Episode 3555: Jennifer Wilson leads Lubbock tax increase effort | Paxton sues Bexar Co. on voter reg. contract – Pratt on Texas 9/4/2024

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The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: False conservative city Councilwoman Jennifer Wilson leads Lubbock city council to pass a tax increase, overriding the newly elected Mayor Mark McBrayer as well as conservative Councilman David Glasheen. But wait there’s more! Wilson also appears to have successfully pushed a mechanism whereby elected officials will have less responsibility and accountability in one of biggest expenses of a city – police and firefighter pay. This the exact disease that the Congress began decades ago which puts the growth of spending and government on near autopilot while exempting the elected from having to do hard work.
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Texas revenue for FY2024 comes in right about where the Comptroller predicted a year ago. It is down when factored against inflation.
A fourth state representative enters the race for Speaker of the Texas House: David Cook. I discuss the items of importance he wrote in a letter to members of the House.
Attorney General Paxton sues Bexar County for hiring an outside, Leftist firm to mail unsolicited voter registration applicants to voters – and it did so on a no-bid contract! Read the suit, it has far more information than the press release.
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