In Order to Make Texas Work Again:
We Need to Find Common Cause
About The Future
In order to understand what has been going on at the Texas Legislature, we need to collaborate with our neighbors and find the common cause to change the State government.
Mission Statement
"In 2024, Texans, in every part of the state, will have and unparalleled opportunity to make life better for Texas communities."
How the "Rougher Riders" Found Their Way in Texas
On May 1, 2021, Texans saw that the majority party that controlled The Texas Legislature was going to produce another redistricting monstrosity of “zig-zag” convolut4ed congressional, senate,, house and educational re-districts. Many friends were so angry that they were almost unable to speak. And that is the rub. We need to understand that the ugliness of the current redistricting effort did not happen at the last session of the Texas Legislature; it happened before the 2021 Legislative session when that current batch of legislators was elected. And that election resulted in the worst session in Texas history.
Value Statement
As “Rougher Riders” we believe that: There is more power in collaboration than in division; Texas government belongs to all Texans; Like Texas counties, which are constitutionally compact, we should have a Redistricting Commission process that ensures compact congressional, house, senate and educational districts; Texas should have an educational system that is affordable, accessible, and transparent to all Texas children and adults; Texas should have an economy that is open to all citizens, and for the benefit of all Texans; Texas should have an open budget process that is public, open and transparent, with budget studies that demonstrate the efficacy and efficiency of Texas programs; Texans should be respected in their workplaces with the understanding that a business that takes into account the talents of its employees is a better workplace; and The successes of one Texas region should be available to another region so that we can all learn and prosper.
There are Many Issues Keeping Texans from finding Common Cause, but maybe one of the most powerful is the insanity brought on by gerrymandering...
The Hearing Recording Message: Texas Redistricts Could Have Been Compact and Redrawn in 2021 with the New Texas Legislature, but such was not to be... REDISTRICTING SHOULD BE MERELY A TECHNICAL ISSUE DONE BY AN IMPARTIAL REDISTRICTING COMMISSION
Why it's important to Organize and Behave as Though we were not Gerrymandered ...
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