Greetings True Texans!

Fran here - Julie is on vacation in Alaska, and has left me in charge.  How scary is that?  Let's see how much damage I can do. 

In case you've been on another planet and haven't heard - AG Ken Paxton was acquitted of all impeachment articles on Saturday.  The vote was mostly along party lines with Republican Senators Robert Nichols and Kelly Hancock voting with the Democrats to impeach on most of the articles.  TTP has been on the front line of this issue since the beginning.  Our statewide True Texan army was built for such a time as this, and we showed up stronger than any other grassroots group in the state. 

A big thank you to everyone who called, emailed, attended the trial, spent hours in front of the computer watching, and posted on social media.  This is a huge victory for grassroots activists!

CAUTION!  POTENTIAL TAX HIKES AHEAD!

I hope you've all been paying attention to your local governments who are in the process of setting property tax rates.  We can congratulate quite a few of them for adopting the No New Revenue Rate or something below that rate.  But many are just growing their budgets, and sticking it to the taxpayers.  Only YOU - as citizens - can put a stop to it.  Demand better.

What is your local government doing with property tax rates?  I'd really like to know and to feature the best and the worst in one of the Friday Messages.  So send me your good guys/bad guys reports.  Email me at [email protected]

And have you seen what Dade Phelan is sending to his constituents? They seem to only be going to the older crowd.  Does he think we're stupid because we're old?  Apparently!

And, it seems, Dade accomplished  this remarkable feat

all by himself:

"Tax Cut Champion"?  I'll withhold comment on that cause if I say what I think, I'll probably get in trouble.  But bottom line - whatever the state does or does not do about property taxes, the amount of taxes you pay lies solely with your local government elected representatives.  Hold them accountable!

I'd like to take a moment to brag on my own school district trustees in the Keller ISD.  Last Monday, in  a special meeting, the Trustees approved a resolution to withhold its next state-mandated recapture payment. Keller ISD joins Spring ISD last week in just saying no to Robin Hood Recapture.  The Keller vote was 5 to 1, with one Trustee absent.  You can watch the video of the meeting here.  Or you can read Texas Scorecard's article about it here.  Sometimes non-compliance is the only solution.

Challengers To the Dirty Dozen

I know that by now you've watched this film and shared it with others.  It's the most viewed video that Scorecard has ever done!  I'm linking it here just in case you want to review, or send it to another friend.

There are a whole bunch of non Republican Republicans in the Texas House that need to be replaced!  This documentary, identifies the worst of the worst - the Dirty Dozen.  Study their names, their district locations, their challengers, and then get ready to defeat as many as possible in March 2024.

We're featuring a challenger to the Dirty Dozen every week.                       Please visit their websites, donate and/or volunteer if you can, and show them some love on social media! 

1. The first week we featured David Lowe, who is challenging Stephanie Klick.
2. The second week we intro'd Dennis London, who is challenging Justin Holland.
3. Third week, we featured Mike Olcott, who is challenging Glen Rogers.
4. This week we feature another well known and favorite Patriot, Andy Hopper.   Andy is challenging Lynn Stucky in District 64.  Andy is the co-founder of Wise County Patriots, and has partnered with True Texas Project on many projects over the past 4 years.  Andy's leadership in the conservative movement is exemplary, and he can be counted on to stand on the promises he makes.  Check out his website here, to volunteer or donate.  (Remember - even those little $5 or $10 donations mean a lot because candidates are judged not only on how much they raise, but how many individual donations are made!)

Who should we feature next week for #5?  Send us your suggestions!

Let Us Pray

  Lord, we lift up all those attending the constitutional boot camps and all other TTP events, the citizen advocates representing us in Austin, and all those You are calling on to step up in the primaries.  We pray that Your unfailing love, strength, and peace would flood us all for your never ending glory. Amen.

Fran's Friday Message

Since Fran is doing the weekly newsletter this week, Fran did NOT do a Fran's Friday Message.  Everyone should probably tell Fran to stop slacking off! 🤣

Sincerely,

Fran

Hurry! Last chance til at least 2025!

Three Boot Camp workshops left!  Sept 23 in Brazos and Rockwall/Kaufman, and Sept 30 in The Woodlands. In 4 hours for $20 you learn about the Constitution in a fun and easy way. Suitable for high school and older. These classes get RAVE reviews so don't miss your last chance this year!

True Texans Taking Charge

Our new "How To" videos are getting rave reviews.  There are 2 so far, Luke Macias on How To Vet Candidates from August, and this month, Warren Norred on How To start and run a PAC.  The Warren Norred video will be part of your monthly meetings in the month of September.  Each month when the meetings are completed, the new How To video will be posted on our YouTube channel for everyone to view, review, and share. 

Also, in case you missed it, our  Candidate Recruitment event is available on the You Tube channel.  If you are thinking of running for office, or want to help someone else do it, we have 4 experts to help guide you through the process.

I keep hearing from folks that they didn't know we have a YouTube channel!  Or that they don't know how to access it.  Of course we have a YouTube channel!  And it's so easy to find.  Just go to our website and look in the upper left hand corner.  You'll see icons for all of our social media platforms.  Including YouTube! 

The YouTube icon looks like this

Click on it from the website, and it will take you right to our YouTube videos.  There's 14 years worth of archived videos on there, so dive right in and enjoy!

📆This week at True Texas Project... 

Time for week TWO of our monthly meetings! Plus don't forget to check out the socials and Constitution Bootcamps happening around you. As always, you can 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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