Issue-based caucuses dominated Friday’s schedule of the Texas Democratic State Convention in Dallas, where attendees gathered to address a specific topic. Issues included unions, the environment, women, fair trade and racial groups. Despite the stated agenda to...
Recently, we reported on how school administrators, education vendors, and construction companies cooperate to influence ISD bond elections in favor of education debt. However, you might not be aware of the incestuous relationships between some elected officials and...
Spring means it’s bond season in Texas. May brings warmer weather and the opportunity to further indenture our posterity with wasteful school debt. For advocates of responsible financial stewardship by school districts, it is frustrating to see measures increasing...
The Dallas Morning News’ recent article cited the “overwhelming” voter approval of historically large bond packages, including those in Arlington, Frisco and Cypress-Fairbanks schools districts. Those three amounted to $2.6 billion in new debt, excluding interest...
In a report distributed to UNT’s Board of Regents, several concerns were raised by System Chancellor, Lee Jackson. The Dallas Morning News published the following quote: “Since 2011, but in some cases possibly before that date, UNT staff presented revenue estimates...
We’ve written extensively regarding Texas’ local debt epidemic. But don’t take our word for it. Both the Texas Public Policy Foundation and the State Comptroller have been analyzing government data in an effort to educate the public regarding the wildly...
Lawrence Jones is extremely concerned with the district’s priorities.
The Right spends a lot of time calling out the Left on their cronyism—government contracts existing strictly for their own benefit, conflicts of interest, increased regulations protecting industry incumbents, etc—and rightly so. However, the exact same cronyism...
Accidental state senator and soon-to-be forgotten gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis has demonstrated she knows even less about basic economics than her abysmal senatorial record would indicate. And that's saying something. Her latest trick: destroying education and...
Houston ISD did it again. Taxpayers in the state’s largest school district can look forward to another tax increase, just on the heels of a separate tax hike set to phase in by 2017. In 2012 voters approved a Houston ISD Board of Trustees recommendation of a...