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Local GOP Sues Travis County Over Election Staffing
According to the Travis County GOP, 41 percent of locations on Election Day lack any Republican poll workers.
Texas Ranked Seventh in Tax System Efficiency
A new report has found that six other states, including Florida, have better tax system structures than Texas.
Former Teacher Faces 10 Felonies for Sexually Assaulting Student
David Rios was arrested more than two years after resigning over sexual assault allegations.
Houston Mayor Announces City-sponsored Homeless Encampment
Mayor Whitmire has promised additional details in the coming weeks.
The Archive
Part Four: Venturing Capital With Taxpayer Money
Since the Harris County Department of Education hasn’t been in charge of managing public schools for over 90 years, it’s had to find another way to spend its taxpayer funds: investing in for-profit businesses. Apparently, venture capitalism is one of the many...
Part Three: So Inefficient, It Should Be Unconstitutional
How much did you spend on food and drinks in a four-month span? The Harris County Department of Education spent about $72,000 in taxpayer funded “Restaurant/Refreshment” purchases from August to December last year, a microcosm of waste so bad that many would consider...
Tax Dollars Going Up In Smoke
Cap Metro is ready to spend federal stimulus money to expand the nanny-state governance encompassing the City of Austin. They now want to institute a smoking ban at all bus stops. The cost? $254,000. But that’s not the best part. Spending $254,000 of federal stimulus...
Part Two: The Obsolete Operations of the HCDE
The Harris County Department of Education (HCDE) represents exactly the kind of obsolete and financially inefficient government entity that has plagued our public education system for years. It’s one of only two departments of its kind left in Texas, providing only...
Who are the Occupy-bums in the parks?
In a top-notch piece in the Halloween edition of National Review, Pratt on Texas Listener Club member Kevin D. Williamson writes about the “witch hunt on Wall Street” known as Occupy Wall Street. Following a description of one of the movement’s icons, a...
Congratulations Dripping Springs!
Congratulations, Dripping springs! You stood up to the big spenders in your local school district that wanted to raise your taxes to the maximum allowed by law. By rejecting that idea by a 3-1 margin, you are an example to all the edu-crats looking to continue...
Part One: Duplicating Government in Harris County
Harris County taxpayers have been unwittingly paying for the same service from different governmental entities for years. On top of paying taxes for their local school district, they’ve been funding $16 million in taxes to the Harris County Department of Education...
Shed More Light On Local Governments
It seems there’s still a lot of work to be done to bring about greater transparency in our local governments. According to a new report by the Sunshine Review, county governments in Texas earned a failing grade for online accountability. According to Curt Olson of...
Cowboys’ Jones finds a new way to milk fans
The North Texas Tollway Authority let it be known yesterday that you can now show off your support for the Dallas Cowboys by purchasing a Dallas Cowboys commemorative toll tag. For the bargain price of $22.99, you can show the rest of DFW where your true loyalties...