A Dallas City Council member believes the ordinance will pass.
Waste Watch
Competency and Competition
A Leander superintendent says they must compete to attract skillful administrators from both educational and corporate environments.
Lights in the Tunnel: Saturday Results
By: Owen Stroud Not every local election is necessarily a loss to the unchecked expansion of government. Last weekend featured at least two positive indicators of a turn against frivolous spending. On May 11, voters across Central Texas went to the polls for the final...
Funding Waste in Higher Ed
Instead of putting the funds towards operational costs, UT is spending $10 million of taxpayers’ money on student start-up companies.
Fraud and Futility
Once again, government incompetency has resulted in the massive waste of taxpayer dollars.
Austin Sets Date on Bike Share Boondoggle Launch
Will Austinites care about their tax dollars funding yet another boondoggle?
Friday Night Diets
Big government is now trying to regulate high school booster clubs.
Austin Surplus Spending
Council members chose to put Austinites’ money towards “affordable housing projects” and a plan to remove curfews for some of the city’s “hike and bike” trails.
The Art of Wasting Money
Giving more revenue to a nonessential program such as the Texas Commission on the Arts should not even be an option.
Salaries Jump For Austin ISD Administrators
AISD is gearing up for a bond proposal just short of a billion dollars, estimated to cost taxpayers an additional $70 a year.