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Identifier: e_cle_001423
Title: News release from office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding special legislative session considering budget, June 18, 1987
Description: News release from office of Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding special legislative session considering budget, June 18, 1987. Clements budget session calls for a ban on personal and corporate state taxes.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Texas. Office of the Governor
Contributor: Bashur, Reggie, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Legislature, Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Budget
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Budget Battle of 1987

Identifier: e_cle_013892
Title: Memo from Rich Thomas to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding November 3rd ballot impact on maquiladoras, October 5, 1987
Description: Memo from Rich Thomas to Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding November 3rd ballot impact on maquiladoras, October 5, 1987, describing how approval of the measure will exempt industries from local ad valorem taxes.
Page Count: 1
Creator: Thomas, Rich
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Ad valorem tax, Election, International trade
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Budget Battle of 1987

Identifier: e_cle_001424
Title: Essay by Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding Texas' budget, April 13, 1987
Description: Essay by Governor William P. Clements, Jr., regarding Texas' budget, April 13, 1987. Newspaper op-ed piece describes his plan to veto any budget increase over two percent.
Page Count: 6
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Texas. Legislature
Subject Topic: Budget
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Budget Battle of 1987

Identifier: e_cle_009585
Title: Correspondence between William P. Clements and Winnon O. Arivett regarding a Texas tax increase, August 10, 1987 and December 2, 1987
Description: Correspondence between William P. Clements and Winnon O. Arivett wherein the correspondent registers his disappointment with the tax increases in the Texas Legislature during the 1987 Budget Battle.
Page Count: 2
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Budget, Income tax, Constituent communication
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Budget Battle of 1987

Identifier: e_cle_001188
Title: Newspaper clipping headlined "Clements says he's eager to 'get on with it,'" November 7, 1986
Description: Newspaper clipping from the Houston Chronicle headlined "Clements says he's eager to 'get on with it,'" November 7, 1986 by Anne Marie Kilday. Governor-elect Clements' is eager to get to work. He discusses his plans for working with the Legislature, improving the economy, appointing qualified individuals and rewarding republican supporters, criminal justice reform and higher education. Clements declined to comment on the state's budget problem.
Page Count: 1
Contributor: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Topic: Governors--Election, Economic stabilization, Criminal Justice, Administration of, Budget
Time Period: "White Interregnum, 1983-1986"
Themebook Term(s): Mark White, The Texas Economy, SEDCO, Criminal Justice Reform, Budget Battle of 1987, Republican Party of Texas

Identifier: e_cle_00142
Title: Group of documents regarding Governor's Education Budget and Save Our Schools, May 1987-August 1987
Description: Group of documents regarding Governor William P. Clements, Jr.'s, Education Budget and Save Our Schools, May 1987-August 1987. Includes letters from Clements and Hilary Doran refuting information dispersed by Save Our Schools, the organization headed by School Finance Symposium chair Will D. Davis. Save Our Schools materials include fact sheets, promotional materials, petitions, and sample resolutions used to lobby against cuts in public education funding.
Page Count: 17
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011, Doran, Hilary, Jr.
Subject Topic: Education, Public schools, Teachers, Local budgets
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Budget Battle of 1987

Identifier: e_cle_001422
Title: Promotional letter from William P. Clements, Jr., regarding Texas' tax increase, September 2, 1987
Description: Promotional letter from Governor William P. Clements, Jr., to supporters regarding tax increase, September 2, 1987. Clements describes actions of Texas Legislature and Lieutenant Governor Bill Hobby in shaping Texas' budget.
Page Count: 3
Creator: Clements, William P., 1917-2011
Subject Name: Hobby, Bill, 1932-, Texas. Legislature
Subject Topic: Budget, Education
Time Period: "Texas Governor Term 2, 1987-1991"
Themebook Term(s): Budget Battle of 1987