In the article I read from http://earsoftexas.blogspot.com I believe that the author got to the direct point with their opinion and based facts from sources to present their opinions. This author speaks about the pulled funding from Planned Parenthood here in Texas. I agree with the author that this is a poor decision made, but after reading this post, I stand behind my decision based on the solid facts that were mentioned. I am pro choice when it comes to abortions, however the facility for Planned Parenthood isn't just that of giving abortions and actually is just 3% of that total services that they do provide. The primary functions of the organization is there for overall women's health. I learned a lot from this post with accurate numbers, but I already knew that women receive help at Planned Parenthood to get pap smears, breast examinations, testing and treatment for sexual transmitted diseases, and most of all the importance of education, that schools and parents fall short of telling these young women. Most of the girls that go to Planned Parenthood are not educated by their parents and feel this is the only place they can go to get answers for themselves. I do not feel that there should be a cut in the funding because people see against this facility ONLY for their purpose on terminating pregnancies. I think this author did justice to this argument and had very good factual information to base her theories on. BRAVO

Election 2012

 Early voting numbers are down in Travis County compared to the turn out for the election four years ago. Even though the presidential race is tight this year with numerous propositions and local races to consider, early voting turn out in Travis County remained lower this year then in 2008 coming far behind the rest of the state. In an article from the Statesman, it states other counties in Texas set records high this year with a higher turnout of early voters then in the past. In 2004, Travis County counted nearly fifty percent of eligible voters who casted their vote early compared to the thirty two percent of Travis County who voted as of Friday, November 2, of this year. All over the city people waited anxiously in line for multiple hours to cast their vote. It was brought to my knowledge that people were being turned away on early election day because of the mass turnouts and the over crowding of polling places. I question as to why there is such a drastic difference in a four year span with voter turnouts? A director of the Center for Public Policy claims the reason to blame for the lower turnout rate is due to the 11 city charter amendments and seven bond proposals. Other people argued his case and think that there are a lot of things that factor into it and also people might be waiting until election day to vote or are choosing to not participate in the voting process at all. I feel  some people might need more time to focus on the different propositions and give themselves more time to come to a final decision.