Dear Members & Friends:

        PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TODAY!!

        I received a call from the Senate Intergovernmental Affairs  
Committee staff person who told me that they have gotten the message  
that you oppose SB 1884 to make it more difficult for citizen's  
petitioning on city charter amendments!  They have kindly asked us to  
please refer calls directly to the author, Sen. Kirk Watson -- so  
please stop calls to the Committee office.  Instead, please call to  
express your opposition to SB 1184 to Senator Watson's office at  
512-463-0114.  Please be polite and firm.  If anything, he should  
make it easier for citizen's initiatives and referendums.  Then, you  
can email the entire committee listed here.  Don't forget the chair  
and vice-chairs of this committee.

        Note that all the members of this committee have signed on to the  
Corridor/Toll moratorium bill (SB 1267), except Rep. Gallegos (who  
has been in the hospital).  You should thank the members for their  
support of SB 1267, wish Rep. Gallegos a complete recovery, and ask  
him to support SB 1267 too.

Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs

        Also, there is a hearing on Wednesday on HB 2280, sponsored by Rep.  
Mark Strama (D-Austin), to eliminate the "primary screenout"  
provision in our candidate petitioning process for independent  
candidates and parties.  Currently, only voters who did not vote in  
either party primary can sign petitions for independent candidates  
and parties to get on the ballot.  HB 2280 would eliminate this.  
Please contact these people on the House Elections Committee to  
express your support of this bill -- feel free to call them or email  
them through their web sites.  You can also attend the hearing, if  
you wish, this coming Wednesday at 2PM in E2.028 (the House  
underground building).  Please note that if you contact Rep. England  
and Rep. Anchia's office, you can also ask them to support our  
Corridor/Toll moratorium legislation (HB 2772), which they have yet  
to do.  Last -- thank the other members of the committee for  
supporting HB 2772!

Leo Berman, Dwayne Bohac, Kirk England, Lon Burnam,  Rafael Anchia,  
Joe Farias, Charlie Howard

        AGAIN, PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ALL!

Independently yours,

Linda Curtis
Independent Texans
http://indytexans.org