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Ridesharing Works for Austin
Ridesharing Works for Austin
stated on April 26, 2016 in 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
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on March 4, 2016 in a press conference announcing new chairman of transit authority:
"The Katy Freeway, or Interstate 10 west of Houston, is the widest freeway in the world, with up to 26 lanes, including frontage road lanes."
False
By Fauzeya Rahman • April 13, 2016
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 in a TV interview:
The Milwaukee County bus system has "among the highest fares in the nation."
False
By Sarah Hauer • December 17, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech:
"Sixty-one percent of our bridges are in trouble."
False
By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015
Alex McMurtrie Jr.
Alex McMurtrie Jr.
stated on May 7, 2015 in a campaign flyer.:
State legislators "quietly shifted $2 billion from education to road building" in 2013.
False
By Warren Fiske • May 18, 2015
Darrell Issa
Darrell Issa
stated on October 26, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Thomas Eric Duncan came into the United States "with an elevated temperature."
False
By Nai Issa, Lauren Carroll • October 26, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on September 29, 2014 in a debate about Greenlight Pinellas:
Photos prove the Denver light rail system has low ridership.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 23, 2014
Citizens Against Rail Taxes
Citizens Against Rail Taxes
stated on October 8, 2014 in a radio ad:
None of $400 million the City of Austin proposes to spend on road projects "will be used to add new lanes to congested roadways."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 23, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 21, 2014 in a debate:
Says high-speed rail would have created 60,000 jobs.
False
By Katie Sanders, Steve Contorno • October 22, 2014
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on April 18, 2014 in an interview:
Welcome to Wisconsin road signs have "always been made in Wisconsin," but Scott Walker "is outsourcing them" to an out-of-state company and "paying more money for them."
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 30, 2014
No Tax For Tracks
No Tax For Tracks
stated on March 17, 2014 in on their website:
The Greenlight Pinellas transportation plan involves a "300% tax increase."
False
By Joshua Gillin • March 20, 2014
Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on January 12, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"The amount of attention paid this week to Chris Christie makes the coverage of Benghazi ... pale in significance."  
False
By Steve Contorno • January 12, 2014
Dennis Richardson
Dennis Richardson
stated on September 9, 2013 in a newsletter.:
"More than 400 car crashes occur each year on the current, congested Columbia River Bridge."
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • September 20, 2013
Georgia Department of Transportation
Georgia Department of Transportation
stated on April 11, 2013 in a press release:
"Demand for public transportation is reaching record levels in Wisconsin."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • April 22, 2013
Jim Sensenbrenner
Jim Sensenbrenner
stated on March 22, 2013 in a press release:
"75 percent of the (air traffic control) towers the Obama Administration is closing are located in Republican Congressional Districts."
False
By James B. Nelson • April 3, 2013
Bob Stacey
Bob Stacey
stated on November 26, 2012 in in a memo:
Says "If Oregon’s Legislature simply authorizes $450 million for the CRC, it will … leave Oregon holding the bag for a great deal more cost responsibility."
False
By Christian Gaston • February 20, 2013
Pete Winstead
Pete Winstead
stated on February 6, 2013 in a KUT-FM news story:
Says Austin is the largest city in the U.S. without nonstop flights to Europe.
False
By Sue Owen • February 19, 2013
Grover Norquist
Grover Norquist
stated on February 7, 2013 in a radio interview.:
In Virginia "there has been a billion dollars in surplus over the last three years. The legislature has spent less than 1 percent of that on roads."
False
By Sean Gorman • February 18, 2013
Richard Saslaw
Richard Saslaw
stated on January 9, 2013 in an interview:
"One-third of the gasoline is purchased by out-of-state people" in Virginia
False
By Nancy Madsen • February 5, 2013
Clackamas County Commission
Clackamas County Commission
stated on August 23, 2012 in a press release:
Clackamas County Commissioners "approved a re-negotiated agreement to lower the county’s contribution to TriMet’s Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail project to $19.9 million from $25 million."
False
By Janie Har • August 30, 2012
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