On November 5, localities across the state will ask voters to approve a combined $6.7 billion in new debt (via bonds), hoping to take advantage of a uniformed electorate and single-digit turnout.
Ross Kecseg
What Plano ISD Doesn’t Want You To Know
In the last three years, the average salary of administrators has increased $4,300 while teacher’s pay has decreased $900.
Taxpayer Abuse for…Personal Use?
Government employees already have the luxury of all but guaranteed job security, excellent benefits and defined pensions; they don’t need frivolous spending perks.
Mob Tactics Suppress Speech in Fort Worth
Perhaps Mr. Dansby is worried that tough questions will raise a swell of public opposition … after reviewing the details, his fears are justified. His use of Al Capone-style tactics, however, are not.
Proposition 6: Drowning Us In Debt?
Before reaching for the state’s emergency fund, basic services should have been funded first.
Tarrant Regional Water District Sued Over Election Shell Game
You wouldn’t think that a Water Board could cause so many problems for Texans. Perhaps that's precisely why, much like rebellious toddlers, some public officials at TRWD insist on overstepping the legal boundaries designed to hold them accountable. We’ve already...
Comptroller Delivers Despite Legislative Failure
We recently criticized the state for creating a hopelessly complex information maze that keeps unsuspecting Texans in the dark, and enables local officials to further fuel their borrowing addiction. The State Comptroller’s office, headed by transparency champion Susan...
Water Board Shrouded in Secrecy
We are unsure as to the number of meetings conducted in private. Officials thought that such a district was unlikely to draw much scrutiny from the public. They were wrong.
Taxpayers Bamboozled Over Bonds
The issuance of debt by government officials is a passive form of taxation, because debt issued today will require taxes on future income. And because borrowing requires the payment of interest, the cost to taxpayers is typically twice the amount borrowed and spent....
FWISD: Doubling Down on Costly Debt Addiction
Interest expense is a huge cost that won’t be included on the ballot, nor in town halls conducted by district staff that will be living off taxpayer provided pensions by the time voters realize what hit them.