The Texas Senate race pitting incumbent John Cornyn against Rick Noriega has had a number of interesting chapters. Most of them emphasize the fact that Noriega is a little confused in his offered solutions. The newest proposal by Noriega concerning education reform is full of contradictory statements and vague plans -- especially in regard to education for the children of undocumented immigrants. According to an article in the Houston Chronicle, Noriega believes the state should pick up the tab for educating those children which are a result of federal border policy, yet has no idea what that cost would be. He also calls for ending unfunded mandates from Washington, presumably because of the cost to Texas taxpayers, and yet those unfunded mandates are what cause the state to be required to pick up the tab on undocumented immigrant children in the first place. Senator Cornyn on the other hand, would like to see the federal government pick up the tab for their mandate.
The real issue though, is the irresponsible way Noriega proposes sweeping changes without an estimate at least, of the cost to Texas taxpayers. You would think that a current state legislator would have a better grasp on what it takes to educate our children. How can he possibly expect to gain the trust of the voters of Texas when he seems clueless on one of the most basic issues of concern to Texans?
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