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Big Win for Whitesboro Citizens: No Property Tax Increase
Citizens convinced Whitesboro city officials to reverse course on a big property tax increase.
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth Partner Organization Has Islamic Terrorism Ties
The Islamic Circle of North America has ties to the Pakistani terrorist group Jamaat-e-Islami.
City of Dallas’ Budget to Help Aid LGBT, Race-based Events
The new budget will give the Office of Arts and Culture $20.6 million to facilitate multiple “cultural celebrations throughout the year.”
AG Paxton Sues Austin Over Taxpayer-funded Abortion Travel
Attorney General Ken Paxton says the city’s abortion fund violates the Texas Constitution and provides no “clear public benefit.”
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Music To My Ears: Tax Reform Center Of Gubernatorial Storm
On whichever side of the Rick vs. Kay (or is it Kay vs. Rick?) divide you stand, it's Texas' taxpayers who may benefit most from the jousting. Both have strongly endorsed, indeed made centerpieces of, taxpayer protection and relief. U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has...
Prescription For Bailing Out Of The Race For Texas Governor
There are many who still believe U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison will again bailout of the race for Texas governor as she did four years ago. The question has been: How does she do so while saving face, or more importantly, while maintaining a big political ego?...
Brianna Becker, 1987-2009: We lost a star, and Heaven gained a saint
The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death. - Isaiah 57:1-2 Much...
Shapleigh: More Government To Fix Government
Texas Politics, from the Houston Chronicle, reported that ultra-lib state senator Eliot Shapleigh of El Paso has authored a paperback book in which he points out “what he sees as dire consequences facing Texans.” “Grover Norquist said in 2001 that: "My goal is to cut...
Combs Action Preserves Tomorrow, Protects Taxpayers
A true fiscal conservative protects the taxpayers even when it will raise the ire of those around them. Comptroller Susan Combs inherited a structurally-flawed college program known as the Texas Tomorrow Fund. In recent days she has taken difficult, but necessary,...
City of Austin Shifting Costs
In an effort to keep up with city improvements without growing Austin's budget city manager Marc Ott is employing a new cost sharing technique. Ott is hoping to match willing residents, non-profit groups and businesses with the city to fund tasks like putting in...
Public Distrust Of Media Well Earned?
Two points on maintaining credibility with the public. First, let's turn to Texas self-anointed conservative commentator Gary Polland of Houston. In his once widely read Conservative Review, Polland writes, in another of his columns promoting Kay Bailey Hutchison,...
Carrollton’s Responsible Budgeting
While it seems like these tough fiscal times aren't news anymore, how taxing entities deal with them should be. The Metroplex suburb of Carrollton's city council recently demonstrated fiscal responsibility by attacking revenue shortfalls through spending restraint...
Simply Unhealthy For Texans
In exchange for higher taxes and worse budget pressures, Texas could expect to continue to find high numbers of uninsured people, if President Obama gets his health care "reform." My friend Arlene Wohlgemuth, an expert in health care policy and a former state...