Texans for John Davis
1 E Greenway Plaza
Suite 225
Houston, Texas 77046
info@votejohndavis.com
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Thank you for visiting my web site and learning more about Texas House District 129. I am fully committed to continue to work hard in Austin for the constituents in District 129.
My priorities for the district include:
Property rights
In a grab for increased tax revenue, the city of New London, Conn., seized Suzette Kelo's property and turned it over to a private developer. She fought it to the Supreme Court, only to lose 5-4. Because of that misguided decision, John Davis has worked to enact protections against unfair seizure of private property for private developers and such quasi-private ventures as convention hotels or sports arenas.
Election integrity
You must show a photo ID to board an airliner, cash a check or get a library card, but not to vote? Voting in U.S. elections is a right reserved exclusively for citizens, and opposition to requiring photo ID can only be based on a belief that it should not be. John Davis believes fair elections are vital to democracy and only valid photo ID's can safeguard them.
Soaring appraisals
Taxing jurisdictions in Texas can increase your property tax appraisal 10 percent a year and many
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Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas
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of them do. That can double your taxes in seven years. To John Davis, this isn't "appraisal creep," it's appraisal leap. He will continue to fight for a 5 percent cap on appraisal increases, and support an effort to enshrine it in the state constitution, beyond the reach of tax-hungry politicians and legislating judges.
Illegal immigration
The state must do whatever it can to halt illegal immigration, because the federal government clearly isn't trying very hard to do it. One step, John Davis believes, is turning convicted illegal immigrants over to immigration authorities upon their release from prison and jail or being given probation. He also supports legislation that cuts off funding for sanctuary cities that provide a safe haven for illegal aliens.
Truth in taxation
The state has a bad habit of taking tax revenue dedicated to a specific purpose and sweeping it into the black hole of the general fund. This leads inevitably to the deterioration of the tax's intended target, such as state parks, professional regulation or roads and bridges. John Davis will work to ensure that revenues raised by a particular tax be spent only on its declared purpose.
Helping small business
Upon replacing the franchise tax with a new business-margins tax, the state has doubled or even tripled the tax burden for thousands of small businesses. With no corresponding increase in revenues or profits, many of those businesses are threatened with failure. John Davis supports such relief measures as increasing the tax threshold from $300,000 to $1 million, cutting in half the tax on businesses that gross less than $20 million a year, and requiring a supermajority to raise the margins tax.
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