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Analysis: Victoria County Residents Face Varied Outcomes in Recent Property Tax Shifts
Two outliers stick out in a county with relatively steady taxation over three years.
Mother Plans to Sue Houston ISD After Daughter’s Alleged Assault by Dance Teacher
The student claims that her dance teacher placed her in a chokehold, wrapping her arms around the girl’s throat, and took her to the ground.
Alvin Ex-Gymnastics Coach Faces Prison for Child Pornography Charges
Franklin Perkins is a former employee of two Alvin businesses, Kuk Sool Won Martial Arts and Gulf Coast Gymnastics.
Now-former Hutto ISD Official Advised How To Allow Boy in Girls’ Sports
This comes after Attorney General Ken Paxton sent demand letters to two other districts to prove they are abiding by state law protecting girls’ sports.
The Archive
Sullivan & TFR to TEC: ‘Nuts’
In response to a secret settlement offer sent from the Texas Ethics Commission, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility and Michael Quinn Sullivan gave a one-word answer: “Nuts.” TFR refuses to surrender even as another elected official seeks to use the TEC as a weapon...
Wendy Davis’ words support Greg Abbott’s charge
After officially filing for a place on the Republican Primary ballot seeking the Party’s nomination for Texas Governor, Greg Abbott is reported by the Texas Tribune to have said: “Texas is not ready to go down the pathway of this ultra-Washington, D.C.,...
Abbott Announces Fiscal Reforms
Earlier today, Texas Attorney General and Republican candidate for governor Greg Abbott announced a comprehensive set of policy reforms designed to limit the growth of government, protect taxpayers and thereby free the state's economy for all Texans. The meaty reforms...
DFW Taxpayer Alert…Debt Elections on Nov 5th
We have witnessed how the expansive reliance on government institutions has created the $17 trillion fiscal mess in Washington, which is $11 trillion higher than in 1997. Less conspicuous, however, is the massive debt burden amassed by local governments here in Texas,...
Lubbock DA chooses to not enforce state law
If the report by James Clark at everythinglubbock.com is correct about the Lubbock County District Attorney making a deal with Texas abortion providers to not prosecute them for violations of state law, the concept of prosecutorial discretion has been stretched to a...
What Plano ISD Doesn’t Want You To Know
We’ve previously covered the upcoming Tax Ratification Election (TRE) in Plano ISD, set to appear on the November 5th 2013 ballot. Voters will be asked to approve a net property tax increase of 8 cents. The district’s propaganda claims the tax hike is necessary to...
Taxpayer Abuse for…Personal Use?
A recent story, led by investigative journalist Mireya Villarreal of CBS News, recently uncovered a shocking abuse of taxpayer funds (click link for CBS story and video). City of Fort Worth employees have allegedly been using city-provided credit cards on personal...
Recommendations: Texas Constitutional Amendments
Nine amendments will be up for consideration by Texans when early voting starts on Monday. Here we offer our recommendations on each of the propositions. Also copied below is the "pro" and "con" write-up created by the Texas Legislature's House Research Organization....
Prop. 7 removes power from citizens, vote “No”
Proposition 7 on the upcoming Texas Constitutional Amendment election is being sold as something that saves home-rule cities money but, at what cost? The ballot wording is: “The constitutional amendment authorizing a home-rule municipality to provide in its charter...