Seniors Demand Preferential Tax Treatment.

We received this email from Bob Jackson of AARP Texas:

There's some incorrect information going around about what's on the ballot in May 2012. An email has been circulating warning voters that the homestead tax cap for people 65 and older is up for a vote. This isn't true.

The May election will not include a repeal of the homestead tax cap for seniors.

Here are the facts: In 2006, The Texas Legislature passed a law reducing property taxes for all homeowners. However, the legislation left out senior and disabled citizens whose property taxes were already "frozen." As a result, seniors and people with disabilities didn't receive the same reduction until, with your help, AARP Texas urged the Texas Legislature to fix this in 2007. That May, Texas voters passed an amendment extending property tax relief to seniors and disabled Texans.

This problem was solved five years ago. There’s no constitutional amendment election scheduled in Texas next month. Seniors and disabled Texans can rest easy, knowing their homestead tax cap is not at risk.

Please help us fight the misinformation. Forward this to ten friends or family now.

Here's luridtransom's response:

Dear Bob,

Thanks for passing this along. We believe the homestead tax cap for those 65 and older should be limited to the first $500,000 of a homestead's appraised value. Do you agree? Look, we don't want to force seniors out on the street. But at the same time, it makes no sense for the rest of us to subsidize the opulent mansion lifestyles of Millionaire Seniors, does it? Please let us know if you agree. And feel free to explain your position all you want. America's blog audience is waiting anxiously for your reply.

Regards,
luridtransom

I rolled down the window and told the man, "50 cents worth, please."

luridtransom is FOR turning 281 and 1604 into toll roads. Use the toll revenue for the streetcar.

Sports Talk Radio.

Arkansas was stupid to fire Bobby Petrino. Enough fake moral outrage already. He's a football coach, not a televangelist. Public apology, a big donation to the Fayetteville Boys & Girls Club, and move on. Don't you Ozark Moral High Grounders know the Razorbacks have a real shot to win the SEC this year for the first time EVER?

It's a simple question.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.

1) luridtransom is FOR the Keystone XL Pipeline. Look, don't give me this crap about cheaper gas or energy independence. You're looking for the Koch Bros. blog. Building the Keystone XL Pipeline is the least bad choice. The other choice is not building it, and the tar sands oil gets piped to a port in British Columbia. Sorry tree huggers, not producing the tar sands oil isn't an option. Those money-grubbing Canucks don't care about driving the polar bears to extinction.

2) luridtransom is FOR opening up Hobby to international flights.

Consumer Watchdog Blog.

Here's an Open Letter from Norv:

Don’t ever buy a watch from Luminox. I have owned my watch for 6 years. It is a complete and total piece of crap. The following is a timetable and outline of the hassles presented by this watch.

1. Butterfly clasp on watchband started popping loose about six months after I got it. Like, I’d move my wrist a certain way and it would pop open. I had it repaired by a jeweler 3 times before giving up and buying a new watch band.

2. The pins that hold the watch and the band together were always popping loose, which caused the watch to fall all the way off my wrist. This has happened with both the old band and the replacement band. Super aggravating. And if it happens when I’m over concrete, you have to deal with what happens when the watch hits the concrete.

3. Six months ago, the second hand came off inside the watch face. It’s just floating around in there. Thanks, Luminox.

4. Yesterday, the pin popped out and the watch fell on the driveway while I was cleaning up my fishing gear. This time, the glass broke.

5. This son of a bitch has never kept good time. It randomly stops whenever it wants to.

I called Luminox USA and told them I thought they made shitty watches, and needed to convince me I was wrong. The best they will do is a 40 percent discount on a new watch, or repair it at my cost. So basically, I can pay to have a shitty watch repaired, or I can buy another shitty watch for $200-300. I am tempted to just write them a letter, watch enclosed, and tell them they can have their shitty watch back, and there will be a dude in South Texas telling everybody he knows how shitty these watches actually are. From here, I’ll either wear my old Orvis watch that I’ve had since college (like Matt’s Fossil watch) or buy a new Timex Ironman.

To recap, Luminox sucks bigtime. THANKS A LOT, Luminox.