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ger on the exact
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ick.
Maybe it was
hen George Strait
:ion of Baptist Studentftst picked up a gui-
rand thought of
le opening chords
ir“The Chair.” Or
Michael
Schaub
columnist
nd Mrs. Rimes first started dating and
icided to have a daughter named
Ann (isn’t that something you pick up
Luby’s for four bucks?), or perhaps
n. at the Commons,(: hen yuppies everywhere began blast-
g “Friends in Low Places” — quite pos
hly the worst song ever written — in
leir color-coordinated kitchens,
idrunners: We will Iw i i blame Reagan. When the '80s
e run starting at G. '(dawned and it became apparent that Ed-
4:15 p.m. All studerrilegabbitt would eventually record “I
Is are welcome. lank the Lord for the Nighttime,” the
Ireat Communicator should have issued
p executive order making it a capital
ime for radio disc jockeys to play any
mg recorded with both a steel guitar
d a Casio synthesizer with aqua-col-
ed buttons.
And I’m all for the First Amendment.
« • j „,_it if we’re going to have exceptions,
Application deadlin«| en “^ c by Breaky Heart,” which might
are not events and»J st ^ worst s011 g ever written,
! ?TT : ^ !! T;. stould be on the top of the list.
OK, I admit it. I’m basically a hick. 1
bewup with Marty Robbins and Sons of
le Pioneers on the hi-fi. I have a soft
liot the size of Bakersfield for real coun-
m music in my heart. When I went
through my first romantic breakup, I
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drove around in a pickup listening to
Hank Williams sing “I’m So Lonesome I
Could Cry,” nodding my head and think
ing, “Yeah, Hank, yeah.”
But country music became bastardized
with the “me generation.” In fact, it bears
no resemblance to real country music
anymore. Take heed, Colin Raye: you’re
just Ion Bon Jovi with a pedal steel gui
tar.
So what happened between the time
Patsy Cline recorded “I Fall to Pieces”
and Alan lackson got a record contract?
In fact, how did Alan Jackson get a record
contract? What A&R man first listened to
"Chattahoochee” in whatever shopping
mall Jackson’s untalented ass used to
play at and thought, “Now there’s a talent
we can market relentlessly to people
who like to cry in their O’Doul’s non-al
coholic beer?”
I lived in a dorm for two years and I
had plenty exposure to bad country. I
cannot count the times I walked into
my room only to listen to the guys across
the hall blast David Allan Coe playing
"Take This Job and Shove It.” Every
morning I walk onto the bus while the
driver nods her head to “John Deere
Green,” which is a good contender for
the title of “the worst song ever written.”
This campus is infested with bad
country music. Shadow Canyon recent
ly announced “Outlaw Thursday,”
which will feature such acts as Chris
LeDoux and Highway 6. Chris LeDoux is
an outlaw? What the hell are these tal
ent buyers smoking? Chris LeDoux
couldn’t get a parking ticket if he parked
on the MSC grass.
But enough discussion of Nashville
corporate crap. These poor guys and gals
probably do the best jobs they can with
the songs they don’t write. LeAnn Rimes
might systematically ruin every song she
gets her tiny little hands on, but hell, she
could buy and sell me.
And Garth Brooks, who has taken to
hanging with his new homeboy, soulless
soul mate Billy Joel, is a mighty fine busi
nessman. Who else could turn “The
Thunder Rolls” — a song that could be
fairly categorized as the worst song ever
written — into a money maker?
Bad taste in country music is more
than just an irritating idiosyncrasy. It is a
serious psychological problem that
needs intensive care. If you have volun
tarily listened to Randy Travis more than
once in the past month, then throw out
your dark blue ass-hugging jeans and
spend your next paycheck on some al
bums by Johnny Cash, Jimmie Dale
Gilmore, Buck Owens, Bob Wills, the
Byrds and Son Volt.
Maybe I have a motive behind all this.
Sure, Johnny Cash is a genius, but per
haps the real reason I admire him so
much is because I know he could kick
my ass. If I said something unkind about
June Carter, Johnny could come saunter
ing through the door and beat the ever-
livin’ crap out of me with a Shiner bottle.
