 Strong Education: The Future of El Paso
• Get back to basics in the classroom, by ending the system of testing that is leaving teachers, students, and parents ALL behind
• Support legislation aimed at allowing teachers to concentrate on the “whole child”
• Create accountability that helps not hurts
• Support the teacher mentoring program, to keep us from losing our teachers
• College begins in Kindergarten; support a focus on grades K-2, ensuring that students will be more successful in high school and college
• Control skyrocketing college tuition rates that are keeping El Paso’s high school graduates from attending college
Property Tax Relief and Transparency
• Work to give Texans honest and comprehensive property tax relief, without endangering our public schools
• Enact legislation that would offer a more homeowner-friendly review process at our Central Appraisal Districts, including a viable online challenge method that is quick and easy to use
• Work with other legislators to triple the homestead exemption, ensuring we all have access to the American dream of owning a home
Helping Homeowners
• Texas homeowners pay more than twice the national average in homeowners insurance premiums – a special interest trend that must be reversed!
• Stop unfair practices that penalize El Paso homeowners
• Control the amount of power given to appointed positions like the Insurance Commissioner
 Access to Healthcare
• Put El Paso children back into the state’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), saving local property taxpayers money and ensuring our kids have access to preventive care
• Maximize federal and state dollars that can be used to fund healthcare costs for small businesses and the El Pasoans they employ
Environment
• Protect a great natural asset: our mountain, including Castner Range and Franklin Mountains State Park
• Work with the federal government to ensure we protect Castner Range whenever it becomes free of unexploded
ordnance
• Enact legislation that creates opportunities for renewable energy, green jobs, and environmentally sound transportation policy
• Establish a visitor center at Franklin Mountains State Park
• Require the TCEQ to do TRUE due diligence before issuing any permit
El Pasoans need a public servant who will build for the future. As your State Representative, Joe will work to address issues related to:
BRAC
• Address the infrastructure, workforce development and educational needs that will accompany the growth of Fort Bliss
• Ensure we have adequate support for returning soldiers (on active and non-active duty), including access to healthcare through a full-fledged Veteran’s Hospital
Texas Tech Medical School
• Continued support for excellence in research and education at El Paso’s Medical School at Texas Tech
• Funding for two additional buildings to continue meeting the needs of our medical school
• Achieving the goal of a Dental School – the first in El Paso
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