Senator feels alone in his fight to fund parks | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

The sporting goods tax generates more than $100 million a year, but only $20 million went to parks this year. Hilderbran has fought to lift the $32 million cap on the sporting goods tax revenue that can go to parks with [...]

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MySA.com: Metro | State
AUSTIN — A widely acclaimed report last year recommending that Texas lawmakers use all sporting goods tax revenue to shore up the state’s deteriorating park system has hit a wall.
Parks supporters call the tax, which generates more than $100 million a year, the only reliable funding method for repairing parks, keeping them [...]

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Just in case you’re wondering why the legislature is actually going to fund the parks.Star-Telegram.com | 05/03/2007 | Park-funds bill gets initial OK
 

One other bit of controversy Wednesday centered on an amendment by Chisum that some say would give an unfair funding advantage to local parks in the home districts of various well-connected House members.
Under [...]

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We’re a new blog and thus by definition, new to this ongoing issue of funding state parks. The B and B blog is a good place to start for a general overview of the issue. And while I’m not trying to reinvent the wheel with regard to this issue, I am still stunned that [...]

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This one left me with my jaw hanging open and rereading the paragraph to see if I got it right.
MySA.com: Metro | State
But spending all of the sporting goods tax on parks represents “a substantial amount of money,” the governor told reporters.
“And my question is, if we drop $100 million on Parks and Wildlife and [...]

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