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Susan Collins
stated on September 14, 2020 an ad:

Says Sara Gideon "voted to defund" the Freeport police "and gave the money to a nonprofit she helped run."

False

By Tom Kertscher • September 25, 2020

George P. Bush
stated on August 13, 2020 a tweet:

Says a video shared to his social media shows vehicles with broken windows in a parking garage used by state agencies in Texas on “the same night the City of Austin voted to cut $150 million” from the police department.”

False

By Madlin Mekelburg • August 24, 2020

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
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

Turning Point USA
stated on July 1, 2019 a Facebook post:

"San Francisco has spent $72.5 million this fiscal year cleaning up human waste and drug paraphernalia" and "there are more drug users on their public needle program than high school graduates."

False

By Daniel Funke • July 16, 2019

Ellen Troxclair
stated on February 23, 2017 an interview with Austin’s Fox 7 about her proposed affordability plan:

"Since 2012," city of Austin "property taxes have gone up almost 30 percent while incomes have only risen 4 percent."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2017

Ridesharing Works for Austin
stated on April 26, 2016 a voter mailer noted by a reader:

If Austin voters reject Proposition 1, a "completely new City-run" criminal background check "process will cost millions in processing fees, additional staff, and bureaucracy" with taxpayers getting "the bill."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2016

Ora Houston
stated on September 8, 2015 an Austin City Council meeting about the city budget:

"HIV/AIDS among women is skyrocketing in Austin."

False

By Mary Ann Roser • October 2, 2015

Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 a hearing at the General Assembly :

"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015

Jim Skaggs
stated on November 5, 2014 as quoted in a news story:

Austin is "burdened by the fastest-growing tax increases of any major city in the nation."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • November 28, 2014

Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 a radio interview:

Jorge Elorza "wants to impose a municipal income tax."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Karen Lee Ziner • September 12, 2014

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on January 31, 2014 an interview:

Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is responsible for the roughly $7,800 "I pay in property taxes per year."

False

By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2014

Robert Puente
stated on September 20, 2013 a Texas Tribune Festival panel discussion:

San Antonio has seen "67% growth" in water customers "in the last 25 years, 0% more water used."

False

By Sue Owen • January 17, 2014

Friends of Clearwater PAC
stated on October 21, 2013 a flier:

Passage of a referendum on an aquarium for Clearwater means "NO future funding for our neighborhoods."

False

By Charlie Frago • November 2, 2013

Sam Adams
stated on November 13, 2012 a budget meeting:

Says, "In the last four years we’ve cut $36 million in ongoing revenue."

False

By Janie Har • December 15, 2012

Multnomah County Library Foundation
stated on July 25, 2012 a newsletter.:

Says library district would come "at no direct cost to the city budget."

False

By Ian K. Kullgren • August 10, 2012

stated on May 24, 2012 a website alert:

Says Gov. Scott Walker made "draconian cuts" to public safety budgets that put police officers at "greater risk of harm."

False

By Dave Umhoefer • June 3, 2012

Memphis Police Association
stated on April 25, 2012 a commercial.:

Says "city leadership is threatening to lay off police and emergency services personnel to balance the budget."

False

By Zack McMillin • June 3, 2012

Amanda Fritz
stated on April 19, 2012 campaign material :

Says she is "saving ratepayers $6 million/year."

False

By Janie Har • May 4, 2012

Rick Santorum
stated on February 29, 2012 a campaign speech:

"When my grandfather came to this country back in 1925, there were no government benefits."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2012

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