What does $60 million of wasted tax dollars look like? Drive on over to Allen Eagle stadium for an up-close look. The football mega-complex in Allen ISD that makes most college athletic departments blush has been closed due to safety concerns less than two years since...
Whether the Austin City Council is banning plastic bags from businesses or attempting to monitor your food choices, they seem to think they know what’s best. This past Thursday, council members considered a resolution that would have led to the prohibition of fast...
The War on Bags has conquered Austin and Brownsville and is now moving down to the city of San Antonio. The Alamo city's freedom to use single-use plastic bags may be sacked by council members who will come forward to the public on Tuesday with their proposal. Cris...
Dallas City Council members are still debating on an ordinance that will fix what they call a "dire litter problem" that plastic grocery bags are apparently making in their city. By the end of the calendar year, the Council may finally need to decide if Dallas will...
Houston ISD did it again. Taxpayers in the state’s largest school district can look forward to another tax increase, just on the heels of a separate tax hike set to phase in by 2017. In 2012 voters approved a Houston ISD Board of Trustees recommendation of a...
There may not be very many high-profile races to vote on this coming November election, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t important decisions for taxpayers to decide at the ballot box. In addition to the proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution (you can view our...
Tomorrow the Austin City Council will take it upon itself to decide if $355,000 of your tax dollars should be spent on an art project for a new cell phone waiting lot at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (ABIA). It seems ABIA already has a perfectly functional...
Harris County now wants to add yet another layer of money-grabbing bureaucracy … ‘for the children!’
Corpus Christi is going to hop on the “ban-wagon” and consider implementing a plastic-bag ban.
All who pay taxes in Ector County ISD are now helping fund luxury living for at least 75 teachers.