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>>> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO INSIDE TEXAS POLITICS,
LET'S START WITH THE RACE FOR
TEXAS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
MIKE COLLIER IS CHALLENGING DAN
PATRICK THE INCUMBENT SITTING ON
$14 MILLION IN CASH AND JOINING
SUS BUD KENNEDY.
I WANT TO START -- US IS BUD
KENNEDY AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
JOINING US. YOUR OPPONENT HAS OUT RAISED YOU
AND WON'T DEBATE YOU, WHERE DO
YOU STAND IN TERMS OF YOUR
ABILITIES TO GET TRACTION.
>> SO FAR MY MESSAGE IS
RESONATING.
RESONATING. IF YOU SHOW THE PROBLEM OF
PROPERTY TAXES PEOPLE STOP AND
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO YOU.
PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PROPERTY
TAXES AND DAN PATRICK IS NOT
BEING HONEST WITH PROPERTY
TAXES.
TAXES.
TAXES. IF
TAXES. IF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND AND WILL
UNDERSTAND THAT HE IS RAISING
PROPERTY TAXES AND NOT BEING
TRUTHFUL.
TRUTHFUL.
TRUTHFUL. >> HOW IS HE NOT BEING
TROTHFUL.
TROTHFUL.
TROTHFUL. TROTH --
TROTH --
TROTH -- TRUTHFUL.
TRUTHFUL.
TRUTHFUL. >> GO TO ARTICLE THREE, PAGE
FIVE.
FIVE.
FIVE. PROPERTY VALUES SHALL BE
INCREASED.
INCREASED. 26.8%.
26.8%.
26.8%. >>
26.8%. >> THAT IS A PREDICTION THAT IS
NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT IS A
PREDICTION.
PREDICTION. >> IT IS AN ESTIMATE AND IT IS
SERIOUS.
SERIOUS.
SERIOUS. THEY ARE GOING OUT MAKING SURE
THEY HIT THE NUMBERS AND THE
TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY SAID DO
NOT LOWER YOUR RATES.
TO HIT THOSE NUMBERS AND BUILD
THE REST OF THE BUDGET AROUND IT
THEY ARE AS SERIOUS AS CAN BE.
>> LAST ELECTION YOU GOT 38% OF
THE VOTE YOU WERE A DEMOCRAT
HOPE AND WOUND UP WITH LESS THAN
40%.
40%.
40%. THIS
40%. THIS TIME NOT AS HIGH PROFILE
AND NOT THE DEMOCRAT FLAVOR OF
THE MONTH THIS YEAR.
HOW DO YOU HOPE TO WORK IN SOME
ATTENTION TO THIS RACE.
>> IN 2014 IT WAS A STRAIGHT
PARTY VOTE.
PARTY VOTE. WE ALL HAVE THE SAME VOTE.
I AM NOT SURE THAT WILL BE THE
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. BUT
CASE. BUT THE PARTY RIGHT AFTER 2014,
THEY SAID MIKE, WE WANT YOU TO
DO THREE THINGS.
STAY WITH US AND RECOMMEND HOW
SHALL WE WIN,
STICK AROUND, AND I DID THAT.
AND THEY SAID YOU RUN FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THE
SUPPORT HAS BEEN FABULOUS.
>> I THINK YOU SAID THERE IS
$15 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL
REVENUE YOU CAN GENERATE AND THE
OBVIOUS QUESTION IS WELL WHY HAS
NO ONE ELSE ABLE TO FIND THE $15
BILLION.
BILLION.
BILLION. >> FIVE OF THAT 15 BILLION IS
CLOSING A LOOPHOLE, THE OWNERS
OF LARGE COMMERCIAL UNDER PAYING
TAXES BY $5 BILLION I HAVE BEEN
SAYING IT FOR FIVE YEARS,
NOT ONCE HAS ANY POLITICIAN OR
REPORTER OR ANALYST CHALLENGE --
IF YOU ARE GETTING 5 BILLION
MORE IS THAT NOT RAISING TAX.
>> NO THAT IS ENFORCING THE
LAW.
LAW.
LAW. THE
LAW. THE CONSTITUTION SAYS, IF YOU
HAVE A PROPERTY SUBJECT TO
TAXATION YOU PAY TAXES ON THAT.
THE SAME SHOULD HAPPEN AT THE
OWNER OF DOWNTOWN SKYSCRAPERS.
IT NOT RAISING TAXS IT IS
ENFORCING THE LAW AND 5 BILLION
IS MISSING.
IS MISSING. THE SENATE HAS NEVER VOTED TO
CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE AND I WILL
HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE CONSIDER
THIS THE MOST POWERFUL POSITION
IN TEXAS.
IN TEXAS.
IN TEXAS. >> I RAN FOR COMPTROLLER STATE
WIDE AS YOU KNOW AND NO ONE RUNS
FOR STATE WIDE TWICE TYPICALLY
THAT IS WHY WE DON'T SUCCEED
BECAUSE IT IS A BIG STATE AND IT
IS HARD TO RUN STATE WIDE YOU
NEED RELATIONSHIPS, DONORS,
THE PARTY ASKED ME AGAIN BECAUSE
THEY LIKE THE MESSAGE AND THE
MESSAGEER, WE ARE DROWNING IN
DEBT, SO IT IS THE RIGHT ROLE TO
CAMPAIGN ON AND LEAD ON.
>> YOU NEEDLED HIM A BIT AND HE
WON'T DEBATE YOU AND ON SOCIAL
MEDIA YOU ARE AGGRESSIVELY GOING
AFTER HIM SEEMINGLY TO GET HIM
OUT TO ADDRESS YOU.
IS THAT YOUR STRATEGY NEEDLE HIM
UNTIL HE COMES OUT OF HIDING.
>> IT IS NOT JUST MY STRATEGY
AND THINK THE CITIZENS WANT TO
KNOW WHERE HE STANDS.
I AM PRO-PUBLIC EDUCATION.
HE IS NOT.
I HAVE A SOLUTION AND HE
DECEIVED.
DECEIVED.
DECEIVED. HEALTH CARE, WE SHOULD EXPAND
MEDICAID.
MEDICAID.
MEDICAID. HE WILL BLOCK.
IT JERRY MANDERING.
HE SUPPORTS IT.
SO WE ARE TWO DIAMETRICALLY
OPPOSED CANDIDATES FOR THE MOST
IMPORTANT POSITION OF THE STATE
HE SHOULD COME OUT AND PRESENT
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. >> HAVING OUT RAISED YOU, WE
HAVE ABOUT 30 SECONDS ARE YOU
HAMPERED IN YOUR ABILITY TO GET
THAT MESSAGE OUT.
HE HAS THE MONEY AND INCUMBENCY.
>> HE HAS MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS TO PROMOTE A
NON-MESSAGE.
NON-MESSAGE. AM NOT THE LEAST BIT CONCERNED.
WE HAVE A POWERFUL MESSAGE AND
SURROGATES ALL OVER THE STATE WE
ARE CAMPAIGNING TOGETHER AND
SEVERAL HERE IN NORTH TEXTS AND
THE MONEY IS NOT A CONCERN TO