Local Control In Texas

Texas is the second most populous state as well as the second largest state in the United States of America (Brown, Langenegger, Garcia, Lewis, & Biles, 2014). With a huge number of people currently calling Texas their home, it would make sense to draw the conclusion that the Texas government must make this state a great place to live by serving its citizens to the best of its abilities. However, it is best not to make assumptions and in order to ascertain whether the local government actually fulfills this role we must look at multiple aspects of the government.

There has been a lot of talk lately in the news about police body cameras. Some people agree that body cameras should be used by all police officers, while others disagree and believe that they shouldn’t be used at all. There are some cons to having body cameras but all of the pros outweigh it. Police body cameras should be used in all towns no matter how small because the people will act less aggressive towards officers, they provide truthful evidence that cannot be altered with, and the videos can be stored so if something were to happen, they could be brought up and checked as sort of like a surveillance device.

Texas will meet the increased demands placed on it by an ever-growing population with continuing to focus on and expanding the four industries (cattle, cotton, timber, and minerals) that have dominated its history. The expansion and increased revenue of these industries will help Texas sustain and even nurture its population growth. For years Texas politics has been dominated by individualism and traditionalism. The tradionalistic and individualistic cultures that abound in Texas can make this issue difficult to solve. Expansion often brings change in the many political and financial areas of these industries.. Texas individualists have a negative viewpoint of government and are against government involvement or regulation in industry and Texas traditionalists favor wealthy individuals and

The government of the state of Texas is a difficult and complicated institution that is composed of many different levels. The question comes in to everyone's mind at one time or another whether or not to trust the government. It could be that people believe that the officials will take advantage of their power, or simply people don't like the idea of being controlled by someone who is not a family member or friend. To avoid this centralized power, the government is divided into stages and this is a reasonable ground for trusting the government. Government runs this state and it does deserve to be trusted.

This is why we have three branches of government. Made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the legislative branch in Texas is forced to resort to the constitutional amendment process in order to get things accomplished (Newell et al. 59). This is another form of limiting powers of one branch. The executive branch in Texas has little power compared to that of the United States Constitution. The Governor is elected statewide and instead of being able to appoint his cabinet, like the President would, he does not get to choose who is appointed to any other government job. On a positive note, the Governor of Texas can run for an unlimited amount of terms. Lastly, the judicial branch of Texas is almost too confusing to even discuss. If you want to be elected as a judge, you do not need to have experience with the law. Just win the popular vote and you are now a

The state of Texas has grudge against authority. In fact, there’s general distrust against the government. Texas constantly limits the governor’s power, which makes him one of the weakest governors compared to other states. The plural executive system of Texas takes away power from the Governor. However, this doesn’t detain the governor from playing a vital legislative role.

The state of Texas receives the majority of funding from two sources; taxes and federal receipts. “Currently, Texas is one of nine states that does not levy a personal income tax on its residents and, in addition, its property tax system is a function of local governments. This makes Texas somewhat unique, in that, its state government largely relies on revenue generated from sales taxes and a business tax.” (Texas Public Policy Foundation, 2012) For

KAMAL SIMKHADA SHERY SHARIFIAN GOVT 2306 May 7, 2017 Local Control in Texas Local control is one of the governing bodies that manage the public affairs and governs the particular areas and cities. Local control focused on management of the states and cities. 1 "Local control is an important principle that should guide lawmakers in their consideration of bills that affect local government" (Rinaldi). The local government holds a power for making policies along with controlling the budgets. However, the state government is making interference with the local government especially when it comes to policymaking. The republicans speaking openly about restraining the municipality’s control has started to raise the controversy (“Local Control

There is no doubt that red-light cameras have gained increasing popularity among local municipalities following Florida’s 2010 decision allowing local governments to install them. The city of Lakeland elected to install nine additional cameras in just the past three years alone (Dunkelberger). Revenue and citations are not the only things that red-light cameras are generating; more and more citizens and legislators are sparking the news and interest of the media regarding the constitutionality of red-light cameras. Last year Hernando County Judge, Donald E. Scaglione, issued a statement calling the laws surrounding red-light camera violations "vague (and) arbitrary and capricious." While red light camera supporters argue that the cameras make intersections much safer, others insist that constitutional rights are being blatantly violated by state and local government. Most Americans agree that intersections and roadways need to be made safer, but at what cost?

4 “Liberty Trumps Local Control, by Matt Rinaldi.” TribTalk, www.tribtalk.org/2015/03/12/liberty-trumps-local-control/. 5 Accessed 2 May 2017 “A Town in Texas Almost Banned Fracking. Then Big Money Stepped in.” End Corruption. Defend the Republic., represent.us/action/denton-fracking/. 6 Accessed 2 May 2017 “Oil and Gas Lobby Cashes In, Kills Local Control.” TexasVox: The Voice of Public Citizen in Texas, 5 May 2015, www.texasvox.org/oil-and-gas-lobby-cashes-in-kills-local-control/. Accessed 2 May

When the founding fathers came together and created the greatest country ever, they made sure the power stayed within the states and the people inside them. Because of this, states have the right to design and create their own governments and the laws in which they govern by. Texas took full advantage of the law and created a government system even more geared for the people. Whenever the United States purposes a bill, the president has the power to veto a bill as a whole or if

As the largest state by area in the continental U.S. as the second most populous, Texas has its significant share of public policy challenges with which to contend. And as the discussion hereafter will show, many of these challenges serve as a microcosm of the broader pubic policy issues facing the United States. The issues addressed here below help to provide a better understanding of the complexities of public policy maintenance in a large and diverse state.

Before vehicles, many Texans had to travel to the capital to conduct state business. Therefore, it was important to establish some form of “local” government system for the people who lived further from the city to be able to have access to the government. Even today, many county courts conduct

It has become a common issue today, where police officers will use a ticket worthy incident to pull people over on the road and search them to find an object worth arresting them for. They treat the law like a game, as if finding illegal objects as innocent as beer in the back seat of a sober driver, is more important than keeping their eyes out for the real criminals. Once they pull someone over to inspect their car for no important reason, they are wasting time they could have used to catch someone that was speeding, which puts people in danger. People have been put in situations where they cannot say no, otherwise they will seem guilty of something, even if they are not. The police are using their authority figure and intimidating look

In this situation, I would say I am for dash cams. I believe they are used to protect the officer’s from being accused of disorderly behavior and misconduct. They are also used to protect the citizen’s from any unethical discussions the officer may choose to make if any. There are two constitutional rights the dash cam can also help from being violated the 8th and 4th amendment. The 8th amendment