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League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
League of Women Voters of the Austin Area
stated on April 28, 2013 a voters guide.:
Says opponents of proposed Austin school district bonds say the district’s "debt load doubles with these new bonds."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2013
Wayne Smith
Wayne Smith
stated on April 17, 2013 an interview.:
"Science has not shown greenhouse gases to be a problem."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2013
Jack Ohman
Jack Ohman
stated on April 25, 2013 a column on an editorial cartoon.:
Says the fertilizer plant that exploded in West, Texas,"had not been inspected by the state of Texas since 2006."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2013
Bee Moorhead
Bee Moorhead
stated on April 23, 2013 a civic summit.:
Says more Austinites voted in the city’s 1973 election featuring a mayor’s race than in the city’s most recent mayoral election.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 30, 2013
Texas State Employees Union
Texas State Employees Union
stated on April 1, 2013 an organization web page.:
"Most state employees did not receive any pay raise from 2009 to 2012."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 29, 2013
Bill Hammond
Bill Hammond
stated on April 15, 2013 a press conference with Gov. Rick Perry, April 15, 2013:
Says businesses pay roughly 60 percent of taxes in Texas.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 26, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on April 5, 2013 an interview on CNN.:
Says he has "yet to get a response" from Barack Obama to his August 2010 letter making border security requests.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 25, 2013
Texas Association of School Boards
Texas Association of School Boards
stated on April 24, 2013 an advertisement.:
"Texas ranks 49th in per-pupil funding among the states."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 24, 2013
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2013 a state Senate committee hearing April 9, 2013:
Says 315,000 mostly minority Texas students are enrolled in failing schools.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 24, 2013
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on April 17, 2013 an interview on C-SPAN.:
Says al Qaeda has camps with the drug cartels in Mexico.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2013
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on April 9, 2013 a Senate Education Committee meeting.:
Says Texas ranks 49th nationally in "what we are doing to support our per-pupil investment in education in the state."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2013
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 8, 2013 in an appearance on Mark Davis’ KSKY-AM radio show:
Says Texas "school systems" lose 45 days a year on testing.
Mostly False
By Sue Owen • April 17, 2013
Nelson Wolff
Nelson Wolff
stated on April 1, 2013 a Texas Capitol press conference.:
Says uncompensated health care costs absorbed by Texas hospitals are adding $1,800 a year to Texas private insurance rates.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 17, 2013
Mike Villarreal
Mike Villarreal
stated on April 4, 2013 Texas House debate on state budget.:
Says Texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 16, 2013
Jodie Laubenberg
Jodie Laubenberg
stated on April 4, 2013 a Texas House floor debate.:
Says Texas state funds were spent on "a TV series on spouses cheating on their wives, kind of glorifying the act of cheating."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2013
Lon Burnam
Lon Burnam
stated on March 4, 2013 a press release:
Says rejecting federal aid to expand Medicaid in Texas will "send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by Texans to other states to insure their working poor."
False
By Sue Owen • April 12, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on March 14, 2013 a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference:
Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.
Mostly True
By Sue Owen • April 9, 2013
Lee Leffingwell
Lee Leffingwell
stated on March 28, 2013 a press conference.:
Says 90 percent of Americans and 74 percent of National Rifle Association members support background checks of gun purchasers.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 4, 2013
Kirk Watson
Kirk Watson
stated on March 19, 2013 a news article.:
Says carbon monoxide is still employed to euthanize dogs and cats in 29 Texas animal shelters.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2013
Matt Mackowiak
Matt Mackowiak
stated on April 1, 2013 an opinion colulmn.:
Says the president of the University of Texas has raised four-year student graduation rates to 75 percent.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2013
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