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Lubbock Taxpayers to Roll Out Red Carpet for Visitors

The Lubbock City Council has just approved an engineering contract for a new $6.7 million visitors center in the city's "Depot District." Opponents had urged that the monies be used for streets, parks, or civic center renovations. Supporters claimed visitors to...

Enough (Tax) Money to Burn a Wet Mule

Rarely is a verbal response to a budget surplus seen that tickles my fancy, so when it happens, there are little tingles in my arm hair. "Cut our taxes and give it back. Don't just waste it on junk. Just like when they need more money they raise taxes, when they have...

Buying Endorsements

In the world of marketing, its not unusual to pay celebrities to endorse your product. Does anyone think Tiger Woods is advertising those razors for free? Apparently marketing-exec-turn-state-rep-candidate Angie Chen Button decided to try it in her election bid. So...

Too Smart for Tyroch

Last Sunday a group of friends and I from Young Conservatives of Texas went up to Belton to walk precincts and meet voters for Ralph Sheffield's campaign. Ralph is a great guy. He's the owner of a mexian food restaurant called Las Casas in Temple (Go and try the...

Wasting Taxpayer Dollars on Luxury Suites, Thousands on Meals

Martha Tyroch, a candidate for State Representative in HD55, has a disturbing pattern of charging taxpayers for luxury accomodations and lavish dinners. In 2005, Tyroch booked a suite at the exclusive Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C. for a cost of over $450 per...

Laubenberg endorses Dunning

Taxpayer hero Jodie Laubenberg has come out strongly supporting Randy Dunning in the run-off race for House District 112 in Richardson and Garland. Why is she supporting Dunning? Find out here!

Survey Reveals Texas Cities Waste Money

Hot air has arrived before summer, as the City of Austin has paid $20,000 in public funds for a survey of the public on global warming, which asks questions such as "whether you will be affected by climate change." It also asks respondents to say what the difference...

Water To Nowhere

It is possible for a city to spend half-a-billion dollars over 25 years for an as-yet unbuilt facility. Just ask the Austin City Council, which seems intent on doing just that. In the mid-1980s, the city planned to spend $165 million to build a water treatment plant....

More Self

Yesterday I had the privilidge of speaking in Collin County at an event hosted by the chambers of commerce. The real treat, though, was getting to hear County Judge Keith Self address economic policy and fiscal reform. We'll have more on him in the coming days, but...