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State Public Service Announcement
State Public Service Announcement
stated on December 28, 2015
By the end of 2015, more than 1,300 people will have died on Georgia roads. One of out evey four fatalities resulted from drunken driving.  
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • December 30, 2015
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 a TV interview
The Milwaukee County bus system has "among the highest fares in the nation."
False
By Sarah Hauer • December 17, 2015
Uber
Uber
stated on November 7, 2015 a web post
"Recent news reports indicate DWI crashes in Austin dropped 23 percent since ridesharing entered the market."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015
Bryan Hughes
Bryan Hughes
stated on December 1, 2015 a campaign press release
"David Simpson actually voted for driver's licenses for illegal immigrants."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2015
David Simpson
David Simpson
stated on November 30, 2015 a campaign press release
"I have always opposed driver's licenses for illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 11, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on November 30, 2015 a TV talk show
Despite attention on global warming, "fewer Americans carpool today to work than carpooled in 1980" and "SUVs have never been a larger proportion of the vehicles being sold in this country."
Mostly True
December 4, 2015
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 an interview
The Milwaukee County executive can sell the public "museum, the airport and the zoo" -- all on his own, without County Board approval  
Mostly True
December 3, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 19, 2015 op-ed in Austin American-Statesman
"Road congestion costs rush hour drivers in Austin and Dallas more than $1,000 a year. And in Houston, it’s even more -- almost $1,500 a year."
Mostly True
By Fauzeya Rahman • November 24, 2015
Jeff Morales
Jeff Morales
stated on October 29, 2015 a press conference
"The actual (construction) contracts that we’ve awarded to date have come in several hundred million dollars below estimates."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • November 24, 2015
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on October 29, 2015 a TV interview
Since he took office as Milwaukee County executive, "we have never raised" bus fares and "this year there’ll be a million route-miles more than there were five years ago."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • November 23, 2015
Jim Patterson
Jim Patterson
stated on November 3, 2015 a news article
"We now know these firms are unwilling to put up any private money," for California's high-speed rail project.    
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • November 23, 2015
Jennifer Shilling
Jennifer Shilling
stated on October 1, 2015 a tweet
"71% of WI’s roads are in poor or mediocre condition and 14% of WI’s bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • November 18, 2015
Luis Alejo
Luis Alejo
stated on September 25, 2015 a press release
"Everyone on California’s roads is properly licensed, tested and insured."  
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • November 9, 2015
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on October 7, 2015 a speech
"Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • November 3, 2015
Don Francis
Don Francis
stated on October 28, 2015 an interview with Watchdog.org
Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • November 2, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 a speech
"Sixty-one percent of our bridges are in trouble."
False
By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015
Edward Flynn
Edward Flynn
stated on August 27, 2015 a forum
In Milwaukee County, juveniles arrested for car theft "get sent immediately home, because under the point system in juvenile court" on holding suspects, "a stolen car gets zero points."  
Mostly False
October 19, 2015
Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on October 9, 2015 a blog post
"Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress."  
Mostly False
October 15, 2015
Jay Nixon
Jay Nixon
stated on August 20, 2015 comments at the Missouri State Fair
"Almost nine out of every 10 pennies that would be spent" turning a 200-mile stretch of Interstate 70 into a toll road "would be from folks outside Missouri."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 29, 2015
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on July 9, 2015 a written statement.
"In 1960, we spent more than 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure projects like the Interstate Highway. Today we spend less than 1 percent of our GDP on these vital investments."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 3, 2015
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