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The Education Debt Industrial Complex

Spring means it’s bond season in Texas. May brings warmer weather and the opportunity to further indenture our posterity with wasteful school debt. For advocates of responsible financial stewardship by school districts, it is frustrating to see measures increasing...

Educrat “Rolling Polling” Scam Exposed

The Dallas Morning News’ recent article cited the “overwhelming” voter approval of historically large bond packages, including those in Arlington, Frisco and Cypress-Fairbanks schools districts.  Those three amounted to $2.6 billion in new debt, excluding interest...

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When Surrender is Not ‘Selfless’

Yesterday, at a University of Texas Regents meeting, Regent Alex Cranberg compared legislative and media efforts to remove Regent Wallace Hall to a “lynch mob.” This is a completely accurate portrayal of the campaign to destroy Hall’s good name. Despite the claims of...

Billions in New Debt, Over 90% of Voters Silent

Historically, turnout in Texas’ political primaries has languished in the single-digits.  The 2014 cycle was no different, even with hotly contested Republican primary races. Less than eight percent of registered voters weighed in across our state’s largest counties....

All Aboard the Debt Train

Big government liberals from both parties in D.C. appear indifferent to the federal government’s massive growth. According to government data, each taxpayer now owes the feds over $151,000 for past goodies it didn’t have the money for. The average taxpayer also owes...

Liberals Target Crowley ISD

We’ve cited the efforts by Battleground Texas to “turn Texas blue” by contesting every election possible, from your local city council to the White House.   And although many liberal candidates are not explicitly receiving BGTX support, Democrats across the Metroplex...

Gears: The Crony That Won’t Quit

The Dallas Morning News released a soft-ball piece on Irving’s Mayoral race between the incumbent, Beth Van Duyne, and her opponent, former Mayor and City Councilman, Herb Gears.  It focused on the lack of bitterness between campaigns this cycle, in stark contrast to...

Conservative Groups Decry Legislative Intimidation

Eight Leaders Come Together to Defend Constitutional Rights AUSTIN, Texas – This morning, leaders from eight grassroots organizations spanning social and fiscal issues came together to address the unconstitutional actions being considered in the House Committee on...