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Texas Income Tax Constitutional Amendment Passes Again

Big Red Car — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 19:31:10 +0000

Texas has no personal income tax (one of only seven States to have this provision) and it is likely to stay that way based upon the results of Proposition Four on the recent Texas ballot. Proposition Four, which erects an almost impossible hurdle to the enactment of a state income tax, was adopted by a […]

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Bluebonnets and the Texas Hill Country

Big Red Car — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:41:55 +0000

Big Red Car here. I’m angry, vexed, irked, and pissed off. The Boss goes out to the Hill Country to survey the bluebonnets. He goes in the truck and doesn’t take me. How is that right? So, they go to the Hill Country north of Fredericksburg in the Round Mountain area south of TX 71 […]

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Texas Bluebonnet Tour — the Willow City Loop

Big Red Car — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:00:43 +0000

Big Red Car here. What a day it is going to be in the ATX. Also, don’t forget the Final Four Championship game tonight. Like you might forget, right? Go Badgers! So, if you live in central Texas, you take your annual bluebonnet tour at the end of April to the beginning of March. If […]

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In Praise of Black Labs

Big Red Car — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:02:29 +0000

Big Red Car here. Well today is going to be a beauty in the ATX. Bit of a chill in the air at 60F this morning and maybe as low as the 40’s tonight. I am predicting the first wood fire of the season tonight. Haha, it is finally Fall in Texas. And it is […]

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National Pecan Pie Day

Big Red Car — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 10:20:03 +0000

Big Red Car here. OK, so Friday was National Pecan Pie Day and did you celebrate it? No you did not, Old Sport. Shame on you. You need to be involved in the big issues of your times. Like National Pecan Pie Day — hahah, Big Red Car, you crack yourself up. The Big Red […]

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San Jacinto Day in Texas! Independence Day!

Big Red Car — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:50:55 +0000

Big Red Car here and here is in Austin, Texas. Today is a very special day in Texas and all of you Californians who have just moved here, please pay attention. Today is San Jacinto Day when Texas won its independence from Mexico and became an independent republic. Eeeehaw! Things get ugly in Texas In […]

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Texas is the Beacon We Need to Follow

Big Red Car — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:49:15 +0000

Big Red Car here. Here being the Great State of Texas and everything is better and bigger in Texas. Ya’ll know that, right? Well, there is objective proof for you to chew on and let me share it with you. Surplus Texas is running a surplus. That’s right — Texas takes in more money than […]

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Why things are better in Texas?

Big Red Car — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:43:59 +0000

Big Red Car here. Just getting ready to go to bed — well, hunker down in the driveway for a Big Red Car. But it’s a nice cool night in the ATX. I like to surf the web before I retire and I saw this article here. Why are things better in Texas? Because Texas […]

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Austin — by God — Texas, the ATX

Big Red Car — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:32:28 +0000

Big Red Car here. Chilly today, brrrrr! But a very hot article today in Venture Beat about Austin — by God — Texas where me and The Boss reside. Well, the secret is out. And, the secret is Austin, Texas! Look at the Venture Beat article here — “Why Austin is tech’s new destination of […]

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Green Mesquite Texas Barbecue

Big Red Car — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 02:23:45 +0000

Big Red Car here. The Boss missed breakfast — which is really not like him — and had a very late lunch. Feeling a bit sorry for himself, I suspect, he treated himself to a bit of his favorite Q — Texas Barbecue, that is. It was about 3:30 PM and his favorite place, Green […]

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