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Mayors Continue Opposition to Voter Approval of Taxes

A letter addressed to Texas House Committee on Ways and Means’ Chairman Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock) from a group of city mayors outlines the staunch and uncompromising nature of local officials’ opposition to lowering the rollback rate to 2.5 percent. Local...

North Texas Water Wars

Former Trinity River Water District Board member Mary Kelleher and real estate attorney Gary Moates are running to unseat the establishment at the highly controversial Trinity River Water District Board. The TRWD has long been associated with secrecy and burning...

Commentary: Candidates Shouldn’t Ignore Their Voters

If there is one thing that irks me more than a candidate telling you what you want to hear, it’s a candidate that ignores simple questions. Here in District 3 of Fort Worth, we have a candidate taking on our incumbent city councilman, Brian Byrd. His name is Tanner...

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Commentary: An Open Letter to Chairman Burrows

Dear Chairman Burrows, I was in attendance at the Ways and Means Committee meeting on Wednesday at the Reagan Building. My four colleagues and I left Ft. Worth at 4:30 a.m., arrived at the Capitol at about 8:30 and registered to testify in support of HB 2. We had been...

North Texas Educrat Defends Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying

A North Texas educrat went to Austin last week to defend school districts using taxpayer money to hire lobbyists—even though those lobbyists often work against taxpayers’ interests. Trustee Becky St. John, who sits on the board of Grapevine-Colleyville Independent...

Déjà Vu: Ex-Dallas Council Member Admits Taking Bribes

In yet another Dallas City Council public corruption scandal, former council member Carolyn Davis pleaded guilty to taking over $40,000 in bribes from the developer of a low-income housing project, federal authorities announced Friday. Davis, a Democrat who...

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Jerry Evans: Holding Matagorda’s Feet to the Fire

When Bay City City Council gets out of line, residents can always be sure someone will be there to call them out—and more often than not, that someone is Jerry Evans. Though born in San Antonio, Jerry has lived in Bay City since 1968, graduating from high school there...