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Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on November 24, 2021 a tweet
“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.
Mostly True
December 11, 2021
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell
stated on August 21, 2020 an ad
After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied.
Half-True
September 4, 2020
Kim Gray
Kim Gray
stated on March 3, 2020 a radio interview.
“Even Fairfax County doesn’t pay the kind of (school administration) salaries that Richmond is paying right now.”
False
By Warren Fiske • April 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 31, 2019 social media posts
"California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2020
Steve Chabot
Steve Chabot
stated on September 6, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Aftab Pureval is "lying" about his office’s "$400,000 projected deficit."  
False
By Stephen Koff • September 13, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on May 1, 2018 an interview on The Capital Pressroom
Marc Molinaro "has cut taxes, his budget now is lower than it was six years ago" in Dutchess County
Half-True
By Dan Clark • May 24, 2018
Travis Forward
Travis Forward
stated on October 23, 2017 a mailer advocating voter approval of Travis County bond propositions
"The Travis County propositions will not raise your taxes! If you are 65 or older, your property taxes are frozen."  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 25, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 5, 2017 an interview
When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year."  
Mostly False
June 30, 2017
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on May 18, 2017 an interview
Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something."  
Half-True
May 26, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on March 21, 2017 an interview
"As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2017
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on November 18, 2016 a WNYC interview
On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand."  
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • December 1, 2016
Chris Malone
Chris Malone
stated on September 28, 2016
Says Democratic challenger for his N.C. House seat "raised taxes on clothing, school supplies – even baby diapers!"
Pants on Fire!
By Will Doran • October 28, 2016
Gerald Daugherty
Gerald Daugherty
stated on October 17, 2016 his campaign website
Says he’s "taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office."
Half-True
By Rachel Rice • October 24, 2016
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on March 3, 2016 an interview
The Mitchell Park Domes "lose about $1 million-plus every year" and "the number of people going to the Domes has been going down."      
False
By James B. Nelson • March 18, 2016
Jason Nassour
Jason Nassour
stated on February 18, 2016 a Facebook post
Says Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty "claims to have taken a pay cut, but for 2016, he voted to raise his salary by 19.6 percent."
Mostly False
By Rachel Rice • February 27, 2016
Wisconsin Working Families Party
Wisconsin Working Families Party
stated on January 15, 2016 a direct mail flier
Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele spent "$100,000 of taxpayer money on a new luxury SUV."
False
By James B. Nelson • February 24, 2016
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on January 7, 2016 a Facebook post
Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele "once proposed a plan to end county funding to homeless shelters."
False
By James B. Nelson • February 9, 2016
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on November 17, 2015 a statement
Since 2008, Gwinnett County’s population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • December 11, 2015
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on November 2, 2015 a TV ad
Says he balanced the Milwaukee County budget "without raising taxes five years in a row."
Half-True
November 10, 2015
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on August 23, 2015 TV interview
"The cost of fire in Rhode Island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • September 20, 2015
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