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New Braunfels Parents Protest ‘Filthy’ Books in Public Library
A local librarian included at least 25 explicit books in a recommended reading list for the entire state of Texas.
Fort Worth Charter School Requires Choir Participation According to Children’s Biological Sex
The Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts board voted to require birth certificates for choir participation as LGBT activists pushed to allow gender-confused girls into the boys choir.
Corsicana Rejects Navarro County Appraisal District Budget
City Councilmember Chris Woolsey invites other taxing entities to hold the appraisal district accountable for poor performance.
Anti-sex Offender Registry Association Meets in Houston
The group sympathizes with sex offenders and calls pedophiles “minor-attracted persons.”
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State Rep. Hill’s Retirement Good For Taxpayers
The Dallas Morning News is reporting that Fred Hill (R-Richardson) isn't seeking re-election. This is welcome news for Texas taxpayers, according to the president of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility. Michael Quinn Sullivan said today that Fred Hill was the chief...
Fred Hill Won’t Seek Re-election, Regrets Not Raising Taxes
The Dallas Morning News blog is reporting that Rep. Fred Hill (R-Richardson) will not seek re-election. Hill now tells the Morning News that his one regret is "not passing legislation letting North Texas have local elections on expanding rail service."...
Travis County Commissioners To Break Pledge, Increase Spending
It must be something in the water that's causing elected officials in Austin to not follow up on promises when it comes to taxpayer protection and relief. The legislature promised to kill the TIF tax, and it took four years to do it, and even then they're taking the...
Readin’, ‘Rightin’, an’ Riot Shields
Remember when teachers worried about chewing gum under the desk? The question was "pocket knife" or "putty knife" in removing the problem. How quaint. Apparently the little darlings in the Dallas Independent School District are so poorly behaved the school district is...
A Taxpayer’s Rock Star
People respond to leadership, especially when it is leadership driven by principles. It's always good to see people recognize a good thing when they've got it. And in Tarrant County, they know they've got a good legislator, who leads by principle. Early this evening I...
Irving and Corpus Christi Expand Scope of Education Spending
Irving ISD taxpayers are going to be voted on a $250 million bond in November that includes replacing laptop computers for every high school student. This is an example of mission creep - in years past parents were in charge of buying supplies for their students. In...
A Strike Against Taxpayer Waste at the Ballpark in Houston
KTRK News in Houston reports that the Harris County Sports Authority has been dining at the taxpayer trough at a 36-person suite at Minute Maid Park, the home of the Houston Astros. Sports authority board members and their guests racked up $20,000 in food costs,...
El Paso Taxpayers: Pay Up
Same song, different verse. Like taxpayers around the state, the people of El Paso are getting hit hard by their city council with an 8.4 percent increase in property taxes. The reason? “We don't have enough police officers,†according to the El Paso Times....
Next We’ll Be Told Liberals Grow Government
The next time someone points to England as an example of anything other than a good place to get fish-and-chips, casually mention a study funded by their taxpayers. Girls, researchers there breathlessly announced this week, prefer pink. Sadly we don't have much to...