Congrats to new HISD trustees @BridgetforKids & @kendallbaker1 for strong campaigns! Voters heard their HISD reform message! Volunteers walked blocks & messages from me, Cindy Siegel @HarrisCountyRP, @DanCrenshawTX, & @willhickman helped. New HISD board members<U+2019> focus is on kids!
Paul Bettencourt
@TeamBettencourt · TX · S
Posts88
Engagement4,013
Voting-record position0.040
CoverageMar 17, 2021 to Apr 9, 2024
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| Social Welfare | 1.5% | 2.3% | −0.8 pp | Under-indexed | 88 |
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The rain didn't stop many hundreds of parents from showing up to Parent Empowerment Day at the Capitol! Great message by @GovAbbott on handling adversity. Proud to be carrying SPED bill with #ESA in the bill, and to stand will parental choice supporters Rep. @RepJamesFrank, Sen.<U+2026> https://t.co/GMPfNOjI9p https://t.co/oDcoYzG0xC
SB 1803 Homeless survey, Constable SGT McAngus, says 10k homeless in Austin area, @EricSamuels, says 93k homeless is Texas. As I always say, "What gets measured, gets fixed!" and these are much higher numbers than the "Lore" guesses we have heard before this local government<U+2026> https://t.co/xnPfV89Kfc https://t.co/ovXcLTvpbJ
Harris County Judge @LinaHidalgoTX picks "winner" BakerRipley to get $48 million in ARPA funds! Kyle Scott @kanthonyscott says 48k/child for three years. This is an unsustainable expense en masse for all county children, and taxpayers LOSE! @AlexMealer4HCTX https://t.co/Nm1fON5Wk1
COVID ban on nursing home visits to be lifted permanently by @loiskolkhorst’s #SB25 passed 29-0 to designate family as essential caregiver. As JA, I call them Emotional caregivers, bc for many its the last yrs of life! Memories of visits will last 4 generations! #txlege @txvalues
It's Gift Giving week at @SJV_Parish Catholic Church! Here's me & Mrs. B in front of a dozen churches worth of gifts from our Parish that stack as tall as our Rev Troy Gately! What a great tradition! We also MC a smaller version with our employees too! Merry Christmas everyone!! https://t.co/mpE3OIITFD
Excellent #SJR19 by Sen @loiskolkhorst for public to vote on in Nov! Designates an essential caregiver for 1 family member to be w/ loved one in pandemic in nursing or assisted living. I along w/ @SenatorWest & @SenatorLucio support & as high as 95% of public will agree! #txlege
Busy day at #txlege Senate! #HB2757 by Rep @JCyrier passes 31-0 to increase number of annual charitable raffles & max value of prizes that may be awarded. Fundraising abilities vital to these orgs! Onto Gov @GregAbbott_TX! Thx @TXCatholic @NRA @TexasYRs @CCA_Texas for support!
Great Local Govt. Interim Hearing on Ballot lang & bonds elections today <U+201C>Need transparency & honesty between taxpayers & govt. that want to pass a bond.<U+201D> -VC @Menendez4Texas @TXLegeCouncil stated some over 65/disabled won<U+2019>t see full benefit till 2023 action on Prop 2 #txlege https://t.co/ykM7ofy2S5
@AngelaPaxtonTX Yes, prayers for all the victims of this tragedy, their families, and those 8 in critical condition in hospitals. Sen PB