Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Shaun Ireland says no Austin City Council member lives south of Lady Bird Lake or north of 45th Street

By Sue Owen

May 9, 2012

Says no Austin City Council "member lives south of" Lady Bird Lake "or north of 45th Street."

Lee Leffingwell says Austin has lowest property tax rate of Texas’ 5 biggest cities

By Sue Owen

May 1, 2012

Says "Austin has the lowest property tax rate by far of the five major cities in Texas."

UPDATED: Clay Dafoe says Austin bus riders subsidize commuter rail

By Ben Wear , Sue Owen

April 25, 2012

Says bus riders subsidize the "expensive, romanticized" Leander-to-Austin train.

Greg Abbott claims 50 election fraud convictions since 2002

By Sue Owen

April 17, 2012

Says his Texas election fraud investigations have resulted in 50 convictions.

Michelle Malkin says Gloria Steinem once called Kay Bailey Hutchison a ‘female impersonator’

By Sue Owen

March 29, 2012

Says Gloria Steinem once called Kay Bailey Hutchison a "female impersonator."

Email says a Texas rodeo crowd gave standing ovation for Obama joke with racial tinge

By Sue Owen , W. Gardner Selby

March 28, 2012

Says a Barack Obama "black imposter" joke got a standing ovation at San Angelo rodeo.

Paul Sadler says four super PACs are in U.S. Senate race on GOP side

By Sue Owen

March 13, 2012

Says there are four super PACs on the Republican side of the Texas U.S. Senate race.

Rick Perry says there’s no proven instance of groundwater polluted by fracking

By Sue Owen

February 29, 2012

Says there’s no proven instance where hydraulic fracking has polluted groundwater.

Paul Sadler says he and others gave Texas teachers three pay raises and health insurance

By Sue Owen

February 17, 2012

Says in his years as a Texas legislator, "we passed three pay increases for teachers and provided them with health insurance."

Tom Leppert says he and others brought down Dallas crime rate

By Sue Owen

February 3, 2012

Says "we brought crime rate down by 30 percent" when he was mayor of Dallas.

Democratic leaders say up to a quarter of African Americans don’t have government photo ID

By Sue Owen

January 14, 2012

Says up to a quarter of African Americans don’t have government photo ID.

Hutchison says getting millionaires off food stamps, unemployment would save $20 million

By Sue Owen

January 6, 2012

Says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million.

Latest Fact Checks By Sue Owen

Shaun Ireland says no Austin City Council member lives south of Lady Bird Lake or north of 45th Street

Lee Leffingwell says Austin has lowest property tax rate of Texas’ 5 biggest cities

UPDATED: Clay Dafoe says Austin bus riders subsidize commuter rail

Greg Abbott claims 50 election fraud convictions since 2002

Michelle Malkin says Gloria Steinem once called Kay Bailey Hutchison a ‘female impersonator’

Email says a Texas rodeo crowd gave standing ovation for Obama joke with racial tinge

Paul Sadler says four super PACs are in U.S. Senate race on GOP side

Rick Perry says there’s no proven instance of groundwater polluted by fracking

Paul Sadler says he and others gave Texas teachers three pay raises and health insurance

Tom Leppert says he and others brought down Dallas crime rate

Democratic leaders say up to a quarter of African Americans don’t have government photo ID

Hutchison says getting millionaires off food stamps, unemployment would save $20 million