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  "title": "Jose Navarro Balbuena - Campaign Journal & Dispatches",
  "home_page_url": "https://tx22.net/journal.html",
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  "description": "Official campaign dispatches, policy announcements, and strategy runbooks from Jose Navarro Balbuena.",
  "author": {
    "name": "Jose Navarro Balbuena",
    "url": "https://josenavarrobalbuena.com"
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    {
      "id": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#solopreneur-micro-enterprise-policy",
      "url": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#solopreneur-micro-enterprise-policy",
      "title": "The Solopreneur Economy: Protecting Independent Hustle, Home-Based Enterprise & Abolishing the Solo Tax Penalty",
      "summary": "A 3-tier economic blueprint for independent self-reliance across Municipal, State, and Federal government: legalizing home-based enterprise and $0 municipal registration in Katy, creating the TWC 12-month First-Hire Runway and LLC charter protection in Texas, and replacing the 15.3% Self-Employment Tax penalty with a $150 flat Schedule C fee and $100K Standard Deduction.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-05T15:30:00Z",
      "tags": ["JoseForGovernor", "KatyMayor", "Solopreneur", "SmallBusiness", "ScheduleCReform", "Tx22"]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#child-marriage-abolition-act",
      "url": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#child-marriage-abolition-act",
      "title": "Abolishing Child Marriage in Texas: Why Texas Must Mimic California and Enact an Absolute Minimum Age of 18 (HB-2032)",
      "summary": "Mimicking California's landmark statute to establish an absolute minimum age of 18 to marry in Texas with zero exceptions. Repealing judicial emancipation loopholes under Texas Family Code §§ 2.003 and 2.101, and declaring underage marriages void under Texas public policy.",
      "date_published": "2026-10-02T12:00:00Z",
      "tags": ["JoseForGovernor", "ChildProtection", "EndChildMarriage", "HB2032", "Tx22"]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#democratic-horizon-abbott-contrast",
      "url": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#democratic-horizon-abbott-contrast",
      "title": "The 2026 Democratic Horizon: Why Working-Class Solidarity Will Defeat Greg Abbott",
      "summary": "Standing in Democratic solidarity with Leader Gina Hinojosa to break Greg Abbott's 12-year corporate monopoly over the Texas Governor's Mansion. Fully funding public schools, Statewide Early College, a Patient Bill of Rights, and working-class tax relief.",
      "date_published": "2026-09-30T18:30:00Z",
      "tags": ["JoseForGovernor", "DemocraticSolidarity", "PublicSchools", "StopAbbottVouchers", "Tx22"]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#picket-fence-protection-act",
      "url": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#picket-fence-protection-act",
      "title": "The Picket Fence Protection Act: Reclaiming Single-Family Homes for Texas Families",
      "summary": "Texans will no longer rent the picket fence dream. Ban corporate purchases of 1-4 single-family homes, mandate corporate divestment, abolish HOA home foreclosures, and provide expedited permits for corporations to build new supply.",
      "date_published": "2026-09-28T12:00:00Z",
      "tags": ["JoseForGovernor", "PicketFenceAct", "HousingJustice", "EndHOAForeclosure", "Tx22"]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#early-college-blueprint",
      "url": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#early-college-blueprint",
      "title": "Statewide Early College: The Navarro Economic Blueprint",
      "summary": "Why Texas must integrate tuition-free Early College high schools to prepare the next generation, elevate working-class families, and build long-term economic independence.",
      "date_published": "2026-09-21T12:00:00Z",
      "tags": ["JoseForGovernor", "Tx22", "EarlyCollege", "KatyMayor"]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#school-lunches-policy",
      "url": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#school-lunches-policy",
      "title": "Texas Farms to School Lunches: Nutrition & Agricultural Sovereignty",
      "summary": "Connecting Texas farmers directly with our public school cafeterias to serve fresh, locally sourced, healthy meals to every Texas student while keeping dollars in our rural communities.",
      "date_published": "2026-09-20T14:30:00Z",
      "tags": ["SchoolLunches", "TexasAgriculture", "Tx22", "HealthySchools"]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tx22.net/how-to-run.html#ballot-access-lessons",
      "url": "https://tx22.net/how-to-run.html#ballot-access-lessons",
      "title": "Lessons from the 2024 Independent Congressional Signature Drive",
      "summary": "An honest breakdown of Texas ballot access hurdles, petition gathering dynamics in TX-22, and key takeaways for working-class candidates seeking public office.",
      "date_published": "2026-09-18T10:00:00Z",
      "tags": ["HowToRunForOffice", "TexasElections", "BallotAccess", "Tx22"]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#standard-deduction-common-ground",
      "url": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#standard-deduction-common-ground",
      "title": "Why We Must Focus on the Standard Deduction: Our Common Ground",
      "summary": "Advocating for a $100K Single / $150K HOH / $175K Couples standard deduction offset by a $150 Schedule C flat fee, reducing tax rates down to 1% on income under $250K before normal federal brackets resume after $250K.",
      "date_published": "2026-09-16T10:00:00Z",
      "tags": ["StandardDeduction", "TaxRelief", "WorkingClass", "JoseForGovernor"]
    },
    {
      "id": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#renters-itil-sla",
      "url": "https://tx22.net/journal.html#renters-itil-sla",
      "title": "The ITIL Framework for Renters: Holding Landlords to Service Level Agreements",
      "summary": "Applying proven software-infrastructure ITIL workflows to tenant habitability. A county ticketing registry holding landlords legally accountable for HVAC, pest, and mold repairs.",
      "date_published": "2026-09-14T11:00:00Z",
      "tags": ["RenterRights", "HousingJustice", "ITIL", "KatyMayor", "JoseForGovernor"]
    }
  ]
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