Civic Media & ArcadeJose Navarro Balbuena • Texas Grassroots Movement
Big-money corporate PACs spend millions to control Texas politics. Our campaign belongs directly to working people. Print your own yard signs, door hangers, and palm cards to fuel an independent movement, master how a bill becomes Texas law, and level up your civic rank!
Print out your own high-resolution materials at home, at your local library, or through your favorite print shop (e.g. Staples, Office Depot, Printful, local Texas union printers). Every flyer handed out or sign placed directly expands our working-class coalition.
Before changing the law, we must understand the legislative machinery. Watch the timeless Schoolhouse Rock classic: "I'm Just a Bill", and explore how our policy proposals navigate the Texas House, Senate, and the Governor's desk.
A representative files a House Bill (HB) or Senate Bill (SB) addressing citizen priorities like property tax relief or school meals.
Assigned to a committee (e.g. Public Education, Ways & Means). Citizens testify; corporate lobbyists attempt to pigeonhole it.
The Calendars Committee schedules floor debate. Representatives offer amendments and vote on 2nd and 3rd readings.
Both chambers reconcile identical language in conference committee. Sent to the Governor to be signed into Texas law or vetoed!
A high-stakes roguelike where your main character, The Bill, must survive brutal dungeons, boss fights, and puzzle rooms to achieve the ultimate evolution: becoming a Law! Educational pop-up boxes brief you on constitutional rules as you play!
Complete daily civic actions to build recurring momentum, keep your streak alive, and climb the Texas precinct rankings.
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During the 140-day biennial Texas legislative session, over 8,000 bills are filed, yet fewer than 15% ever become statute. The legislative process is designed as an intentional obstacle course of points of order, committee vetoes, and executive checks. Below is the precise constitutional logic modeled inside our retro arcade engine.
Choose which signature executive directive or legislative act to champion through the Texas Capitol obstacle course. Selecting a proposal grants your character unique stat perks, custom HUD banners, and updates your enrolled statutory outcome upon defeating the Governor's Veto!
Ban corporate hedge funds and investment trusts from purchasing 1-4 single-family rental homes; mandate divestment; strip home repossession powers from HOAs. "Houses are for families. Corporations can build apartments, not buy away the picket fence dream."
Put adult-use recreational THC on the ballot for Texas voters to choose. Constitutionally dedicate 100% of sales tax revenues solely and explicitly to fund public education (ECHS college credits, farm lunches, $85k educator salaries & Masters certs); flat licenses reduced to $150 and automatic record expungement.
Create a statewide Verified Renter Registry to verify legitimate leases, eliminate squatter exploits, mandate strict 24-48 hour repair service level agreements (SLAs) on landlords, and fund tenant eviction defense legal services.
Issue a Gubernatorial Executive Directive integrating Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) certified training, de-escalation standards, and legal guidance into grassroots neighborhood watch teams to empower community-led safety.
Texas State Centerpiece: Expand Early College High Schools statewide so youth graduate with a tuition-free Associate Degree. Establish the Texas Educator Masters Certification with state-paid tuition and stipends; subsidize public schools not Elon Musk; work towards an $85,000 base salary floor.
Jose's centerpiece for National IRS tax code reform: Working-Class Standard Deduction ($100k Single, $150k Head of Household, $175k Married) with 1% rate up to $250k, offset by a $150 flat fee on Schedule C; plus Texas 3% homestead circuit breaker.
Statewide subsidized farm-to-market model connecting Texas family farms directly with school cafeterias for free universal hot meals, supported by the voter-approved THC school funding ballot referendum.