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Texas Official Expects Gambling Issue to Return

GALVESTON, Texas – As reported by the Galveston County Daily News: "State Rep. Craig Eiland predicts that casino gambling might return to the table if the Legislature finds itself in a second special session seeking to resolve issues related to school funding.

"'We'll just have to wait and see,' he told those gathered Thursday morning for a legislative breakfast sponsored by the Galveston Chamber of Commerce.

"Eiland, a Galveston Democrat, had been scheduled to share the platform with state Sen. Kyle Janek, a Houston Republican, but Janek got tied up in Austin where the Senate was working to push through its own school finance plan.

"The fight at the moment, Eiland said, is among Republicans as leaders in the two houses wrestle with ways to fund public education while providing broad property tax relief.

"The House Ways and Means Committee last week approved a measure that would reduce the cap on school property tax rates by 25 percent over the next two years. That revenue would be replaced by expanding the corporate franchise tax to more businesses and by boosting the state sales tax by a penny to 7.25 cents on the dollar…"

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