After reading this post, I agree with the whole rice growing in Texas.
Texas could save that water and use it for something a little more
important especially with the drought that has been going on the past
couple of years. Texas could always bring it in from another state or
country. As for the conservation of water I like the cutting off the
shower heads at 15 minutes but I think you could lower it to about 10
minutes. I dont know why it should take anyone longer than 10 minutes to
take a shower. You could also cut water costs by turning off the water
when brushing teeth instead of letting it run, turn off the water if the
faucet is leaking. However I don't agree with not flushing when you
have to urinate. First of all its gross, its unsanitary, and not safe.
What if you go to the bathroom and accidently leave the seat up and you
have a child walking around being curious I'm sure you dont want the
child playing in urine or if a dog thinks its water and starts to drink
it. Leaving urine in the toilet for perhaps hours would start to smell
and just not healthy to leave around waiting till the next flush. There
are plenty of other ways to save water in and outside of the home, but
not flushing every time you have to go to the bathroom wouldn't be
right.
http://elizabethfuhr.blogspot.com/2012/08/to-expand-on-my-blog-waterconservation.html?showComment=1345096156517#c1645336262130645132
Our Fair Texas
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Friday, August 10, 2012
Texas Unemployment
While viewing Texas’s unemployment I noticed that Texas
continues to be one of the few states that have a low unemployment rates and
maintain that low rate of unemployment. The national average of unemployment
has hovered around 8.3% throughout the year, while Texas has stayed around 7%.
From June of last year 2011 to June of this year 2012 Texas has gone from 8.1%
to 7.0% unemployment rate. All the while during the same time period Texas has
created 231,800 jobs. The biggest metropolitan that has the biggest unemployment
rate is the Dallas-Fort Worth area with around 248 thousand from 2012 which is
a decent drop of 277 thousand from last year. Houston-Sugar Land area comes in
second with around 231 thousand this year which is a drop from last year 2011
as well of 262 thousand.
While Texas continues to have a low unemployment average and
its ability to generate jobs, Texas continues to struggle with its budget
either spending too much or cutting back way too much and hurting the programs
that has been cut or its budget reduced. Texas ability to generate new jobs,
start up new businesses, and having companies move to Texas has done good job
to cut down on unemployment and give new opportunities to people who have lost
their job or wanted a career change. While the national average of unemployment
and the nation’s non ability to generate new jobs continue to stay about the
same as they are now and perhaps rise a little bit. Texas has maintained its
low average of unemployment, its ability to generate jobs, and good enough
economy to get by and be able to survive this recession.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Blog Stage 6
As an employee of Texas Health and Human Services Commission
and have been through an extensive and required training about SNAP benefits
and Medicaid for men and women. I have learned a lot about what Texas
healthcare can do for women and children. It provides many wonderful and
helpful benefits for women. Some programs have requirements that the individual
has to follow to be able to obtain and keep benefits. However for women’s
benefits they are able to receive free health screenings, birth control,
counseling, and much more. Generally low income women use these services and
are a necessity to this state. If we didn’t have these services to offer for
women, there would be a crisis on hand. Women wouldn’t be as well as informed
or if someone who couldn’t afford to go the doctor and if Texas didn’t have
these services a women could have a disease or a cancer go undetected or a
teenager or young woman not taking birth control maybe having multiple children
without the proper care and information needed. Taking away these services would
not be in the best interest for this state or government.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Voter ID Law
As a person who isn’t registered to vote I never thought too
much about a requirement of having a valid photo ID to be able to vote. After
reading this article on CNN, I began to understand why people wouldn’t want this
valid photo ID law passed. It would create a problem with the people who live
in rural areas of Texas that takes a couple hours to get to a place where you
can get a valid photo ID, or a passport or some kind of proper identification
to allow you to vote. No one wants to drive that far for something that little.
It would also hurt the person who don’t drive and doesn’t require a driver’s
license or someone who doesn’t have the money to get a Texas ID, or they don’t have
anybody to take them to their local driver’s license station to obtain one.
People also think it would bring discrimination with the new law. This law wouldn’t
take in consideration by the color of your skin or your ethnicity. It would affect
everyone that doesn’t have the proper identification to be able to vote or the
means to obtain one. In this article on CNN statistics show that about 600,000
registered voters lack the state issued driver’s license or identification
card. This law wouldn’t cut down on fraud, it would create problems for the
people who have issues obtaining a proper identification card, or possibly
someone who has physical or mental disabilities and couldn’t get one. I’m sure someone
with a physical disability is still in the right frame of mind to vote. It’s
just another way to take our hard earned money out of our pockets and use it
one something that is irrelevant.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Crisis in student voting
After reading this article, I believe that this author has
gotten the student body attention about the crisis in student voting. The
author states that a little over nine thousand students voted from a university
that generally enrolls fifty thousand students a year. That’s relatively higher
than the two primary republican turnouts. However in certain precincts that are
heavily dominated with university student did not vote and the actual number of
students that voted is closer to two thousand. The author suggests that maybe
they should change their election days so it wouldn’t conflict with other
election days. Student voting is an important thing for the university and the
future of politics it helps student learn about elections and voting and help
them vote in the future for more important elections than student government. This article was published in March of 2010 by Michael Hurta a senior editor with The Burnt Orange Report
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
State and Local goverment curb unfunded mandates
I came across this article; it’s a little old but very
interesting published by Texas Tribune. It’s talking about state and local government looking for other
ways to ease budget costs on government, cities, school districts and community
colleges. Lawmakers are trying to ease the unfunded mandates the states impose
on them. Counties are stuck with a lot of the burden. They are required to pay
for attorneys for criminals who can’t afford one. They are also required to pay
for elections and keep up jail standards. A representative wants to amend the
Texas Constitution to block the state from ordering new mandates without
providing the money to pay for them. It’s a very interesting article to read.
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