Fact Check Posts – Page 38

Rick Perry
stated on June 29, 2011 in a press release:

Says legislative debate of airport pat-down procedures initiated federal changes in security procedures.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 11, 2011

Better Austin Today
stated on June 18, 2011 in a campaign mailer.:

Says that under City Council Member Randi Shade, Austin had the "highest city debt per person in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 6, 2011

Roger Williams
stated on June 28, 2011 in at a campaign stop.:

Says U.S. House opponent Michael Williams does not live in and has never voted in the congressional district he’s seeking to represent.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2011

Charles Perry
stated on June 24, 2011 in a Texas Tribune interview.:

Says $6 billion projected to accumulate in the state’s rainy day fund is already used.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 4, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on June 18, 2011 in a speech.:

Says the 2012-13 state budget "leaves $6 billion in a rainy day fund."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2011

Women On the Wall
stated on June 11, 2011 in a Texas Capitol rally.:

Says states that passed anti-illegal-immigrant legislation also had few Hispanic legislators.

By W. Gardner Selby • June 29, 2011

Better Austin Today
stated on June 18, 2011 in a campaign mailer.:

"Under Randi Shade," Austin has "had the highest cost of living of any large Texas city."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2011

Rick Perry
stated on June 14, 2011 in a cameo interview.:

"Since June 2009, about 48 percent of all the jobs created in America were in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2011

Nina Perales
stated on May 31, 2011 in a press release.:

Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 22, 2011

Roger Williams
stated on June 8, 2011 in U.S. Senate forum.:

Says he's signed a pledge not to raise taxes four times.

By W. Gardner Selby • June 16, 2011

Ted Nugent
stated on June 1, 2011 in an oped column.:

Rick Perry "has never lost an election and remains the only person to have won the Texas governorship three times in landslide elections."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 14, 2011

Kathie Tovo
stated on April 29, 2011 in a TV ad.:

Says the Austin City Council "may give $4 million a year to subsidize a race track."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 12, 2011

Randi Shade
stated on May 18, 2011 in a campaign mailer.:

Says opponent Kathie Tovo "believes that Austin invests too much in the cops, firefighters and paramedics that protect our families and neighborhoods."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 11, 2011

Doug Otto
stated on March 22, 2011 in a radio interview.:

Says Rick Perry said there’s an administrator for every teacher in Texas public schools.

By W. Gardner Selby • June 10, 2011

Don Zimmerman
stated on May 31, 2011 in a press release.:

"Every time you buy an airline ticket, the federal government runs a background check on you."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2011

Michael Sullivan
stated on May 26, 2011 in a tweet.:

Says public education will get more money in 2012-13 though lawmakers cut $15 billion in overall spending.

By W. Gardner Selby • June 4, 2011

Wendy Davis
stated on May 29, 2011 in a filibuster.:

Says "for the first time ever," Texas lawmakers are not funding student population growth.

By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2011

Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 18, 2011 in his radio program.:

Says Rick Perry is "the guy that tracked" down Democratic legislators who fled Texas in 2003.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2011

Joe Straus
stated on May 20, 2011 in a press release.:

Says state budget deal between Texas House and Senate leaders "funds nursing homes, our public schools and universities and provides financial aid for college students."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 27, 2011

Randi Shade
stated on May 19, 2011 in a statement.:

Says that several times in the last 15 years, Austin City Council candidates have won seats after trailing by more than 4,000 votes in the election prompting the runoff.

By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2011

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