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Kinky, I wasn’t able to hang around last night while you were speaking to the crowd in Galveston, but I did take a few minutes to talk with Jewford. I passed along my information and told him that I would be glad to work Galveston County for you in the next election. Your book is wonderful and I enjoyed it immensely. I would like to share my thoughts on your Slot For Tots concept. I am very much in favor of legalized gambling in Texas and the idea of having slot machines in gas stations, convenience stores, and assorted other venues to pay for schools. There is one thing, however. Rather than have all the proceeds go to the general education budget, I would have each county keep the money brought in in that county. Then distribute the funds to the schools after taking a census of each school after fall enrollment. Each school would receive funds according to its census. This is as close as you can come to actually spending the money on a per-student basis as opposed to a per-school basis. The other advantage to this plan is that it benefits those counties where slot machine action is highest. In counties where the wusses boycott the slots, they only hurt their own schools. I am very much in favor of de-wussification. I opposed the state’s Robin Hood plan whereby school districts with a wealthier taxpayer base were penalized for having more money. My eyes rolled when this plan went onto effect and they are still rolling. My fear regarding Slots For Tots is that it won’t be applied equitably if all the funds go to the state for redistribution. Even if it truly gets divided up and allocated on a per-student basis, you will still have richer counties paying for poorer counties. I am not opposed to helping out the poorer counties; it’s just that there should be more than enough money to go around with Slots For Tots. While we’re on the topic of education, the TAKS test has got to go! I was talking to my brother in about Rick Perry’s illusory action of sending unarmed troops to the border with firearms, but no ammo – and no authority. I had to remind my brother about the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, barring troops from law enforcement activity. I first heard about Posse Comitatus back in high school and I would bet that it’s not on the test. Apparently it’s not in the law school Rick Perry went to, either. With regard to your stance on gay marriage, I would be happy to see wedding licenses issued to same-gender couples and then see those unions recognized as families. My wife and I are both wedding officiants in our spare time and there is little we enjoy more than seeing people in love get married. We have several gay friends whose weddings I would love to officiate over. Hell, I’d even waive my fee for those friends. Your standard response to the matter has been, “Why not let them marry? They can be as miserable as the rest of us.” In this regard you show yourself more open-minded than many other candidates and way ahead of the pack, but with that response you are also dismissive of the issue and hurtful. Everyone likes your one- liners, but there is a time and a place to be substantive. A better response would be, “No one has the right to tell others whom they can love. No legislative body has the right to define the word ‘family’.” The only day I was ever ashamed to be a Texan was the day that my fellow Texans outlawed same-gender marriage. That so many of my fellow Texans were so closed-minded and fearful and xenophobic and homophobic was a source of great pain and shame. Texas is still a wonderful place, but it used to be a better place. I look forward to helping you make it a better place once again. With utmost sincerity, I say to you: Run, Kinky, run! We need you and Texas is running out of time. – Bear
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From: “Rev. Bear Jones”
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:56:17 -0000
Local: Fri, Oct 19 2007 4:56 pm
Subject: Open letter to Kinky: Slots for Tots, education, same gender marriage
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Kinky,

I wasn’t able to hang around last night while you were speaking to the
crowd in Galveston, but I did take a few minutes to talk with Jewford.
I passed along my information and told him that I would be glad to
work Galveston County for you in the next election.

Your book is wonderful and I enjoyed it immensely. I would like to
share my thoughts on your Slot For Tots concept. I am very much in
favor of legalized gambling in Texas and the idea of having slot
machines in gas stations, convenience stores, and assorted other
venues to pay for schools. There is one thing, however. Rather than
have all the proceeds go to the general education budget, I would have
each county keep the money brought in in that county. Then distribute
the funds to the schools after taking a census of each school after
fall enrollment. Each school would receive funds according to its
census. This is as close as you can come to actually spending the
money on a per-student basis as opposed to a per-school basis.

The other advantage to this plan is that it benefits those counties
where slot machine action is highest. In counties where the wusses
boycott the slots, they only hurt their own schools. I am very much in
favor of de-wussification.

I opposed the state’s Robin Hood plan whereby school districts with a
wealthier taxpayer base were penalized for having more money. My eyes
rolled when this plan went onto effect and they are still rolling. My
fear regarding Slots For Tots is that it won’t be applied equitably if
all the funds go to the state for redistribution. Even if it truly
gets divided up and allocated on a per-student basis, you will still
have richer counties paying for poorer counties. I am not opposed to
helping out the poorer counties; it’s just that there should be more
than enough money to go around with Slots For Tots.

While we’re on the topic of education, the TAKS test has got to go! I
was talking to my brother in about Rick Perry’s illusory action of
sending unarmed troops to the border with firearms, but no ammo – and
no authority. I had to remind my brother about the Posse Comitatus Act
of 1878, barring troops from law enforcement activity. I first heard
about Posse Comitatus back in high school and I would bet that it’s
not on the test. Apparently it’s not in the law school Rick Perry went
to, either.

With regard to your stance on gay marriage, I would be happy to see
wedding licenses issued to same-gender couples and then see those
unions recognized as families. My wife and I are both wedding
officiants in our spare time and there is little we enjoy more than
seeing people in love get married. We have several gay friends whose
weddings I would love to officiate over. Hell, I’d even waive my fee
for those friends.

Your standard response to the matter has been, “Why not let them
marry? They can be as miserable as the rest of us.”

In this regard you show yourself more open-minded than many other
candidates and way ahead of the pack, but with that response you are
also dismissive of the issue and hurtful. Everyone likes your one-
liners, but there is a time and a place to be substantive. A better
response would be, “No one has the right to tell others whom they can
love. No legislative body has the right to define the word ‘family’.”

The only day I was ever ashamed to be a Texan was the day that my
fellow Texans outlawed same-gender marriage. That so many of my fellow
Texans were so closed-minded and fearful and xenophobic and homophobic
was a source of great pain and shame.

Texas is still a wonderful place, but it used to be a better place. I
look forward to helping you make it a better place once again.

With utmost sincerity, I say to you: Run, Kinky, run! We need you and
Texas is running out of time.

- Bear

Rev. Bear Jones

And there has never been a count of someone dieing from a marijuana related death.