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Dallas Morning News EditorialState Sen. Nathan Johnson is an independent thinker. He doesn’t parrot the party line, and he answers questions with data-driven specificity, which is why he has been a successful legislator and one that voters should return to Austin this fall.
By contrast, Johnson, an attorney, uses no straw man arguments. In our interview, he demonstrated the ability to understand and articulate positions with which he disagrees. Johnson is smart on the use of the state’s Economic Stabilization Fund, a pile of $27 billion sure to be the subject of much political wrangling next session. Johnson wants to use a portion of it to cover one-time expenses at state agencies like the Texas Juvenile Justice Department where resources are scarce and outcomes poor. Johnson noted that the IT systems in many agencies are so antiquated and siloed that staff send data by fax.
On the border, he acknowledges the federal government should be doing more, and that it’s appropriate for Texas to help. He said he would like to see what can be done if various levels of government work together, instead of at odds with one another.
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