Austin’s city council to underwrite abortion costs with taxpayer money.

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“Red-flag” laws allowing police to seize citizens’ firearms without due-process based on little more than hearsay are among the ideas politicians are pursuing in the wake of the El Paso shooting. On this week’s edition of Texas Scorecard Radio [[link removed]], Tony McDonald interviews Teresa Beckmeyer of Gun Owners of America about those proposals, background checks, and Second Amendment Sanctuary Cities.

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The Denton County GOP’s Executive Committee passed a resolution last week calling for the “immediate resignation of Speaker Dennis Bonnen and Chairman Dustin Burrows” in the wake of the quid pro quo scandal the two lawmakers created. Robert Montoya has the details [[link removed]].

Same thing happened in Montgomery County. Reagan Reed reports [[link removed]] the Montgomery County Republican Party’s Executive Committee passed a resolution calling for Bonnen’s “immediate resignation.”​ The resolution was presented by Senate District 4 State Repubublican Executive Committeewoman Allison Winter.

Meanwhile, the chair of the Frisco Tea Party, Toni Fabry, and her husband have penned a commentary [[link removed]] calling on House Speaker Dennis Bonnen to resign.

“Speaker Bonnen’s corrupting influence cannot be allowed to continue and fester, damaging the integrity of the Legislature and the reputation of the Republican Party of Texas and besmirching the honor of the citizens of Texas.” – Toni and Tom Fabry, Frisco Tea Party

Austin City Council members have proposed using up to $150,000 of taxpayers’ money toward underwriting abortions. Jacob Asmussen reports [[link removed]] the funding would cover associated costs such as rides to and from an abortion facility, lodging, and – ironically – childcare.

Texas Right to Life [[link removed](plp-8-19-2019-austin-city-council)] refers to Austin as “a sanctuary for the abortion industry.” ​

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​ More and more cities are rushing to hike property taxes in advance of new restrictions affecting how much taxpayers can be gouged by local government. Robert Montoya reports the city councils of Dallas [[link removed]] and Denton [[link removed]] are the latest to make life more expensive for their residents.

Meanwhile Thomas Warren reports [[link removed]] Amarillo College is raising taxes as a result of a bond package approved by voters earlier this year.

In a new commentary, Jeff Sorocak writes [[link removed]] gross mismanagement of over-collected tax dollars should be troubling for every resident in Fort Bend County. Number of the Day

188,170

Population of Frisco, Texas, as of July 1, 2018 – a 60.6 percent increase since July 2010.

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Today in History

On August 22, 1977, the charter class of the Texas A&M University College of Medicine began their first day of studies.

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