I just don’t get that vibe from George
Strait. If I stood on the lawn of his very
expensive San Antonio home, and yelled
obscenities about his inability to play
guitar better than his dog, he would
probably just brew a cup of chamomile
tea and write a sappy love song.
On his Casio synthesizer. Yeah, aqua-
colored buttons and all.
Michael Schaub is a senior
journalism major.
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BRIEF EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS
OF PROPOSED
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
SPECIAL ELECTION
NOVEMBER 4, 1997
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PROPOSITION NO. 1
ON THE BALLOT
nate Joint Resolution 36 proposes a
stitutional amendment to allow a per-
to hold the position of municipal
Ige in more than one municipality.
e proposed amendment will appear
the ballot as follows:
he constitutional amendment to al-
a person who holds the office of mu-
ipal court judge to hold at the same
lie more than one civil office for which
person receives compensation.”
PROPOSITION NO. 2
ON THE BALLOT
Senate Joint Resolution 43 proposes a
istitutional amendment to allow the
islature to limit the maximum annual
tease in homestead appraisals for each
at since the most recent tax appraisal,
e amendment would also permit the
islature to allow the governing body of
chool district to elect to apply the law
ividing for the transfer of the age-65-
i-older school property tax freeze to
person’s new homestead, if the move
the new residence homestead occurred
Fore the law took effect.
Die proposed amendment will appear
the ballot as follows:
The constitutional amendment to au
thorize the Legislature to limit in
creases in the appraised value of resi-
ience homesteads for ad valorem
taxation and to permit a school dis
trict to calculate the school property
tax freeze applicable to the residence
homestead of an elderly person or the
surviving spouse of an elderly person
in accordance with the law authoriz
ing the transfer of the school property
tax freeze to a different homestead re
gardless of whether that law was in ef
fect at the time the person established
the person’s homestead. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 3
ON THE BALLOT
Senate Joint Resolution 45 proposes a
nstitutional amendment to allow the
Jislature to authorize counties, cities,
wns, and other local taxing entities- to
ant exemptions or other forms of ad va-
r em tax relief on property on which
proved water conservation initiatives
ve been implemented.
The proposed amendment will appear
i the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment to au
thorize the legislature to permit a tax
ing unit to grant an exemption or
other relief from ad valorem taxes on
property on which a water conserva
tion initiative has been implemented. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 4
ON THE BALLOT
House Joint Resolution 104 proposes an
amendment to update the Texas Constitu
tion by deleting duplicate numbering in its
provisions and removing certain of its ob
solete portions.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment elimi
nating duplicate numbering in and
certain obsolete provisions of the Texas
Constitution. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 5
ON THE BALLOT
Senate Joint Resolution 19 proposes an
amendment to allow the Supreme Court
of Texas to hold sessions at any location
in this state. Currently, the court is limited
to holding sessions only at Austin, the seat
of state government.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment autho
rizing the supreme court to sit to
transact business at any location in
this state. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 6
ON THE BALLOT
Senate Joint Resolution 39 proposes a
constitutional amendment to repeal the
current provision which provides that the
board of the Texas Growth FYind may not
invest money in a business unless the
business has disclosed to the board
whether it has any direct financial invest
ment in dr with South Africa or Namibia.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment allow
ing the Texas growth fund to continue
to invest in businesses without requir
ing those businesses to disclose invest
ments in South Africa or Namibia. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 7
ON THE BALLOT
Senate Joint Resolution 17 proposes a
constitutional amendment to create the
Texas Water Development FXind II as a
fund separate and distinct from the Texas
Water Development FYind. The amend
ment would authorize the Texas Water De
velopment Board to administer the fund
and issue general obligation bonds for
purposes of the fund under guidelines set
forth in the amendment.
