Galloway for Senate - Annexaton Reform

Annexation Reform

Consent of the governed and t

he right of

self-determination

are

fundamental

right

that we h

ave held

sacred

for more than 230 years.

Abraham Lincoln

said it best:

"No man is good enough to govern

another man without that

other's consent."

You would be hard pressed

to find any in this great state

that would openly disagree with that

statement.

However, today in the

tate of Texas residents of areas annexed

home

rule cities (cities with populations of 5,000 or greater) are not

permitted to

vote on this issue.

In 1997, I

fought the city of Houston on the issue of forced

annexation,

passing the

only bill in history through the Texas Senate

that would

prevent forced annexation. Although the bill

was blocked in

the

Democrat controlled

house,

was able to persuade Lt. Gov. Bob

Bullock to appoint a Special

Interim Committee on Annexation.

As a

result, the committee

passed the greatest reforms curbing forced

annexation since 1963

Since that time Republicans have gained four more seats in the

Texas

Senate and gained control of the Texas House of Representatives.

unacceptable

that measures such as this one,

consistently

block

the past by

Democrat

control of our legislature, have not been passed

by our Republican

majority

Republican
for Texas Senate District 4

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