The Cypress Times endorses Debra Medina for the GOP nomination for Governor of Texas.

Debra Medina says the issues should be the focus for the people of Texas as early voting is underway across the state.  The Cypress Times agrees.  The Cypress Times agrees with Medina on many, many issues, and we have since first learning of Medina last summer.  We urge you to do your homework before you head to the polls.

In the past few days the talk of the state has been the Debra Medina, Glenn Beck, 9/11 Truther’s incident that still has most observers shaking their heads.  It was just so bizarre.

In a statement released today, Medina’s references the “coordinated attacks” from a governor and U.S. Senator by saying, “Distract and divert is exactly what career politicians do when their record is examined and We Texans should be angry.  We deserve excellence.  Despite these combined efforts to smear We Texans, the fact remains that this election is about exercising sovereignty and freedom over an ever-growing federal and state government, growth and intrusion that my opponents support.”

"This campaign from the very beginning has been about restoring a sovereign state and understanding that private property is an essential element of freedom, and essential to our state's economy and prosperity" said Debra Medina, Republican candidate for Governor of Texas. "The political games that we saw being played on Thursday are nothing more than an attempt to divert attention from the real issues.  Many around Texas have seen that.  We're going to continue to forge forward talking about the real issues facing Texas."

While the Perry camp points to a prosperous Texas with statistics that say Texas has the top five housing markets in the U.S, and that Texas created more jobs than all the 49 others states combined in 2008, Medina speaks of a Texas economy in turmoil and the highest unemployment in Texas since Democrat Mark White lost re-election in 1986. 

Medina breaks it out: 

“¹ Under Rick Perry, the Texas economy, as measured by Sales Tax Collection, has lost all the improvement it has made in the last three years, and is now in almost the same shape it was in 2006 despite the fact that the population of Texas has grown more than the population of any other state in the last four years².”
  
“The facts speak for themselves,” says Penny Langford Freeman, Medina’s campaign manager. “These are not fabrications or coming at someone blindsided. These are data that come from the very state Perry governs. All anyone needs to do is a little research to find that this type of fiscal mismanagement is common under Perry.  That should anger all Texans.”

Perry seems to rely on two familiar slogans:

“Keep D.C. out of Texas,” which is his push-back to Kay Bailey Hutchison who, for all intents and purposes, cut her own throat with conservatives when she voted “Yes” for the federal bailout in 2008; and

“Texas – We’re better off than the other states.”  I’ve never heard Medina deny that Texas is better off than the other states.  She does say; however, that Texas could be doing better.  You could be doing better. 

Medina wants to get rid of the state property tax.  Any objections?  She wants to replace it with a sales tax.  Sorry, that can’t work.  It’s too logical.  It’s too easy.  It gets rid of way, way, way  too much government fat and it too fairly and equally distributes the load in terms of supporting the state. 

Look at our area for just a moment:  Houston, Texas is the fourth largest city in the United States of America.  Texas Multi-Housing Consulting estimates that 50% of Houston’s 5 million residents live in apartments.  Add to that the number of people leasing single family homes and you realize pretty quickly that the few (the actual home owners) are paying the way for the many.  This proposal would allow home owners to keep more of what they make while actually creating jobs in Texas. 

Medina breaks it all down on her website, very specifically.

“Eliminate property tax: We must eliminate property tax in Texas. We can fund necessary government services more efficiently and fairly using a broader based sales tax. Eliminating property tax and deriving that revenue from a sales tax will mean a $3 billion increase in net personal income in Texas and will add 125,000-175,000 new jobs.

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“Protect gun ownership: Protecting freedom requires that the people be well armed. Government cannot protect us from violence, we must defend ourselves. Texans must not compromise and must not surrender their right to keep and bear arms. We must not only nullify federal laws that threaten that right but encourage citizens to be, as Madison encouraged, “trained to arms, as that is the best and most natural defense of a free country.

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“Restore Sovereignty: The U.S. Constitution not only protects citizens' freedoms in the Bill of Rights, it also divides power between the federal and state governments and ultimately reserves final authority for the people themselves. Texas must stop the over reaching federal government and nullify federal mandates in agriculture, energy, education, healthcare, industry, and any other areas D.C. is not granted authority by the Constitution.

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“Secure our border: Texas must promote healthy immigration and trade through the legal ports of entry. We cannot wait on Washington D.C. to act. As governor I will make addressing illegal immigration and promoting sovereignty a top priority.”

When Debra Medina speaks of securing the border, she isn’t just tossing out a snappy sound bite.  She has an actual plan:

• Calling sufficient numbers of Texas National Guard and Texas State Guard members to active duty to support local law enforcement particularly along areas in between legal ports of entry to combat drug and human trafficking;
• Notifying Mexican authorities that the Texas Border will be secure and no entry will be allowed without proper documentation;
• Ensuring that Texas District Attorneys and Texas Attorney General exercise full prosecutorial power and have sufficient resources to enforce human slavery and child labor laws to their fullest extent;
• Assisting local and state law enforcement in deporting individuals convicted of violating state or federal law;
• Ensuring that private citizens have the ability to protect themselves and their property without fear;
• Ensuring that the interests of Texans are protected by seeking legislation and enforcement actions that respect Texas sovereignty in the face of international treaties, like NAFTA, that violate Texas state sovereignty. These treaties create poverty in Mexico and Central America and benefit corporate investors. This poverty drives people to migrate north. Ensuring that the interests of Texans are protected, Debra Medina will interpose, support nullification and declare unconstitutional all international treaties that violate Texas state sovereignty.  We will not recognize those treaties or enforce their regulation or taxation.
• Eliminating social incentives to illegal immigration by seeking legislation prohibiting use of state funds for service or benefit of illegal aliens.   

Less taxation!

Right to bear arms!

Restore sovereignty!

Secure our borders!

What else could you want from a Governor?  Medina also has some ideas on reducing spending in the state budget:  HERE

Take a serious look at Debra Medina.  She personifies much of the conservative movement of today.  She is not a career politician.  She is not part of the Austin political cronies crowd.  She will shake some things up.  She already has. Maybe it finally comes down to a question once asked by a great conservative, “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?”

Vote Medina for Texas.
  

 1Source: Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics/http://www.bls.gov/web/lauhsthl.htm
 2Source: Texas Comptroller/ http://ecpa.cpa.state.tx.us/allocation/HistSalesResults.jsp;jsessionid=0000SK1engIuQ6bhkVeisTWvdyY:-1