Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

I would like to contribute

$

Latest Fact-Checks In City Budget

Clear
India Walton
India Walton
stated on September 9, 2021 a debate:
Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 24, 2021
X posts
X posts
stated on May 30, 2021 a Twitter post:
“Police budgets are at their highest they've ever been, there hasn’t actually been any defunding the police.”
Mostly False
By Emily Tian • June 18, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on April 19, 2021 a speech:
“If you look at some of these places that (reduced police funding), they’ve already seen crime go up."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 4, 2021
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 1, 2020 a tweet:
Says “Property crime rising in Austin. This is the kind of thing that happens when cities defund and deemphasize police. Residents are left to fend for themselves.”
Mostly False
By Brandon Mulder • October 9, 2020
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 30, 2018 a tweet:
"One legislative Republican’s district gets almost all the school supply funding."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2018
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on November 6, 2017 on a mailer:
Charles Francis "vows to slash funding for parks and open space."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • November 6, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on October 18, 2017 a speech:
"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • October 20, 2017
Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
stated on July 7, 2017 a recall filing:
Says Tom Barrett "has directed that tens of millions of City of Milwaukee tax dollars be used for the construction of a downtown trolley at the expense of: health and public safety; repair and replacement of public infrastructure; public education; and, job creation and economic development."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 14, 2017
Jimmy Flannigan
Jimmy Flannigan
stated on September 12, 2016 an Austin Monitor interview that day plus forums later:
Says that he’s responsible for Austin including Anderson Mill Road in the city's proposed transportation bond package.
Mostly False
By Nolan Hicks • November 1, 2016
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on October 17, 2016:
"Jack Berry voted for a plan to cut $23.8 million from our schools."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 31, 2016
Sensible Transportation Solutions for Austin PAC
Sensible Transportation Solutions for Austin PAC
stated on October 23, 2016 an ad in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s transportation plans linked to Proposition 1 on the ballot remove "27+ miles of traffic lanes around the city," replacing "them with lanes dedicated to usage by bicycles" and buses.    
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 28, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate:
"A third of the budget for the city of Ferguson (Missouri) was being reaped by civil fines."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016
Emanuel Cleaver
Emanuel Cleaver
stated on August 11, 2015 on 'Up to Date':
Two years ago motorists in Ferguson, a city of 20,000 people, "received 31,000 citations. That's at least one citation per person plus 10,000 for visitors. The city is still surviving only on traffic tickets; there's virtually no industry there."
Mostly False
By Sean Nelson • October 22, 2015
Bob Buckhorn
Bob Buckhorn
stated on January 15, 2015 a campaign ad:
Says he "balanced the budget without raising taxes."
Mostly False
By Richard Danielson • January 16, 2015
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on November 19, 2014 a TWC News debate:
"The city of San Antonio reuses almost 40 percent of its water. You know how much the city of Austin reuses? About 5 percent. And that's not right. We can do better."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour • December 11, 2014
Lynda Rife
Lynda Rife
stated on November 4, 2014 as quoted in a news story:
110 people a day move to Austin.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 14, 2014
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
Wisconsin Professional Police Association
stated on September 25, 2014 a news conference:
Data on violent crime shows Wisconsin "has become less safe than it was when Scott Walker took office." 
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 2, 2014
Ralph Mollis
Ralph Mollis
stated on August 10, 2014 a TV debate:
"The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools."
Mostly False
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 7, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on May 12, 2014 a fundraising letter:
I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 25, 2014
Brendan Doherty
Brendan Doherty
stated on September 12, 2012 a news release:
David Cicilline was "required to provide key information about city finances to an independent outside auditor. The deadlines were clear -- yet [he intentionally] missed them by months" until after the November 2010 election.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2012
Next