Latest Fact-Checks In City Budget

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Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on September 12, 2024 an ad
In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.”
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By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2024
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 10, 2019 a tweet
"The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • October 17, 2019
Gery Chico
Gery Chico
stated on January 2, 2019 a campaign ad
"As chairman of the City Colleges, I cut millions in waste and we cut property taxes."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 20, 2019
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on July 31, 2017 a press conference
"Every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited, every one of them, have either been eliminated or cut significantly."
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By Matt Dietrich • August 14, 2017
Sheri Gallo
Sheri Gallo
stated on November 29, 2016 a mailer spotted by an Austin voter
Alison Alter "has exploited a campaign finance loophole to obtain over $64,000 in public dollars to fund her campaign."
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By Nolan Hicks • December 8, 2016
Joe DeFelice
Joe DeFelice
stated on April 10, 2016 As part of a Philadelphia Inquirer editorial
If the mayor were really serious about supporting Philly's schoolchildren and handling our city's looming fiscal crisis, he could begin by slashing the size of his own administration, which is already 45 percent larger than his predecessor's and 40 percent more costly.
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By Mark Dent • April 13, 2016
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."  
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By Mark Reynolds • September 20, 2015
Sharlene Leurig
Sharlene Leurig
stated on February 9, 2015 an Austin City Council workshop
"Austin is the only city in an arid landscape in the western United States dependent on a single source of water."
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By Andra Lim • May 18, 2015
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 15, 2015 a campaign ad
Says he "secured the highest possible bond rating" for the city of Tampa.
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By Richard Danielson • January 15, 2015
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on October 25, 2014 a Let's Go Austin mailer
"The Austin Tea Party and an ultra-conservative millionaire are behind the" campaign against the city’s light-rail proposition.
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 29, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 17, 2014 a debate
Says Scott Walker cut funding to local governments in Wisconsin, contributing to the "second-largest increase in violent crime" in the Midwest.  
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October 23, 2014
Vincent
Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
stated on September 10, 2014 a TV commercial
"When I left office, there was a $7-million surplus in Providence," but in 2008, the city had a $110-million deficit.
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By Alex Kuffner • September 21, 2014
stated on September 24, 2013 an interview
Among the nation’s 51 largest metropolitan areas, Milwaukee is the "only one" where the poverty rate is more than "four times greater in the city than it is in the suburbs."
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October 3, 2013
American LeadHERship PAC
American LeadHERship PAC
stated on August 31, 2013 a website
Under Mayor Angel Taveras "Providence’s bond rating was downgraded from A to BBB, two steps above junk-bond status."  
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By Gregory Smith • September 15, 2013
Jeffrey Loria
Jeffrey Loria
stated on February 24, 2013 an ad
The majority of public funding for the Marlins stadium "came from hotel taxes, the burden of which is incurred by tourists who are visiting our city, NOT the resident taxpayers."
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By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2013
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on October 18, 2012 an ad
Lois Frankel "spent over $13,000 in taxpayer money on a marble shower in a private bathroom with her own toilet."
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By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2012
Adam Hasner
Adam Hasner
stated on October 18, 2012 an ad
While she was mayor, Lois Frankel took a "police helicopter ride to go to a dinner party."
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By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2012
Brigid Shea
Brigid Shea
stated on May 7, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Says Lee Leffingwell "raised property taxes 20 percent in three years."
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By Meghan Ashford-Grooms, W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2012
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on April 16, 2012 an Austin mayoral candidate debate
Says "Austin has the lowest property tax rate by far of the five major cities in Texas."
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By Sue Owen • May 1, 2012
Republican Governors Association
Republican Governors Association
stated on April 29, 2012 a television ad
Mayor Tom Barrett’s policies drove unemployment up 27 percent in Milwaukee, pushing it to "one of America’s 10 worst cities for unemployment."
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By Dave Umhoefer • April 11, 2012
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