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    Encouraging a Bold Approach to Limit

    the Size and Scope of State Government


    to Free Up Funds for Core Government Functions

    August 29, 2018


    Honorable State Senator Brian Birdwell, Chairman of the Texas Sunset
    Commission
    Honorable State Representative Chris Paddie, Vice-Chairman of the
    Texas Sunset Commission
    Honorable Sunset Commission Members:
    Ms. Emily Pataki, Public Member
    Mr. Ronald G. Steinhart, Public Member
    State Senator Dawn Buckingham. M. D.
    State Senator Bob Hall
    State Senator Robert Nichols
    State Senator Kirk Watson
    State Representative Dan Flynn
    State Representative Stan Lambert
    State Representative Poncho Nevárez
    State Representative Senfronia Thompson

    Dear Chairman Birdwell, Vice Chair Paddie and Sunset Commission Members:

    Congratulations on your appointments to the Texas Sunset Commission. What


    an exciting opportunity to limit the size and scope of the government burden
    borne by Texas families and Texas taxpayers!

    Unconstitutional, unnecessary, overlapping, duplicative and redundant


    government bureaucracies waste tax dollars and create government kingdoms
    bloated with special interests that literally rob funds from core functions of
    state government. They also promulgate rules that distort economic decision-
    making while costing money to implement. The net result? Fewer jobs, a higher
    cost of living, and fewer consumer choices for Texas families and Texas taxpayers!

    The Texas Constitution affords Texans regular opportunities to “clear the


    underbrush” of state government. The purpose of the Texas Sunset Commission
    is to curtail and eliminate government bureaucracies that have outlived their
    usefulness (or which shouldn’t have been created in the first place). We
    encourage the commission to take maximum advantage of this process during
    the current interim. It is time for a bold approach to reducing the size and scope
    of state government.

    In that spirit, it seems difficult to justify the existence of the following government
    bureaucracies currently under sunset review:

    ● Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board


    ● Office of Consumer Credit
    ● Texas State Board of Engineers of Professional Counselors
    ● Finance Commission of Texas
    ● Texas Funeral Service Commission
    ● Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying
    ● Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists
    ● Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
    ● Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners
    ● Office of Commissioner and Department of Savings and Mortgage
    Lending
    ● Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners
    ● Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
    ● Various River Authorities

    In many cases, these bureaucracies run licensing cartels that protect incumbent
    businesses from startup-based competition. Licensing cartels threaten Texas’
    reputation as a business-friendly incubator for entrepreneurial innovation. Texas’
    economic competitiveness hinges on that reputation.

    In all cases, the bureaucracies listed seize decision-making that should be made
    by free citizens in a decentralized marketplace and convert it to decision-making
    by the favored and politically well connected.

    For every bureaucracy you recommend leaving in place, we request strongly


    worded, specific recommendations to the Legislature to make the function of
    each bureaucracy lean and its authority light.
    Texas families and taxpayers deserve the highest number of jobs, the lowest cost
    of living, and the most consumer choices possible. This Sunset Commission has
    the opportunity to deliver just that!

    Sunset Commission, we ask you for a bold approach to reducing the size and scope
    of Texas state government. It is time to put our state government back inside a
    constitution-sized box, marked “Limited Government.”

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    We look forward to working with you to achieve this worthy mission.