The amendment would also allow the
Board to use loan repayments coming into
the fund after the end of the fiscal year to
make bond debt service payments, and
would provide certain conditions for the
flow of funds for repayment of Texas agri
cultural water conservation bonds.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment relat
ing to the authorization to the Texas
Water Development Board to transfer
existing bond authorizations for water
supply, water quality, flood control, or
state participation from one category
of use to another category to maximize
the use of existing funds and relating
to more efficient operation of the bond
programs. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 8
ON THE BALLOT
House Joint Resolution 31 proposes a
constitutional amendment which would
authorize home equity lending, in which a
loan could be secured by a lien against the
borrower’s homestead. The amendment
would also establish several provisions
providing for consumer protection in the
home equity lending process.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The amendment to the Texas Consti
tution expanding the types of liens for
home equity loans that a lender, with
the homeowner’s consent, may place
against a homestead. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 9
ON THE BALLOT
House Joint Resolution 96 proposes a
constitutional amendment that would au
thorize the legislature to authorize a prop
erty tax of five cents for each $100 valua
tion in rural fire prevention districts which
are located in Harris County. The consti
tution currently authorizes a property tax
of three cents for each $100 valuation in
rural fire prevention districts regardless of
what county they are in.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment to au
thorize the legislature to authorize an
ad valorem tax rate in rural fire pre
vention districts located in Harris
County of five cents on each $100 of
taxable value of property. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 10
ON THE BALLOT
Senate Joint Resolution 33 proposes a
constitutional amendment to permanently
dedicate monies from the Texas Crime
Victims’ Compensation FYmd (and its aux
iliary fund) so that they are used only for
assisting victims of crime and not for any
other purpose. If an episode of mass vio
lence occurred, however, money from the
funds could be used to assist victims of
the mass violence if all other sources of
authorized emergency assistance were de
pleted first.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment desig
nating the purposes for which money
in the compensation to victims of
crime fund and the compensation to
victims of crime auxiliary fund may
be used. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 11
ON THE BALLOT
House Joint Resolution 59 proposes a
constitutional amendment to prohibit the
Legislature from authorizing additional
state debt payable from the general rev
enue fund if the resulting annual debt ser
vice (the amount needed each year to
make payments) would exceed five per
cent of the annual general revenue avail
able over the last three fiscal years, ex
cluding revenues constitutionally dedi
cated for purposes other than payment of
state debt.
The term “additional state debt” does
not include bonds that, although backed
by the full faith and credit of the state, are
reasonably expected to be paid from rev
enue sources other than the general rev
enue fund.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment limit
ing the amount of state debt payable
from the general revenue fund."
PROPOSITION NO. 12
ON THE BALLOT
House Joint Resolution 55 proposes a
constitutional amendment to provide that
if the Texas Supreme Court does not act
on a motion for a rehearing within 180
days of the motion’s filing, the motion is
denied.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment to es
tablish a deadline for supreme court
action on a motion for rehearing. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 13
ON THE BALLOT
House Joint Resolution 8 proposes a
constitutional amendment to establish the
Texas Tomorrow trust fund dedicated ex
clusively to the prepayment of tuition and
fees for higher education. The amend
ment would guarantee that if there is not
enough money during any fiscal year to
pay the appropriate tuition and required
fees, the needed money will be appropri
ated out of the first available money com
ing into the state treasury each fiscal year.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment to en
courage persons to plan and save for
young Texans’ college education, to ex
tend the full faith and credit of the
state to protect the Texas tomorrow
fund of the prepaid higher education
tuition program, and to establish the
Texas tomorrow fund as a constitu
tionally protected trust fund. ”
PROPOSITION NO. 14
ON THE BALLOT
House Joint Resolution 83 proposes a
constitutional amendment to allow the
legislature to set the official qualifications
for constables.
The proposed amendment will appear
on the ballot as follows:
“The constitutional amendment to al
low the legislature to prescribe the
qualifications of constables. ”
Estos son los informes explanatorios
sobre las enmiendas propuestas a la con-
stitucidn que aparecerdn en la boleta el 4
de noviembre de 1997. Si listed no ha
recibido una copia de los informes en es-
pahol, podrd obtener una gratis por
llama al 1/800/252/8683 o por escribir al
Secretario de Estado, P.O. Box 12060,
Austin, Texas 78711.
Published by Secretary of State
Tony Garza
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