plan only offered $18 a month or less in tax relief. That was not substantial enough.
Normal people, just the everyday person such as yourself. That, in fact, is where the real growth is taking place.
I don't know what they're talking about. A draft is just a draft until it's adopted.
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