The Money in Texas has been very misdirected.

For so much money to go to serve the purpose of lobbying and paying the legislature while there are so many counties struggling for money in Texas is absurd. I know in Hays County they are very in need of money, the police department targets the college kids in the city because they are the ones that have money to pay the city or at least their parents do. While the students are doing their part in the community by spending money in shops and boosting the economy, they are being targeted to spend more.

Our Government instead of placing limits on the amount of political spending they make their money up elsewhere like in the form of taxes and fees. After studying lobbying it revealed the corruptness that exists in the under workings of the Government, now bribing is legal as long as you are a registered lobbyist. With the population growing especially in big areas such as Austin and San Antonio more and more schools are needing to be built and expanded on, but because a lack of funding for repairs some schools are being closed at the same time.

Most people don’t have a clue what the majority of the money they pay every year in taxes goes directly to, but for a candidate to reveal and repair these injustices would be a huge issue. Yes some of the money in campaigns is donated or raised but a lot of it is pulled from groups and different agencies that really shouldn’t have to be spending it. If you don’t play the game in Texas and spend the necessary money you and your policy goals will never make it. Texas candidates claim to need so much money to run a campaign in a state the size of Texas, but their name recognition could probably be raised by spending the money that would be used on the campaign to change the direction of big spending in Texas.

Injustices in America

"Judge accused of DWI still will rule on cases" by Guillermo Contreras and Elizabeth Allen in the San Antonio Express News refers to a current case pending concerning Judge Raymond Angelini. I feel as though this article has been published to reach out to the public and make them well informed of the injustices that exist in the world today. If I were a criminal in his court I would be livid when a judge who is no better than I, who shows the same respect for the law as any average criminal, tries to condemn me for my actions. If this case finishes up and this judge gets off because of his position as a judge or is allowed to keep his job it will only be further proof of how corrupt our judicial system is, I'm glad that Texas has some legitimate employees like the police officers that he attempted to convince into releasing him but refused.

It is ridiculous that somebody who is supposed to set an example for the public is allowed to break a very serious law and not only be allowed to keep his high municipal career position, but he has also received special treatment during the whole ordeal. More background information related to his case and arrest is available in this article also written by Elizabeth Allen.

Do they feel as though a tarnished reputation is enough of a punishment for someone with such a high status, because I sure don't. The punishment for a person in his standing should not be more lenient, not even held comparable to, but harsher that for that of an average citizen. How can he sit up on his pedestal and scorn someone who has broken the law possibly even a law more minuscule than a DWI or a similar charge like a DUI(driving under the influence) which some drunk drivers are given.

He has been disqualified to judge on any cases related to a DWI (driving while intoxicated) for the time being, but he will continue to reside over all other cases. In many school districts you are not able to get a job as a teacher if you have such a charge on your record, which doesn't make much sense because it has nothing to do with that career path, it's not like teachers are so high profile that an issue like a DWI would be made so public or be released to the newspapers. This judge is allowed to keep his job where he is responsible for accusing people of their wrong doings and punishing them for what they did, but this man is able to commit a severe, life-threatening crime showing his level of respect for the laws that our government has put in place, the very laws that he has been hired to enforce.