Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. Over the last two weeks U.S. Representative Bill Flores (R-Texas) hosted two multimedia town hall events to discuss the work being done in Washington particularly tax reform.
As with our previous events this round of town hall meetings was very successful in reaching thousands of constituents to discuss tax reform get valuable feedback and answer questions. I was pleased with the high level of participation we had during each event. Given the success and interest in this format I look forward to hosting more multimedia town halls in the future Congressman Flores said.
During the events Congressman Flores was able to reach nearly 11000 constituents. Combined the two events had over 4500 direct participants on the telephone and the video feeds of the events on Facebook and the Congressmans website had over 6000 views. Video broadcasts of the events can be found at
facebook.com/RepBillFlores.
During each event Congressman Flores posed four questions to the audiences to poll their answers on various topics. The questions and combined results are as follows:
- With regard to tax reform what is the most important issue for you?
- Lowering tax rates 44
- Keeping the mortgage interest deduction 15
- Keeping the state and local tax deduction 13
- Doubling the standard deduction 28
- When filing your taxes do you take the standard deduction or do you itemize?
- Standard deduction 45
- Itemize 55
- What is the most important thing you want to see Congress get done over the next six months?
- Health Care 19
- Tax Reform 18
- National Security 12
- Restoring Constitutional Authority 11
- Economic Opportunity 3
- Reducing Poverty 11
- Immigration 15
- Infrastructure 11
- When it comes to holding town hall events do you prefer multimedia town halls or physical town halls?
- Multimedia town halls 74
- Physical town halls 26
So far in 2017 Congressman Flores has hosted seven town hall events which have reached a total of over 35000 constituents.
Background:
On November 28 Congressman Flores hosted a
multimedia town hall meeting for the Northern counties of the 17th Congressional District (Falls Freestone Leon Limestone McLennan Milam and Robertson counties).
On December 4 Congressman Flores hosted a
multimedia town hall meeting for the Southern counties of the 17th Congressional District (Bastrop Brazos Burleson Lee and Travis counties)
Background:
On November 28 Congressman Flores hosted a
multimedia town hall meeting for the Northern counties of the 17th Congressional District (Falls Freestone Leon Limestone McLennan Milam and Robertson counties).
On December 4 Congressman Flores hosted a
multimedia town hall meeting for the Southern counties of the 17th Congressional District (Bastrop Brazos Burleson Lee and Travis counties).
