Latest Fact-Checks In City Government

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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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2020 a Tweet
Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 11, 2020
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
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on May 17, 2019 an interview
"We’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in the last five years."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 10, 2019
Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas
stated on November 14, 2018 a press release
Says Susana Mendoza’s assertion that she fought efforts to hike vehicle sticker prices when she was Chicago’s city clerk "is absurd … Mendoza pushed a draconian sticker penalty program."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 18, 2018
Alexander Strenger
Alexander Strenger
stated on October 1, 2018 response cited in an interactive voter guide
Says 60 percent of Austin’s "waterways are found to be contaminated with fecal matter and deemed unsafe to swim."
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By W. Gardner Selby • October 16, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on October 8, 2018 a campaign debate
Says Gavin Newsom "didn’t solve the homeless problem at all" as mayor of San Francisco, "and it’s gotten worse."
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By Chris Nichols • October 8, 2018
Michael Untermeyer
Michael Untermeyer
stated on May 10, 2017 a campaign ad.
"Michael Untermeyer has been a Democrat for more than 40 years."
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By Anna Orso • May 12, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign speech
El Paso is the "safest city in the state of Texas, safest city in the United States."
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2017
Sylvia Garcia
Sylvia Garcia
stated on January 5, 2017 a press release
Says that in Texas, it’s "already illegal to enter a bathroom to harm someone."
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By Bobby Cervantes • February 1, 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
Our Democracy 2020
Our Democracy 2020
stated on October 26, 2016 a news release
Says an election clerk in Green Bay refused to allow early voting on the UW-Green Bay campus because she "was afraid it would help Democrats," showing "outrageous partisan bias."
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October 28, 2016
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on October 17, 2016 a debate.
The city of Richmond "built the second richest team in the NFL a $14 million stadium."
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By Sean Gorman • October 24, 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
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 26, 2016 a list of rebuttals to criticism over the law
Despite the passage of HB2, "towns, cities and counties in North Carolina are still allowed to set stricter non-discrimination policies for their own employees if they choose."
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By Will Doran • March 31, 2016
stated on March 7, 2016 a radio ad
"Republican Bob Donovan" has "run as a Republican time and again."  
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March 11, 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
Robert Puente
Robert Puente
stated on May 12, 2015 remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council
If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have "23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture."  
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June 1, 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
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
stated on January 9, 2015 an open letter
"Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people" in Madison.
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March 9, 2015
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