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Analysis: Shackelford County Property Taxes Are a Bright Spot Thanks to Moran ISD
Most of Shackelford County’s tax entities have lowered rates, easing the property tax burden for residents.
Lt. Gov. Patrick Blasts FBI Leadership for Claiming New Orleans Attack Was Not Terrorism
Despite evidence, the FBI special agent in charge said that the New Year’s Day attack was not an act of terrorism—leading Patrick to say she should be terminated.
Bastrop County GOP Passes Resolution Disapproving of State Rep. Stan Gerdes
If Gerdes does not support State Rep. David Cook for House Speaker, the county party says that they will censure him.
Lawsuit Seeks May Election for ‘Vacant’ Harris County Commissioner Seat
Candidate Richard Vega claims Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia vacated his position when he accepted a conflicting government job.
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HD83 challenger Massengale begins by dissembling
Steve Massengale is the civic cheerleader candidate for Texas House District 83. He’s challenging conservative standout, and appropriations committee member, Charles Perry in the Republican Primary. Massengale has little history being a Republican and zero history as...
Andy Cargile Visits Austin’s Lobby Club
Last week we introduced you to Neal Adams, the pay-for-play moderate puppeteer of Tarrant County. Since our story ran, left-wing blogger Bud Kennedy has rushed to Adams’ defense, calling him a “kingmaker.” Adam’s chosen one, Andy Cargile is challenging Taxpayer...
Neal Adams: Tarrant County’s Moderate Puppeteer
State Rep. Jonathan Stickland didn’t toe the grow-government line this session. He voted against a bloated budget that increased session-to-session spending 26.9% and a myriad of liberal policies. That sort of leadership earned him praise from conservatives, and a...
Lubbock Establishment Runs Tax Raiser Against Rep. Charles Perry
Is the Lubbock establishment challenging conservative Rep. Charles Perry because he won't raise taxes? This spring Perry was approached by members of the Lubbock chamber of commerce connected with "Imagine Lubbock Together." They were seeking special legislation to...
Debra Medina: Comptroller Candidate, Straus Supporter
After months of speculation that she might run for office, Debra Medina – who finished in third place in the race for the Republican nomination for Governor in 2010 – threw her hat in the ring for Comptroller. Her bid had been the subject of much speculation,...
Freedom’s Unlikely Enemy
The free society has many adversaries hell bent on discrediting it. The most pervasive examples are found in government institutions, political circles, academia and media outlets. Arguments against freedom are fundamentally based on the fallacy that a select group...
Terribly Liberal Republicans
As we have come to expect, advocates of big-spending corporate cronyism are rushing to the aid of liberal Republicans. They may have succeeded in the past, but taxpayers won’t be fooled again. A new group called “Texas Future Business Alliance” is mailing into the...
Government Feeding Frenzy
If all you watched were national news networks, you’d be led to believe that, in the absence of hundreds of federal bureaucracies planning your life, America would be reduced to anarchy. The facts suggest otherwise…Texans live under countless layers of local...
How Out of Touch is Sen. John Carona?
John Carona has been in Austin for a long time. He was first elected to office in 1990. But how out of touch with his district is Carona, really? So out of touch that he put the wrong district map up on his Facebook profile. It is going to be very hard for Senator...