Latest Fact Checks By W. Gardner Selby

Mike Martinez says Steve Adler admitted his law firm worked with Koch Industries for nearly a decade

By W. Gardner Selby

November 14, 2014

Austin mayoral candidate "Steve Adler admitted his law firm worked with Koch Industries for nearly a decade."

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Austin consultant says 110 people moving to Austin tomorrow and the next day and the next day

By W. Gardner Selby

November 14, 2014

110 people a day move to Austin.

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Dan Patrick says Leticia Van de Putte voted to stop schools from removing felons from classrooms

By W. Gardner Selby

October 29, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte "voted to stop schools from removing teachers convicted of a felony."

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Lloyd Doggett says Austin Tea Party and conservative millionaire “behind” campaign against rail prop

By W. Gardner Selby

October 29, 2014

"The Austin Tea Party and an ultra-conservative millionaire are behind the" campaign against the city’s light-rail proposition.

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Anti-rail group incorrect that city proposition envisions no money for lanes on congested roads

By W. Gardner Selby

October 23, 2014

None of $400 million the City of Austin proposes to spend on road projects "will be used to add new lanes to congested roadways."

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Austin mayoral hopeful Sheryl Cole says this year, “we” granted homestead exemptions to Austinites

By W. Gardner Selby

October 21, 2014

"This year," the Austin City Council "granted a small homestead" property tax "exemption of $5,000... applied equally to everyone. And we also granted an exemption…

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Leticia Van de Putte says Dan Patrick voted against testing rape kits, letting rapists roam

By W. Gardner Selby

October 17, 2014

"In 2013," Dan Patrick voted "against funding to test the backlog of rape kits, allowing rapists to walk free."

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Wendy Davis says Greg Abbott fielded $250,000 donation weeks before opposing victims of surgeon

By W. Gardner Selby

October 15, 2014

"Weeks after accepting a quarter-million-dollar campaign contribution" from a hospital board chairman, Greg Abbott went to court against victims of a drug-taking neurosurgeon.

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John Cornyn says his office sends back budgeted money every year

By W. Gardner Selby

October 14, 2014

My office sends federal "money back every year."

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Pants on Fire: Duncan Hunter makes unconfirmed claim Border Patrol caught at least 10 ISIS fighters

By Dylan Baddour , W. Gardner Selby

October 10, 2014

"At least 10 ISIS fighters have been caught coming across the Mexican border in Texas" and there are "dozens more that did not get caught…

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Dan Patrick errs on Leticia Van de Putte and Central America, but ad is right on other fronts

By W. Gardner Selby

October 8, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte "opposed putting National Guard troops on the border, would send millions to Central American governments instead and wrote the law giving…

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Leticia Van de Putte says Dan Patrick said equal pay for women not a problem

By W. Gardner Selby

October 2, 2014

Dan Patrick said that if women "get paid less than a man for the same job, that that’s not a problem."

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