Latest Fact-Checks In City Budget

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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

Ja'Mal Green
stated on April 24, 2018 a radio interview

Under Rahm Emanuel, "We’ve got tree trimmers making six figures."

Mostly True

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 1, 2018

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

Charles Francis
stated on October 20, 2017 in a televised debate

"There are parks in Southeast Raleigh that still don’t have air conditioning in the gym"

Mostly True

By Paul Specht • October 25, 2017

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

Rick Baker
stated on September 26, 2017 a comment during a mayoral forum

While Mayor Rick Kriseman said he would dip into reserves this year because of Hurricane Irma, he "went into the emergency reserves before Irma ever hit."

True

By Allison Graves • September 29, 2017

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."

Half-True

By Matt Dietrich • August 14, 2017

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

July 14, 2017

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

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."

Half-True

By Nolan Hicks • December 8, 2016

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

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
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
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

Jonathan Jarvis
stated on June 14, 2016 testimony before a U.S. House committee

The National Park Service has "an annual budget that is less than the city of Austin."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2016

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

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.

Half-True

By Mark Dent • April 13, 2016

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
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

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

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