[JeepersFreepers]

This article, published in 2017, is now especially relevant as legislation to end the practice had been filed in the legislative session now in progress. This legislation has the strong support of Texas Governor Abbott.

Since 2009, most conservative legislation has been blocked by the power of the super liberal RINO Speaker of the Texas House, Joe Straus. Straus was first elected by a coalition of the entire Democrat caucus along with 11 RINOs. This coalition has been able to continually reelect Straus as speaker since that time. In 2018, Straus decided not to run for reelection. Hopefully the new speaker will facilitate rather than continue to block legislation to stop taxpayer funding of lobbyists in Texas.

I am curious if taxpayer lobbying is a problem in other states.

[Paleo Conservative]

Amen!

[Still Thinking]

Doing this is a tacit admission that they had excess money (they had money to pay for stuff that is none of their business). Therefore, the state should decree that the tax rates for municipalities be PERMANENTLY reduced by the amount spent improperly, leaving the amount presumably spent on legitimate costs, and temporarily reduced further until the amount already thusly spent is repaid, including interest and a penalty.

[antidemoncrat]

Austin: The blue cancer in Texas

[Theodore R.]

This is what makes property taxes sky high, but people in TX are too confused to know this.