Texas Governor hopes to succeed where Nottingham Sheriff failed

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item posted 12:35:35: 04-13-04 by kyle.

From the San Antonio Express News:

The Guv's calling a session to put the kabosh on Texas' wildly unpopular "Robin Hood" school financing scheme -- it robs from the rich and gives to the poor, you see. Under Robin Hood, $1.2 billion in property taxes is siphoned-off from about 100 of the state's wealthiest school districts and sent to around 900 of the state's poorest districts, to buy the kiddos ketchup and other essential vegetables. Residents of the rich districts argue that this is unfair taxation, whereas residents of the poor districts are Mexican.

Among alternative funding proposals, Perry's plan calls for an additional $1.00 per-pack cigarette tax, a $5.00 per-Gentleman titty-bar-cover tax, and revenue from video slot machines soon to be installed at a race track near you.

If the plan is adopted, hoods caught smoking in the boys room will still have to serve detention, but will now earn a textbook rebate.

Perry's plan is opposed by Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, House Speaker Tom Craddick (R-Midland), and just about every other lawmaker on the grounds that it unfairly shifts the burden of school finance to Lt. Governor David Dewhurst, House Speaker Tom Craddick (R-Midland), and just about every other lawmaker.

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