Latest Fact-Checks In City Government

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Kevin Flynn
Kevin Flynn
stated on November 25, 2014 a website story
"There’s nothing in the [RhodeMap RI] plan that takes away local government control and local zoning control."
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By Katie Mulvaney • January 16, 2015
Brad Rockwell
Brad Rockwell
stated on November 12, 2014 a press conference including mayoral candidate Mike Martinez
Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler opposed an injunction to stop a "company from dumping petrochemicals directly into the Barton Springs aquifer."
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By W. Gardner Selby • November 21, 2014
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
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 11, 2014 an interview with NPR
"Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2014
Broward County Police Benevolent Association
Broward County Police Benevolent Association
stated on April 15, 2014 a billboard
"Hollywood is #1 in Broward homicides in 2013. Thanks Chief Fernandez!"
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By Amy Sherman • April 22, 2014
Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones
stated on January 30, 2014 a speech
The Redskins Training Camp deal "generated $40 million in new private investment in the city."
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By Nancy Madsen, Warren Fiske • March 4, 2014
Janet Bewley
Janet Bewley
stated on October 24, 2013 a speech
"The Legislature passed Gov. Walker’s so-called property tax relief bill," but the Republicans "are still raising your property taxes."  
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November 6, 2013
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
Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 14, 2013 an opinion article
Says residents of Texas and San Antonio can be fired or denied jobs because they are gay.
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By Sue Owen • July 26, 2013
Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)
Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)
stated on June 26, 2013 an interview
Portland Bureau of Transportation "barely break(s) even" ticketing motorists.
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By Janie Har • July 20, 2013
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on May 22, 2013 a telephone conference call with reporters.
Says El Paso is the "safest city of our size in the nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2013
William Perry
William Perry
stated on March 20, 2013 newspaper column
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed held not one conversation with the public about the new Falcons stadium project
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By Janel Davis • April 1, 2013
Cleta Winslow
Cleta Winslow
stated on March 18, 2013 a meeting
"In this city, there hasn’t been a stadium that’s lasted more than 27 years."
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By Eric Stirgus • March 29, 2013
Vincent Fort
Vincent Fort
stated on February 5, 2013 a Twitter post
"What concerns me is there is only two sentences that have been written about minority business."
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By Janel Davis • February 22, 2013
Charlotte Lehan
Charlotte Lehan
stated on January 8, 2013 in an interview
Says Oak Grove is "one of the largest cities in Oregon" and is "the biggest city in Clackamas County and it's not a city."
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By Janie Har • January 30, 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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 31, 2012 a debate
Says Tom Barrett plans "to spend $100 million on a trolley that goes barely two miles on the east side of Milwaukee."
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June 1, 2012
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