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State Chapters => Texas => Topic started by: Elderberry on April 25, 2019, 02:03:30 am
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Fox4News 4/24/2019
The Texas House passed a resolution Tuesday that would allow Texans to choose between keeping standard time or observing daylight saving time year-round.
House Joint Resolution 117 will now head to the Senate after passing by a vote of 133-9.
More: http://www.fox4news.com/news/texas/tx-house-passes-resolution-for-statewide-vote-between-standard-time-daylight-saving-year-round (http://www.fox4news.com/news/texas/tx-house-passes-resolution-for-statewide-vote-between-standard-time-daylight-saving-year-round)
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This will be blocked by a federal judge in HI if they ditch DST.
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This will be blocked by a federal judge in HI if they ditch DST.
It's unconstitutional!
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Pass it!
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This will be blocked by a federal judge in HI if they ditch DST.
Already done in Arizona & Hawaii.
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It's hot enough in the summer, we don't need to wait until 9 PM for the sun to set.
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It's hot enough in the summer, we don't need to wait until 9 PM for the sun to set.
I want DST year round. I HATE getting home in the dark and trying to get stuff done.
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Vote for Island Time.
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Set the clocks somewhere and leave them the hell alone! I'll adjust!
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As the story goes, an old Indian Chief once said, "Only a white man thinks he can make a blanket longer by cutting off material from the bottom and sewing it to the top."
It's hot enough in the summer, we don't need to wait until 9 PM for the sun to set.
Same for AZ. As it is, it's >100 degrees at 10 PM most summer days.
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I want DST year round. I HATE getting home in the dark and trying to get stuff done.
AMEN Brother! Especially in the winter time. The sun goes down around 5 pm which leaves little to no time to do anything outside with the sun shining.
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As the story goes, an old Indian Chief once said, "Only a white man thinks he can make a blanket longer by cutting off material from the bottom and sewing it to the top."
Same for AZ. As it is, it's >100 degrees at 10 PM most summer days.
More evidence of Man Made global warming. It was never this hot in AZ before. We need a green deal not DLST!
/sarc
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More evidence of Man Made global warming. It was never this hot in AZ before. We need a green deal not DLST!
/sarc
@The Ghost
I want to mount some rockets to the Earth to correct the tip that causes seasons. If I can't have them, nobody can. Only a little /sarc.
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I want DST year round. I HATE getting home in the dark and trying to get stuff done.
I agree, 1/2 of every year I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark.
(I'm generally known to be in the dark, anyway.....)
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I agree, 1/2 of every year I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark.
(I'm generally known to be in the dark, anyway.....)
Just as long as you are out standing in a field you will be just fine.
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Just as long as you are out standing in a field you will be just fine.
Be alert
We need more lerts.