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Pratt’s post for 6/2/2020
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Abbott Provides Update On State’s Response To … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 6/1/2020
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Texas Governor Declares State of Disaster, Allows … [Read more...]
Lawsuit against Abbott’s virus orders is sound, will judges have fortitude?
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Dr. Steven Hotze, state Reps. Zedler, Bidermann, … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/29/2020
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Texas Leaders Seek Savings as April Tax Revenue … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/28/2020
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Local officials lie when they blame property tax … [Read more...]
Local officials lie when they blame property tax increases on anything but the tax rate they set each summer
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There is much more to say on local government … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/27/2020
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Texas Supreme Court Says Virus Fear Doesn't … [Read more...]
Property value freeze gimmick designed to mislead you
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I’ve told you how many local officials, such as … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/26/2020
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Attorney General Paxton Says In-Person Property … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/22/2020
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Texas Supreme Court Reminds Cities There Is No … [Read more...]
Texas agencies ordered to cut spending 5%, why can’t locals seem to manage this?
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It was good to see pro-active leadership from … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/21/2020
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Big Three Direct Agencies to Reduce Budgets (but … [Read more...]
Virus exposes Democrat aims, inept government officials
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“From top to bottom, Dems use fear of virus as a … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/20/2020
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Governor Abbott, Lt. Governor Patrick, Speaker … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/19/2020
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Governor Abbott Urges Local Governments Against … [Read more...]
Not admitting mistakes is subverting freedom
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“This is not a natural disaster, but a manmade … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/18/2020
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Texas, phase 2 reopening, more businesses can … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/15/2020
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Sales Tax Holidays for Water-Efficient and ENERGY … [Read more...]
Flatten the bell curve? We don’t even know if the plotted curve was accurate.
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There are a lot of people congratulating … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/14/2020
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Full Transcript of The Watchdog’s 2020 Property … [Read more...]
Why are local officials just now looking at budgets? Coming shortfall was known in March.
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“So what are these professional budget masters … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/13/2020
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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...]
Why no order? Many local officials share vandals’ sentiments.
Over the past weekend we saw the following … [Read more...]