Texas Property Taxes and the Constitution — What Every Homeowner Should Know

 Most people don’t know this, but the Texas Constitution tells a powerful story —

a story about rights, responsibilities, and how our state was designed to protect the people.

Article 7 says the Legislature must provide an efficient public school system.

Article 8 describes taxation and revenue.

Article 1 protects our right to due course of law, freedom, and property.

Somewhere along the way, the balance broke.

Today, many Texans are not living — they are surviving.

Some pay $5,000 a year in property taxes.

Some pay $10,000.

Some pay $20,000, $30,000, even $40,000 a year.

That is a second mortgage.

That is a lifetime of lost savings.

That is retirement gone.

That is money that could’ve gone into a college fund, a business, a future.

If property taxes were reduced or eliminated, imagine what Texans would suddenly have:

  •        Money for their children’s schools

  •        Savings for their retirement

  •        Freedom to start a business

  •        Relief from financial stress

  •        A chance to actually own their home

  •        A Texas where life feels possible again

This isn’t a dream.

This is what happens when a state aligns itself with its Constitution instead of ignoring it.

Texas should not be a place where people fear their own mailbox.

Texas should be a place where homeowners can breathe again.

A Texas where the Constitution works for us —

not against us.

A Texas where school funding is efficient and constitutional —

not where families are crushed by taxation.

This is not about politics.

This is about dignity.

This is about rights.

This is about the promise Texas made to its people in 1876 — a promise we have forgotten, and a promise we must restore.

Texas can be great again — not by raising taxes, but by finally respecting its own Constitution.

Freddie…

Why Texas Students Deserve AI in Their Classrooms

The future doesn’t wait for anyone.

It moves forward with or without us — and if Texas does not join the revolution in education, our children will be stuck turning the wagon wheel while the rest of the world flies past on hoverboards.

And I’m not talking science fiction.

I’m talking about clarity, knowledge, and opportunity — something every child deserves.

Over the past year, AI has changed my life. Not by replacing my thinking, but by clearing the noise so I can think better.

AI helps me shape my ideas, process my thoughts, and express myself with purpose. But here’s the truth:

AI didn’t change my behavior.

AI helped ME change my own behavior.

And that’s the gift I want every student in Texas to have.

Because when you can see your thoughts clearly,

when you can organize ideas,

when you can understand the Constitution,

when you can ask questions and get real answers —

you grow.

AI doesn’t do the work for you.

AI doesn’t think for you.

AI gives you a mirror to understand your own mind.

Imagine every student — rich, poor, rural, urban — having:

  •        A tutor available 24/7

  •        A private reading coach

  •        A personal writing assistant

  •        A math explainer

  •        A science guide

  •        A tool to help them think freely, creatively, confidently

Imagine teachers finally able to breathe because AI supports the students who need extra help while they teach the lesson.

This isn’t replacing teachers.

This is giving teachers back their power.

This is not taking away learning.

This is expanding learning.

This is not about technology.

This is about freedom — the freedom to think without limitation.

The Bible says, “Without vision, the people perish.”

AI helps us build that vision.

It helps students discover possibilities they never knew existed.

And let me tell you something from the bottom of my heart:

If Texas leads this revolution, the world will follow.

If Texas refuses to join it, the world will leave us behind.

Our children deserve better.

Our teachers deserve better.

We deserve an education system that moves forward — not backward.

We shouldn’t be pushing a wagon wheel.

We should be riding the future like Marty McFly on his hoverboard.

The future belongs to those who can see it.

AI helps students see.

And as your representative, I will fight to bring the future into the classroom — where it belongs.