Latest Fact-Checks By Eric Stirgus

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Stacey Evans
stated on November 18, 2011 in an op-ed:

"By fiscal year 2013, the state is expected to wipe through [HOPE scholarship] reserve funds."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • November 28, 2011

D.A. King
stated on October 11, 2011 in an op-ed:

Says Rick Perry "proposed a binational health insurance program with Mexico."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • November 22, 2011

Herman Cain
stated on October 11, 2011 in a debate:

On auditing the Federal Reserve

Half Flip

By Eric Stirgus • November 18, 2011

Lynn Westmoreland
stated on October 8, 2011 in a meeting:

Georgia has had ʺmore bank failures than any other state.ʺ

True

By Eric Stirgus • November 14, 2011

Vincent Fort
stated on October 29, 2011 in a newspaper column:

"If [Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed] wants to be like Bull Connor, then so be it."

Pants on Fire!

By Eric Stirgus • November 8, 2011

Hank Johnson
stated on September 23, 2011 in a web post:

"Since 1970, the Clean Air Act has reduced toxic and health-threatening air pollution by 60 percent while our economy has grown more than 200 percent."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • October 19, 2011

Eva Galambos
stated on September 27, 2011 in an op-ed:

"Not a single segment of the proposed Beltline intersects the MARTA system at MARTA stations."

False

By Eric Stirgus • October 11, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 in a speech:

Coca-Cola’s CEO "said he finds it easier to do work in China than in the United States."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • October 10, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on September 30, 2011 in a speech:

"My home state since June of 2009 created 40 percent of the new jobs in America."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • October 4, 2011

Jennette Gayer
stated on September 15, 2011 in a meeting:

"We have had over 40 days this summer where it was unsafe to breathe the air."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • September 30, 2011

John Sherman
stated on September 12, 2011 in a newsletter:

The Atlanta Beltline paid nearly $3.5 million for less than a quarter-acre.

False

By Eric Stirgus • September 28, 2011

Carla Smith
stated on September 13, 2011 in a meeting:

The city of Atlanta has either the highest or second-highest average water bills in the country.

True

By Eric Stirgus • September 23, 2011

Debbie Dooley
stated on September 6, 2011 in an op-ed:

"[Eighty-five percent] of the funds collected in each county will be redistributed elsewhere -- not spent in the county in which it is collected."

False

By Eric Stirgus • September 20, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on September 7, 2011 in a debate:

Ben Bernanke has been the most "inflationary" chairman in the history of the Federal Reserve.

Mostly False

By Eric Stirgus • September 12, 2011

Tom Graves
stated on September 1, 2011 in an article:

"Two days of interest we pay to China is enough to buy one joint strike fighter [jet]."

True

By Eric Stirgus • September 9, 2011

Sovereign Citizens United
stated on August 12, 2011 in a web post:

U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson, John Lewis and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are "socialists who are openly serving in the U.S. Congress."

Pants on Fire!

By Eric Stirgus • September 2, 2011

Edward Lindsey
stated on August 22, 2011 in a press release:

"As governor, [Mitt Romney] balanced the budget without raising taxes and created jobs."

Mostly True

By Eric Stirgus • August 30, 2011

Chip Rogers
stated on July 11, 2011 in a town hall meeting:

"Recent international reports show the United States near the bottom among industrialized nations for k-12 academic achievement."

Half-True

By Eric Stirgus • August 23, 2011

David Pennington
stated on August 15, 2011 in a press conference:

The proposed transportation bill "could be the largest tax increase in Georgia history."

True

By Eric Stirgus • August 22, 2011

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 31, 2011 in a newspaper interview:

Says his Twitter account has 1.3 million followers.

Mostly False

By Eric Stirgus • August 9, 2011

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