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    Patrick Svitek‏Verified account @PatrickSvitek Aug 18

    The Big 3 proposal on police funding, per @GovAbbott: "Any city that defunds police departments will have its property tax revenue frozen at the current level. They will never be able to increase property tax revenue again if they defund police." #txlege

    10:08 AM - 18 Aug 2020
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    • Truth Justice Philip S Dronet Lynda Childs helenajames Kevin Jacobs Texas 4 Trump 2020 Elan Colen, MD E. Morey Ross edward butterfield
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      1. Alex Wild‏ @Myrmecos Aug 18
        Replying to @PatrickSvitek @GovAbbott

        Lol. They have literally no principles about anything.

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      2. sparkling coup 🌹 🦃 🥧‏ @seizethewhiskey Aug 18
        Replying to @PatrickSvitek @GovAbbott

        Seems like defunding the police would be the workaround here as well

        1 reply 1 retweet 34 likes
      3. 563 U.S. 493‏ @borrfdad Aug 18
        Replying to @seizethewhiskey @PatrickSvitek @GovAbbott

        You underestimate the extent to which municipalities rely on police to raise revenue through predatory ticketing.

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      2. Bob in Houston‏ @RobHTX78 Aug 18
        Replying to @PatrickSvitek @GovAbbott

        (1) So much for local control. (2) What about those cities that are shrinking? Are they allowed to ever cut a law enforcement position because they don't need it? #PoliceOfficersAreNotSocialWorkers

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      3. Melissa Noriega‏ @MelissaNoriega Aug 18
        Replying to @RobHTX78 @PatrickSvitek @GovAbbott

        Or consolidate city/county.

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      1. SA Mexican‏ @thesamexican Aug 18
        Replying to @PatrickSvitek @GovAbbott

        Weak. They’ll just Reorganize, redistribute, or limit future expenditures

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      2. Janet Janssen‏ @janetjanssen Aug 18
        Replying to @PatrickSvitek @GovAbbott

        A fine example of the Texas GOP principle of local control 🙄

        2 replies 12 retweets 165 likes
      3. Poppy Northcutt‏ @poppy_northcutt Aug 18
        Replying to @janetjanssen @PatrickSvitek @GovAbbott

        His Highness @GovAbbott apparently thinks he controls in perpetuity the TX Lege and the TX Courts as well. Am looking forward to The Big Blue Wave 🌊.

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      1. 𝕄𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕪𝔾𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕝𝕖𝕕‏ @merry_ghouled Aug 18
        Replying to @PatrickSvitek @GovAbbott

        Well call it re-appropriating funds.

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