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Hey, friends!
We are seeing one victory after another! Check out all these taxing entities that set their tax rates below the "No New Revenue" rate:
City of Southlake
City of Keller
Tarrant County
Tarrant County Hospital District
Not only that, but Ft Worth ISD has temporarily closed all libraries so they can inventory and pull the garbage out.
This is just a partial list of victories. More will be coming!
Did you notice that all of these are in Tarrant County? For some of you, that is cause to celebrate. For others you may feel jealous or discouraged. Don't! True Texas Project was founded in Tarrant County, and we have been working really hard at the local levels for 14 years! Look how it's paying off!
This is budget season for all the taxing entitities: cities, ISDs, counties, community colleges, and hospitals. Make sure you are pressuring yours to hit that NNR rate!
Wanna know more? This is a big part of what our Citizen Advocates do, but very few of our satellites have progressed to local action! Reach out to Fran for more info on how to get active in YOUR county. True Texas Project wants to help!
Naming Names
I was proud to play a small part in the documentary released by Michael Quinn Sullivan at Texas Scorecard this week, The Texas Heist: Do Democrats Run The Texas House? How did a Republican-led state get in the mess we're in, and what do we do about it? Click the button to watch and find out. They name names. It's good.
Here's a list of people featured in the documentary. I bet you know and respect most of them!
And - SPOILER ALERT - here are some names on the naughty list...
Another spoiler alert! Several of this dozen already have challengers.
Consider it a primer on recent Texas history. Everything a conservative activist needs to know in 37 minutes!
Last call to train!!
Don't forget to sign up for our candidate webinar! Whether you are helping a candidate, thinking about running, or already announced, you will benefit from the professional knowledge shared.
RSVP here and we will send you the link to participate.
Let Us Pray
Lord, please bless the meetings in the Beaumont Area, Cross Timbers Region, and Collin County, as well as the social gatherings in the Brazos Valley, NW Harris County, Denton County, and the Bay Area. Please put a special blessing and protection for all of us on the zoom for the Candidate Recruitment Webinar on the 24th. Please speak very clearly to each of us what we should be doing to take our state back. Amen.
Fran's Friday Message
This week's message focused on the School Choice issue. Are you for it? Against it? Either way - do you really know what you are supporting or opposing? Check out the full message here for some details that might surprise you. Then get ready to fight FOR - or - AGAINST because it's likely going to be the subject of a special session in October.
In other news - big property tax wins in Tarrant County (as mentioned above) and we're still planning a trip to the Capitol on Sept 5 for the start of the impeachment trial. If you would like to join - email me at [email protected]
Stay Engaged!
Fran Rhodes, President
Still Growing!
Last week we did a little reorganizing and launched a new and improved satellite we're calling DFW South. What a great crowd that showed up, and 7 people stepped up for leadership! Amazing!
This week we launch a similar change-up, and we're calling this one Cross Timbers Region. If you can get to Granbury, this would be a good time to do it because it is our one and only meeting on the Paxton impeachment trial!
HEADS UP!
Did you know September is Constitution Month? That's why each year in September we offer our Constitution Boot Camp! For many of you, this is the last class you need to complete your Certified True Texan courses! This is the ONLY time we offer these classes, so don't let this opportunity slip away! Click the "GET CERTIFIED" button below to learn more, then scroll way down to the bottom of that page to find registration links to each one of the dates listed here. SIGNUP!
We continue with meetings, socials, and training this week! Some of these speakers are only speaking once, so don't miss your chance to hear them. Plus... we launch a new group in Granbury called Cross Timbers this week! Come show your support.
Find everything we're up to on our Events page at this link,but below is a complete list of the week ahead.
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Thanks for reading! If you have questions, tips, or encouragement for us, just reply to this email.
For Texas, Julie McCarty, CEO on behalf of the True Texas team
PS. A fellow activist is looking for folks to help with election integrity and I offered to send out a message she wrote:
Paper Ballot Hand Counters wanted! – If you would like for the electronic voting equipment to be eliminated or to have hand counting to validate the machine vote counts; we need people to PLEDGE and be trained to be hand counters in the near future. Go to https://handcountroadshow.org/pledge/ to sign up. We need to know who we can depend on and in what county. GO to https://handcountroadshow.org/pledge/and sign up today.
We must show our elected officials we do have “enough people” to hand count and to take this to the next step of securing our elections.
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