    Sincerely, the undersigned Texas grassroots political leaders,*

    JoAnn Fleming, Executive Director, Grassroots America – We the People PAC


    Adam Cahn, Austin political blogger - Cahnman’s Musings, conservative activist

    Aaron Harris, Founder and Executive Director, Direct Action Texas, LLC

    C.R. "Dick" Saulsbury, Saulsbury Companies

    Trayce Bradford, President, Texas Eagle Forum

    Anna Bartosh, Treasurer, San Angelo TEA Party

    Annette Bennett, Fredericksburg Tea Party

    Barb Stauffer, Steering Committee Member, Garland Tea Party

    Barbara Harless, North Texas Citizens Lobby

    Barry Schlech, PhD, a Founder & President, Texas Patriots TEA Party

    Beth Biesel, Leader, Park Cities Preston Hollow Leadership Forum

    Bill & Patty Gallagher, Founders, Primadata Liberty Center, Mabank

    Bill Bingham, Vice President, Bryan/College Station Tea Party

    Bill Hussey, Founder & Past President, Llano TEA Party

    Brady Whatley, Flower Mound Area Republican Club

    Carol Doucet, a Founder, Conservative Society of Navarro County

    Caryl Ayala, Concerned Parents of Texas

    Charles Kupinski, Missouri City Conservative, SD 17

    Cindi Castilla, President, Dallas Eagle Forum

    Connie Curry, West Texas Conservative Leadership

    Connie Ratisseau, Clear Lake TEA Party

    David Carter, Bell County Election Judge, Precinct 311

    David Wilson, President, Cypress Texas TEA Party

    Deborah Bailey, San Angelo TEA Party

    Dennis Cable, past State GOP Executive Committeeman, Senate District 1

    Dottie Barnes, a Founder, Conservative Society of Navarro County

    Dr. Dwayne Collins, Founder & Chairman, Edom TEA Party

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    Dwayne Stovall, Director, Get Off My State, LLC

    Emmanuel Lewis, Irving Conservatives

    Ernie Clark, Past President, Grassroots America - We the People PAC

    Fran Rhodes, Vice President NE Tarrant Tea Party

    Gary Gentz, Member, Henderson County Tea Party

    J H Pence, Lake Country Republicans, Wood County

    Jackie King, a Founder, Conservative Society of Navarro County

    Janice Carter, Chapter Leader, John Birch Society

    Jeanette Rhodes, Board member, San Antonio TEA Party

    Jeremiah Hunter, Chairman, We the People – Longview TEA Party

    Jim & Char Doonan, Wood County Conservatives

    Jim Stanley, Chairman, Henderson County Tea Party

    Joe Harrison, Founder & Organizer, Cass County Patriots

    John Beckmeyer, Chairman, Mitchell County Republican Party

    John Tweedell, Coordinator, Convention of the States Project

    Josie Schoolcraft, President, Cherokee County Texas Republican Club

    Judy Brady, President, Central Texas TEA Party

    Julie McCarty, President, NE Tarrant TEA Party

    Karl Voigtsberger, State Republican Executive Committeeman, SD 8

    Kathy Ponce, Tea Party Patriots

    Kelly Canon, Leader, SE Tarrant TEA Party

    LaDaune Ashley, Brazoria County Conservatives

    Larry Korkmas, President, TFIRE

    Laura Perryman, Vice President, Grassroots America - We the People

    Laura Pressley, Ph.D., Precinct Chair & Committee Chair of Election Integrity

    Committee of Travis County Republican Party; founder, Save Our Texas Vote

    Lou Denton Vail, Knox County Republican Party Chair

    Maggie Wright, Founding member & past President, Texas Patriots TEA Party

    Mark Ramsey, State Republican Executive Committeeman, SD 7

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    Mark Reid, Plano Citizens' Coalition

    Mary & Dale Huls, Past President & current Executive Committee members,
    Clear Lake TEA Party
    Mary Joe Cason, Organizer, Kaufman County TEA Party

    Matt Long, President, Fredericksburg TEA Party of Texas

    Michael Kinzie, Founder, TEAParty911.com

    Mike Openshaw, Co-founder, Communications Director, North Texas TEA Party

    Naomi Narvaiz, State Republican Executive Committee, Senate District 21

    Pastor Greg Young, Nationally Syndicated Radio host, Chosen Generation

    Penny Story, Founder Constitutional Conservative Activists

    Ray Myers, Chairman, Kaufman County TEA Party

    Suezette Griffin, President, Clear Lake TEA Party

    Susan Lucas, Denton County Conservative Coalition

    Suzanne Guggenheim, TEA Party Patriots State Coordinator – South Texas;


    Programs & Events Chairman, Corpus Christi TEA Party

    Tanya Robertson, State GOP Executive Committeewoman, Senate District 11

    Teresa Beckmeyer, Precinct Chair Mitchell County Republican Party

    Terri Hall, Founder/Director, Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom (TURF)

    Terry & Joy Putnam, Texans 4 Truth

    Terry Wade, President, Collin County Conservative Republicans

    Tom & Toni Fabry, Chairman & Treasurer, Frisco TEA Party

    Vicki Slaton, Former (term limited) State Republican Executive Committee, SD 2

    Wallace Johnson, Brazos County Republican Precinct Chair

    Wes Brumit, Voices of Conservatism and Liberty PAC (VOCAL)

    Paid for by Grassroots America – We the People PAC


    *Organizations listed for identification purposes only.

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