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Latest Fact-Checks In State Budget

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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 17, 2010 a statement to reporters
"The total number of dollars that passes through the Department of Development is like $900 million and like $650 (million) of it has nothing to do with development, which is breathtaking when you think about it."
Half-True
By Reginald Fields • September 22, 2010
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on August 25, 2010 a campaign news release
"Julie Lassa willingly took a hefty pay raise at a time when people throughout her district and the state were losing their jobs."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • September 21, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on September 17, 2010 a posting to the state's Office of Management and Budget website
About $4.89 billion in one-time money was used to balance the current state general revenue fund budget.
False
By Aaron Marshall • September 17, 2010
Alex Sink
Alex Sink
stated on September 13, 2010 a campaign website
"Florida ranks last in the ratio of employees to residents... And Florida is dead last in the nation in state employee payroll expenditures per resident."
True
By Amy Sherman • September 14, 2010
Citizens for a Progressive Wisconsin
Citizens for a Progressive Wisconsin
stated on September 10, 2010 campaign literature distributed by an outside group
"While many of his colleagues turned down a $2,500 pay raise ... (Jeff) Plale pocketed the extra money."
Half-True
By James B. Nelson • September 13, 2010
Steven Costantino
Steven Costantino
stated on September 1, 2010 a TV commercial
"He's the only candidate who's balanced budgets and brought jobs to Providence."
Mostly True
By Cynthia Needham • September 11, 2010
Yvette McGee Brown
Yvette McGee Brown
stated on August 4, 2010 a speech at a candidates forum
Ohio today has the "fewest number of state employees since the Reagan administration."
True
By Reginald Fields • September 6, 2010
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on August 27, 2010 an ad.
"When career politician Daniel Webster became speaker of the House, he wasted $32,000 of our money on a spiral staircase for his office."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 31, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on August 26, 2010 an interview with MSNBC's Chuck Todd.
"We have 50 state lobbyists that just lobby the Legislature for money every year."
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 30, 2010
Kernan
Kernan "Kerry" King
stated on August 21, 2010 an interview on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers
In Rhode Island "there are 150 different pension plans for public workers."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 4, 2010 a campaign speech
"We didn’t have a development director for over seven months."
False
By Reginald Fields • August 17, 2010
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 12, 2010
On whether to eliminate the state income tax.
Half Flip
By Reginald Fields • August 12, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on August 9, 2010 a TV interview.
"The state budget has gone up over 80 percent under Rick Perry."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 12, 2010
Kevin Boyce
Kevin Boyce
stated on July 14, 2010 a campaign video
"I’ve even cut my own salary -- twice."
True
By Joe Guillen • August 11, 2010
Bill McCollum
Bill McCollum
stated on August 5, 2010 a debate.
"In my attorney general's office, we've cut the budget 18 percent."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • August 6, 2010
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on July 25, 2010 campaign materials.
"My 7-step plan" creates 700,000 jobs in 7 years.
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman • July 26, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 an issue advocacy ad
"Jane Norton supported the largest tax hike in Colorado history."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Americans for Job Security
Americans for Job Security
stated on July 9, 2010 a television ad
The "state bureaucracy" Jane Norton managed "grew by $43 million in just three years."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • July 26, 2010
Bill White
Bill White
stated on June 25, 2010 a speech to the Texas Democratic Party convention in Corpus Christi
"Rick Perry accepted more stimulus funds than any other governor except the governors of California and New York."
Mostly True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • July 18, 2010
Let's Get To Work
Let's Get To Work
stated on July 14, 2010 in a TV ad.
Bill McCollum "diverted a state plane to his home 53 times. A state auditor called it: likely a misuse of state resources."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • July 16, 2010
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