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Why You Should Dispute Your Property Tax Assessment (And How to Do It)
It is interesting how some of us will drive blocks out of our way to save a few cents a gallon on gasoline, yet when we get a major expense like our property taxes many will simply say, “It is what it is.” Part of the problem is that many of us don't fully understand...
The Torch of Liberty Lives On
The liberty movement in Texas sustained difficult losses on Election Night. Senators Konni Burton and Don Huffines and Rep. Matt Rinaldi were tireless warriors for a limited government that allows the people to prosper, fighting crony corporatist and government...
Purge the Voter Rolls!
In August of 2018 a grassroots coalition headed up by Direct Action Texas, Grassroots America, and We the People released shocking information about Texas’ voter rolls. Out of the 14.1 million registered voters in Texas, 280,000 noncitizens (holding Green Cards) are...
Urban Areas Are Not Lost Causes
There are hundreds, soon to be thousands, of takes on why down-ballot Republicans in urban areas around the country performed so poorly during Tuesday’s midterm elections. People will blame: President Trump, the partisan divide of D.C., the long coattails of popular...
Legacy Media Attacks and the Grassroots
"You're being attacked, congratulations!" That is the sentiment I send to all grassroots conservatives who fought the good fight this election season. And it should be our heartfelt response any time we see Americans under assault by the establishment media for...
Texas Women: Defenders of Liberty and Economic Freedom
Texas Republican women run much of the state’s political system, from the Legislature to party politics. Women are successful in the conservative movement because they immediately recognize the effects poor fiscal policy has on families across the state. Not only do...
Why I Will Vote for Senator Ted Cruz
The U.S. Senate is the most important legislative body in the world. The “upper chamber” confirms judges and major presidential appointments, ratifies treaties, adjudicates impeachment and can kill any bill that it doesn’t want the president to sign. Republicans...
Rogue Republicans of Montgomery County
The 2018 Republican primary showed the growing divide between the establishment political system and the conservative reform movement throughout the state.In Montgomery County, the contrast between candidates could not have been clearer than in the county...
Why I’m Voting “NO” on Frisco ISD’s Bond and TRE
I believe we should support measures to improve our schools in a fiscally responsible manner. But to do so, our school boards must be transparent and honest with taxpayers about the district’s needs, wants, and nice-to-haves. Frisco Independent School District’s $691...