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Odessa City Races Draw Candidates
As Monday’s filing deadline for the November election came to a close, it appears a significant shift in the makeup of Odessa City Council is looming. For the three, possibly four, city council seats up for election this fall, eight candidates have filed to run — and...
Middleton Fights Against Windstorm Insurance Rate Hike
A Republican candidate for the Texas House is speaking out against a proposed rate increase by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association. In a letter to TWIA Commissioner Kent Sullivan, candidate Mayes Middleton urged him not to approve a proposed 10% rate hike in the...
In Rare Move, City Council Holds Mayor Accountable
A local council gave the city’s mayor numerous chances to improve job performance and attendance. He repeatedly failed, so they cut his salary. Bay City council members voted unanimously to cut the salary of Mayor Mark Bricker after putting him on notice a few months...
Teach A Man to Fish: Millions Drop Off Welfare Benefit
According to the most recent data from 2017, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as food stamps, reported the lowest number of participants since 2010. As of August 3, 39.3 million Americans were collecting SNAP benefits, down...
Austin’s Campaign Finance Restriction Could Reach Supreme Court
A lawsuit against the City of Austin over campaign finance rules could make it to the US Supreme Court. Don Zimmerman, a former Austin city councilman, filed the lawsuit in 2015, seeking to end the city’s onerous campaign finance restrictions which set a blackout...
A Handful of Midland Races Draw Candidates
The candidate filing period for November’s election came to a close Monday with about half of Midland city council and school board seats left unopposed. Of the four city council seats up for election in November – two at-large seats, district one, and district two –...
Harris County Verifying Thousands of Voter Registration Addresses
Responding to research provided by local citizens, Harris County election officials are starting to verify thousands of questionable voter registration records that list non-residential locations as voting addresses. Alan Vera, Chairman of the Harris County Republican...
Lupe Loses Gun
UPDATE: Dallas County Sheriff's Department has released a statement claiming that the gun has been found. According to the press release, Valdez had submitted the gun in January but the gun was not entered into inventory at that time. After a second audit it was found...
Spano: Ft. Worth is deceiving taxpayers
The City of Fort Worth is trying a cunning strategy to deceive its residents. It involves telling the citizens the proposed tax rate is much lower than what the city can, and more than likely, will adopt. We should expect our local governments to be upfront and honest...