Move over Kay!  Say bye bye Rick!  Debra Medina is entering the race for Texas governor! She officially announced her run today in Dallas. The Dallas Morning News has an excellent article on her news conference today.

If you are in Texas and a Ron Paul supporter you should take a serious look at Medina. She was a “top volunteer” for Ron Paul’s presidential campaign. Her message is much better than either Perry or Hutchison. How could anyone vote for Perry? I don’t think that question needs any further discussion. How could anyone vote for Hutchison? She voted for the $700 billion bail out.

The most attractive thing I like about Medina is her devotion of ending the property tax in Texas.  Can I get a big Texas YE HAW!  Everyone knows the horrible process of paying taxes every year.  It takes away time from your family, friends, and productive time to protest and make sure you aren’t getting screwed.  

In my opinion, taxing your property is the government saying that you don’t actually own the property you bought, but the government owns it.  If they didn’t own it they wouldn’t be able to tax it right?  Can you imagine your mortgage being hundreds of dollars less a month.  What can you do with that money?  Talk about an economic stimulus!

I’m sure you are asking how is she going to replace the revenue of the property tax?  In the DMN article she says she would fight to “eliminate property taxes and instead promote broader sales taxes.”  On her web site she goes on and on about cutting spending, which would go a long way in not having to have a broader sales tax.  However, if I had to choose between a broader sales tax or property tax, hands down I would go for the broader sales tax.  At least then I could choose whether or not to buy products that have the extra tax.  In other words, I could avoid it unlike I can avoid property taxes (I could avoid property taxes if I choose to rent but I would still be paying them as the property owner would pass on those costs to me).

I would highly recommend going to read her web site, specifically her issues that she covers.  I believe she’s really dead on with just about everything she’s running on. 

If you want a preview check out her campaign video below before you visit her site.

External Links:

•  medinafortexas.com
• The Dallas Morning News – Wharton County Republican chair Debra Medina joins race for Texas governor