AG Paxton Warns County Judges and Local Officials … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/12/2020
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Primary Runoff Early Voting to Begin a Week Sooner … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/11/2020
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Texas has billions in its rainy day fund. But … [Read more...]
More deceptive talk on property taxes coming from local officials
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It appears local government officials are … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/4/2020
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Opinion: COVID-19 and Texas’ fiscal day of … [Read more...]
Listener: Questions surrounding Lubbock’s Nursing Home COVID19 Outbreak
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Questions surrounding Lubbock's Whisperwood … [Read more...]
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Abbott gets it terribly wrong on property taxes, … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/30/2020
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Lawmakers Demand Abbott Accelerate Efforts to … [Read more...]
Understanding why mask wearing is little more than virtue signaling
April 30, 2020 by 17 Comments
My good friend, a doctor of mathematics, said to … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/29/2020
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Abbott Says Texas Already Paid Out $2B in … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/28/2020
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Letters from Legislators Promote Varying … [Read more...]
Why secret meetings on reopening and why not trust small business people?
April 24, 2020 by 2 Comments
In a commentary, Lubbock’s Scott Mann makes points … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/23/2020
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House Speaker Dennis Bonnen floats 5% budget cuts … [Read more...]
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Amid coronavirus, Texas Senate Democratic Caucus … [Read more...]
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Bonnen Places Democrat LGBTQ Caucus Chair on … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/20/2020
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Abbott Keeps Schools Closed … And Pretty Much … [Read more...]
Listener: “Next Month Massengale” addresses Lubbock’s economic task force
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Pratt, I’m particularly relieved that [Lubbock … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/16/2020
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Grassroots Leaders Pen Letter to Abbott, Demand … [Read more...]
Listener: Amazed at lack of context on virus in Lubbock
April 15, 2020 by 1 Comment
Good Afternoon, As I look at comments on the … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/14/2020
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Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Supplies, April … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/13/2020
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5th Circuit Court of Appeal Lifts Part of Order … [Read more...]
Local officials’ “abundance of caution” didn’t apply to your business or household
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Funny how quick local officials were to put … [Read more...]
Anti-Wimp: Clerk uses robber’s gun to put robber in hospital
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Lubbock police reported that a robbery suspect and … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/8/2020
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Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional AG … [Read more...]
Why are local officials just now looking at budgets? Coming shortfall was known in March.
“So what are these professional budget masters … [Read more...]