Our friends at Chronically Biased have finally taken time from commenting on Twinkies, endangered bugs, and cancer-detecting dogs to address two competing referenda that will be on ballots within the city of Houston this fall.
The CB folks recommend a no vote on Proposition One (Mayor White’s initiative, which would limit increases on property tax and water rates) and a yes vote on Proposition Two (a citizen’s initiative, which would place an overall cap on municipal revenues).
Taxpayers stand to benefit if either of these proposals wins, but Mayor White’s is obviously the watered-down version. Those who are serious about limiting the growth of municipal government — and forcing local political leaders to set better priorities than the Brown Administration (which left us deteriorating infrastructure, underfunded pension plans, and a bigger, less efficient municipal government) and the current administration (which has proposed spending $2 million on an African-American museum but still hasn’t adequately funded police cadet classes despite looming manpower issues) — should indeed support Proposition Two.
