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Plano City Council: Stop Raising Our Property Taxes

City of Plano property taxes are increasing at an unsustainable rate. In the last five years, according to the city’s own data, the average Plano homeowner has seen their city tax bill rise 36 percent, while inflation has increased less than 8 percent. This is a...

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Stacy McMahan: A Marine Mom Defending Liberty

When Stacy McMahan first heard that one person could make a difference, she took it to heart. What she didn’t expect was the kind of local and statewide impact she would soon come to have. McMahan is a native Texan, Marine mom, and retired paralegal who lives with her...

How Many of These Tax-Funded Films Have You Seen?

Do you pay taxes in the state of Texas? Well then congratulations, you’re a film producer! In 2005, the Texas Legislature created the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program, a scheme by which citizens’ tax dollars are doled out to film companies to subsidize...

Azle ISD’s “Penny Swap” Is a Backdoor Tax Increase

If voters approve Azle Independent School District’s proposed tax rate “Penny Swap” in the September 8 tax ratification election, the district will indeed get more money from the state — just know you are also voting for a backdoor tax increase that will raise your...

Middleton: No more politicians profiting off their position

Elected office is supposed to be about public service, not self-service--we are all fed up with politicians profiting off their position. Corruption is an egregious perversion of our constitutional republic and should be dealt with extremely harshly.  People are...

Fake News Media Attacks the Father of Texas

The City of Austin made a mockery of itself last week after a report by city bureaucrats recommended the city rename itself as part of a liberal campaign to purge the city of confederate symbols. But one nationwide publication went even further in demonstrating the...

Cedar Hill ISD Property Tax “Swap-ortunity”

Cedar Hill Independent School District’s Board of Trustees voted on June 11 to set a new property tax rate, which will require approval from voters. The board chose to hold the election on a special date in September, rather than on the uniform election date in...

Who Is to Blame for High Summer Water Bills?

Every summer homeowner across Montgomery County is stunned at the high bills they receive from their water company. Many residents are confused by skyrocketing summer costs and focus their ire on their water company, since they are the ones who sent the bill. But is...