No More Excuses!

I was reading an article on the Texas Tribune that talked about a bill that is trying to be passed, which would allow undocumented people to have a driver’s license. The bill allows undocumented residents to get a driver’s license after getting a background check and paying 150 dollars in fees. I think this bill is a great idea because there will not be any more excuses for hit and run accidents. Many of the people that flee when they are involved in a car accident are people that do not have a license or do not have insurance; if this bill is passed it will also allow undocumented people to obtain car insurance and they will be able to register their car under their own name. It makes the information exchange process harder when you get into and accident with someone that doesn’t have a license and/or insurance because you don’t know if they are telling you the truth regarding their information, so with this new bill it would abolish that issue.

This bill gives undocumented people a peace of mind because they will no longer fear of getting a ticket for driving uninsured or driving without a license. This new bill will help reduce the crime because you are going to be able to identify the person. It will reduce the number of unreported accidents.  Texas is not the only state that has proposed a bill like this one; Illinois, New Mexico, Washington, and Utah are other states that have passed bill allowing undocumented people to obtain driver’s license too.

 If this bill is passed there is still going to be undocumented people without a license because they fear they will get deported once the state has all of their information. Many of the people that are undocumented are people with low resources that cannot afford to pay 150 dollars to obtain their license, which I don’t understand the reason for such a high price.

 This bill should be passed because it would help a lot of undocumented people, and it would stimulate Texas economy, but I think it needs some modification regarding the cost because not a lot of people can afford to pay that amount of money. This bill is beneficial to both the undocumented person and the state of Texas.

Bag Ban Violated our Rights?

Reading Aubrey's blog made me grasp her piont ; we are getting our rights violated,  but the state would be spending more money than it should to educate Austenite’s about waste-reduction. In my opinion that would be a waste of money because not all of Austenite’s would follow the recommendations. Also that money could have better use regarding preservation and a clean environment. With this bag ban that has occurred it has made everyone be more environmental conscious, which in my opinion is not a bad thing; we need to take care of our city.

Regarding the health issues the bags possess when we use them is a serious threat to everyone because that would increase the number of people getting sick, which would increase the antibiotic usage, which would then increase antibiotic resistant bacteria. Antibiotic resistant bacteria is something that we have to look into because it is getting difficult to treat infections.

I somewhat agree with you there should have been an educational approach to the bag ban, so it could of inform residents the reasons why it’s necessary and to educate residents how to care for the environment. But my question is would that have worked? There are people out there that don't care about the environment; would that money have gone to waste? In my opinion there should have been a better way to approach the bag ban without having people feel like they were getting their rights violated.