For almost two decades, Republicans have controlled all statewide offices and both chambers of the Texas Legislature. Despite this reality and campaign promises to the contrary, legislative priorities of the Republican Party of Texas have repeatedly been ignored....
Tarrant County property taxpayers will be asked on May 5 to loan $250 million to Fort Worth’s controversial land redevelopment project. But that’s not what voters will be told at the ballot box. Instead, the ballot language says the $250 million loan will be used for...
Dallas city officials are furious that a wealthy Texas landowner has stopped them from abusing eminent domain to force a pipeline directly through his ranch. Shockingly, officials say they’re “infuriated” because they weren’t able to run over landowner Monty Bennett...
After voters in conservative Collin County approved a $600 million bond package for Collin College earlier this month, trustees quickly started spending taxpayer money on their campus expansion plans. This week, trustees also confirmed they’ll be using a controversial...
By nearly a 2-1 margin, record voter turnout in May’s local election has retired three incumbents on the Colleyville City Council. Challengers endorsed by Texans for Fiscal Responsibility—Tammy Nakamura, Bobby Lindamood, and Richard Newton—ran an issue-focused...
Liberal Democrats are working hard to protect long-time, Republican incumbents on the Colleyville City Council through the formation of the “Protect Colleyville PAC.” Unsurprisingly, the group has employed alarmist rhetoric aimed at distracting voters’ attention away...
After the Dallas City Council stripped a property owner of the right to operate his long-standing automotive business from his commercial property, the Dallas Morning News published several articles defending the decision. They claim—as do city officials—that it’s...
On Wednesday, the Dallas City Council voted 8-5 to steal a Dallas business owner’s property in favor of new developers—without paying for it—by rezoning him out of business. Voting against Hinga Mbogo were councilmembers Adam Medrano, Adam McGough, Carolyn King...
A small business owner, Hinga Mbogo, is the latest victim of government abuse, as the City of Dallas plans to kick him off his property without paying for it. Although most Texans are familiar with eminent domain, few know that citizens remain vulnerable to being...
In 2014, citizens in HD 2 found themselves facing implementation of a massive toll-road project known as the Blacklands Tollway that would have run from Greenville to Garland, just east of Dallas. The project would have allowed the Texas Turnpike Corporation, a...
There’s a battle brewing in Houston’s Fifth Ward between the Houston Housing Authority (HHA) and two local churches, yet another instance of Mayor Annise Parker’s administration abusing religious members of the community. The churches, Christian Fellowship Missionary...
Two long-time incumbents at the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) are facing stiff competition from challengers Craig Bickley and Michele Von Luckner. Both are committed to buck the local political establishment by subjecting the agency to greater scrutiny,...
Homeowners in Colleyville facing the threat of alleged eminent domain abuse are fighting back against politicians they say aren’t listening. In an attempt to stop a divided council from moving forward with controversial roadway redevelopment along Glade Road, a local...
Late this past December, Bexar County and the City of San Antonio applied for an incidental take permit under the proposed South Edwards Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan. The plan, to be administered by both Bexar County and the City of San Antonio, would expand the...
Texans might assume that regional water districts are busy producing raw water and protecting residents from preventable flooding. But the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) will spend over 70 percent of their general fund revenue elsewhere; on “economic...
On Friday, State Rep. Tim Kleinschmidt (R–Lexington) announced his intention to again vote for Rep. Joe Straus as House Speaker this upcoming session, reiterating the tired and debunked rhetoric that the House had a truly conservative session under his watch in 2011....
