Watchdog’s Scariest People of 2015: No. 4
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If only he would put his considerable skills to use helping his constituents, then he truly might be worthy of Politico’s honor. Until then, we have another title for him: Scary.
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Friends of this rural Nebraska county assessor had the benefit of a tax break, a state investigation found.
Read More →Special districts — with power to tax — grow like weeds in Texas
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Ghost-like governments with the power to tax continue to proliferate in Texas, which has the third most special purpose districts in the nation, despite efforts to rein them in and make them more transparent.
Read More →Denton scraps ordinance that muzzled council members
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The First Amendment scored a victory Tuesday in Denton, where after months of debate, the City Council unanimously voted to repeal an ordinance that criminalized their disclosure of information from the council’s private meetings.
Read More →Denton councilman calls for inquiry into ‘anarchist’ environmentalists
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A Denton city councilman questions why a city recreation center was allowed to be rented by an environmental activist group that he says is “promoting anarchy in our city.” The group at issue, doesn’t deny it’s anarchist, but says the real danger is the councilman’s “witch hunt.”
Read More →Fort Worth unveils the latest addition to massive public art collection
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Fort Worth officials dedicated a $1 million sculpture Thursday, just one of the $11.74 million worth of publicly funded art projects it has in the pipeline.
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