Water Collection!

In JBaylo's Blog he/she writes about water and water collection. That tells us how we can use water collection equipment to help save water and money during times of drought and any other.

A lot of this is new to me since im not familiar with many programs that the city has. Water collection equipment can be used to one save money, two save water, and three Austin can give you a rebate of 50 cents per every gallon of  unpressurized and $1.00 for every Gallon of pressururized water storage, up to 5,000 which is pretty good. this will make people make want to save money and not feel guilty for using more water. mostly in a time of drought like these. I also found it interesting that there is no sales tax on these equipment and that HOA's cannot ban such things from homes.
I really liked reading about this it makes me feel good that the city cares for its water and actually has things to help motivate people to use collectors just as they do with solar panels.Now im going to be on the look out for a good water collector that will catch water off my gutters, just as soon as we get some good amounts of rain in Texas.

Thanks!

Plans Show Wide Gap Remains on Immigration

In Julián Aguilar, post Plans Show Wide Gap Remains on Immigration. He Talks about Kay Bailey Hutchison and how the day after she retires, she co-authored legislation that would give legal status to undocumented minors that intent to serve in the armed forces or attend college. This would allow 11 milion Undocumented minors to register with the federal government, they would have their fingerprints taken, be submitted to background checks, learn English and civics. This would also require them to pay taxes and become part of the economy, legaly.
This Could not grant them citizenship. But it will allow for a visa system for immagarants before they were 14 and have committed no major crimes. If approved you Would have to meet with Homeland Security every six months and can not recive student loans or grants. this will only be a path to citizenship over time untill they can apply for citizenship. I Know many people that are just waiting for such legislation to pass to be able to live without the fear of deportaion and the privalage to attend college.