A Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance is on the ballot for Amarillo voters this November.
A Sanctuary City for the Unborn ordinance is on the ballot for Amarillo voters this November.
Local property taxpayers already owe more than $638 million in bond debt.
Liberty Hill, Manor, Marble Falls, and San Marcos all have a VATRE proposition on the ballot to increase school district funding.
According to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, Democrat candidate Patrick Moses has not been awarded a state peace officer’s license.
Proposition A would designate Amarillo as a Sanctuary City for the Unborn.
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According to opponents, the city’s official ballot “deliberately omits wording that indicates term extensions.”
The decision stated that the council’s ballot language would “confuse and mislead voters” because it does not acknowledge that the propositions contradict citizen-led ones.
The amicus brief states the proposed amendments presented to Dallas voters run afoul of Texas Supreme Court precedent.
A judge called the city council’s failure to provide proper notice regarding consideration of the charter amendments a “blatant violation” of the Texas Open Meetings Act.
School board trustees will vote August 19 to place the bonds and tax increase on the November ballot.