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It is time to build on our Abortion Success, Develop Adoption Assistance
The last few years has seen important developments regarding abortion. Two of the most significant developments were the Heartbeat Bill and then the reversal Roe V Wade. Reversal in the sense of returning a State’s Right issue back to the states. In Texas, surgical abortion on demand is significantly curtailed. While some will argue the issue of surgical abortion has been replaced with chemical options, the time has come for the Republican Party of Texas and National to pivot to adoption.
Let us celebrate the babies being brought to term. Celebrate the souls being born and build a path for mothers to know how to give their child access to an to loving families and possibly fuller opportunities. Now let’s not get this confused with any desire to coerce mothers in this decision. Only full knowledge and comfort with the adoption option.
Let us focus on parents who could be willing to physically open up their hearts, hearth and homes to adopt a child, but not necessarily the economic capability to process the adoption. Adoption Access would do just that. Give these individuals some support from Texas to adopt and take in these children and provide a home. In so doing, Texas is able to alleviate Foster Care and CPS care that both need relief.
Let’s have the Republicans stop arguing over how many weeks should we remove a life and instead focus on welcoming these lives. In bringing these lives into nurturing situations. Situations the mother may not be able to provide in her current circumstances. This may be the very relief that will allow her to greatly improve her circumstances to also provide nurturing homes someday.
At the 2024 Texas Republican Convention, these two perspectives were brought together to see that focusing away from abortion and converging the Party’s focus on Adoption Assistance can be a very winning strategy. For independents and Republican donors tired of the ongoing internal strife, honing in on adoption of these lives is a truly uplifting and positive direction for the party and really for America. A healthy pivot to Defending the Unborn and Protecting the Born is at the core of a party that embraces a healthy society can only exist on a foundation of the family.
The Republican Party set this stage at the Texas Convention with a plank I was able to get into the platform.
190(f): Make the adoption process for affordable, streamlined, and accessible.
Regardless of some efforts of our fellow Republicans, let us instead unite to embrace a new challenge and celebrate the long fought for life victories we have accomplished. If the Democrats want to remain mired in when to extinguish a life, let them. Republicans are marching to the heart beat of living.
Good Governance can mean Adoption Assistance
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HOW CAN IT BE FIXED?
First Step: Abolish Current Appraisal System
Establish elected Appraisal Board of DIrectors to replace the current boards appointed by the very taxing authorities; cities, counties and school districts.
Second Step: AUTOMATIC FORENSIC AUDIT
Audits of prior actions by appraisal districts should be reviewed for malfeasance and possible inappropriate exemptions.
Third Step: YOU GET INVOLVED
There is an effort to get major reforms of the Texas Appraisal system in place. It will take a real grassroots commitment to force our legislators to do the hard work required.
Texans deserve better! Texas provides a rich enough environment for companies and entrepreneurs! Texas Taxpayers should not have to pay corporate school district property taxes! Too many Texans build businesses for a lifetime and never get these generous tax breaks!
Bio
Mark V. Goloby was born where many great Texans are from, Tennessee. Mark’s family moved to Houston when he was 3 and grew up close to the Astrodome.
Mark graduated from Texas A&M in 1981 with a BBA in Accounting. Mark started working in Internal Audit for Dresser Industries then worked for GTE Mobilnet (now Verizon) Texas Region as a Controller.
Mark founded TC Technologies and has been pioneering wireless remote monitoring, data applications for over 25 years. He has delivered wireless solutions in a wide variety of applications from cathodic protection on pipelines to wireless mesh networks to monitor a wide variety of wellhead production, measurement, and processing equipment on the well pad.
He has been very active on a number of issues and served on numerous association boards. Within the oil and gas industry, Mark orchestrated a fight of local control over oil and gas operations in several small East Texas cities. The result was a complete shutdown of the initiative and retraction from these cities trying to usurp the authority of the Texas Railroad Commission.
Mark was instrumental in getting Texas Independent Producer and Royalty Owners (TIPRO) to participate in the Texas State Convention. This was the first time the oil and gas industry has ever attended a state political convention.
Mark was able to get the Texas Republican Party to adopt Repeal Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code into the 2018 Texas Republican Platform. A similar plank was put in the Democrat Platform. Mark championed ending the 313 abatements for over 5 years. This effort culminated in the Texas Senate allowing 313 to expire in this regular 87th Legislative Session.
Mark has been Chairman of the East Texas Energy Symposium for 11 years. The symposium brings topics pertinent to the East Texas operator. The proceeds have raised over $200,000 to support The East Texas Oil Museum.
Mark has been a champion of property rights and is a member of Houston Property Rights Association. He has advocated for more eco-friendly use of property, spearheading the conversion of the neighborhood flood detention facility into a Naturescape transforming a neighborhood blight into an amenity.
Mark serves as the Treasurer of The Executive Council in Houston. An organization that brings in topical speakers for a bi-monthly luncheon and serves as the Schoolboard and Curriculum Chair for BIZPAC.
