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Sabine County Tax Trends: Rising Appraisals Drive Increased Revenues
Even if tax rates are kept in check, rising appraisals can eat up any savings citizens would otherwise see.
Houston Teen Killed by Train, Union Pacific Stops Trains Near Milby High During School Hours
The City of Houston is looking into building a skybridge over the tracks for student use.
Are Houston Police Department Staffing Shortages an Underpayment Issue?
Other major cities in Texas offer nearly $10,000 or more for starting salaries.
Illegal Aliens Say Open Borders Rumor on International Migrants Day Is Pushed By Media in Mexico
The foreign nationals also said the reported “day” actually spans from December 18th to the 24th.
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Todd Smith’s Electoral Limbo
State Representative Todd Smith appears to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. After deciding not to run for the Texas Senate against one or more conservative colleagues, Smith’s re-election outlook for his current position in the Texas House doesn’t look so...
Campus carry ban is immoral, creates victims
KFYO radio reported the following last week: “Oklahoma police now have a confession from a man that he had sexually assaulted more than a dozen women from four different states. One was a student at Texas Tech. Robert Bruce told police last month that he raped women...
iWaste in Fort Bend ISD
The Fort Bend ISD School Board recently announced plans spend an appalling $18 million to give 2nd through 8th graders iPads in lieu of traditional textbooks. Do they expect taxpayers to ignore their role as lead plaintiff in one of the school finance lawsuits?...
Bring out your dead….voters, that is
Today, the Pew Center released a new report stating that nationwide, approximately 1.8 million dead people are registered to vote. In addition, 24 million registrations are said to be invalid or inaccurate. This is the tip of the iceberg with regards to the problems...
Brownsville: More municipal waste, WOW!
Well here is another in a long line of examples of feel-good, waste of taxpayer money by a municipal Visitor and Convention Bureau: Brownsville now wants to make you say "WOW!" The Brownsville Herald reports that Mariano Ayala, the CEO of the Brownsville CVB “wants...
Yes We Can… Indoctrinate Your Kids!
Did you know that Barack Obama thinks outside the box? That his favorite team is the White Sox? That his famous slogan is “Yes We Can?” That he’s “the man?” That’s what kindergarteners at an elementary school in Houston now know after being forced to learn a song...
Cities should take a cue from Congress
Every so often, you hear good things come out of the Washington beltway, the kind of idea you wish would trickle down to the local level. Such was the case this week when the House Ways and Means Committee in Congress voted 20-17 to end the federal gas tax diversion...
Abbott Keeps Trust With Voters
With representational boundaries and primary election dates still in limbo, Attorney General Greg Abbott today put forward legislative and congressional maps in an attempt to address the issues raised by the courts in the ongoing redistricting lawsuit. The president...
A priority problem in public education from Austin to local boards
We keep hearing how broke school districts are and now, we hear that there isn’t even enough money to implement new testing effectively. I bet many of you don’t remember that STARR tests are the embodiment of the end-of-course exams various members of the school lobby...