My property taxes in McAllen have skyrocketed over the last three years while my salary as a teacher has remained perfectly stagnant. We shouldn't be priced out of the neighborhoods we grew up in just to subsidize corporate tax breaks.
Politics isn't just theory—it's profoundly personal. This board exists to amplify the real, lived experiences of South Texans regarding the five critical issues defining our community today.
My property taxes in McAllen have skyrocketed over the last three years while my salary as a teacher has remained perfectly stagnant. We shouldn't be priced out of the neighborhoods we grew up in just to subsidize corporate tax breaks.
Using our border as a political prop in Austin hurts our local economy and degrades our binational culture. We need comprehensive reform that respects the dignity of families, stops the theater of deploying state troopers for photo-ops, and focuses on real, systemic solutions.
The sweeping bans passed by extremists in the state legislature are actively endangering women in Hidalgo County. My sister had to travel out of state for an emergency procedure to save her life. Medical decisions belong between a patient and their doctor—period.
Working a fast-food job used to be a stepping stone, now it's necessary for families to survive. We need to raise the minimum wage. Nobody working a full forty hours a week in South Texas should be living below the poverty line.
As a freelance graphic designer, I am seeing entire local contracts get handed over to automated generation models. We need our representatives to start building frameworks that protect human labor and intellectual property before local artists and creatives are entirely displaced.
The price of groceries at HEB compared to 2019 is frankly terrifying. I'm a single mother of two and trying to stretch my budget has become a daily nightmare. We need leadership that focuses on corporate price gouging instead of culture wars.
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