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Jack Posobiec Coming in One Week!

Next Saturday is the Texas Victory Session with Jack Posobiec!

Jack is a strong ally of President Trump and Steve Bannon and hosts his show "Human Events Daily" on Real America's Voice. He is also heavily involved with Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA.

If you recognize the name "Human Events," you may know it as the favorite newspaper of President Ronald Reagan. Jack's team purchased Human Events several years ago, and Jack is the Senior Editor of it today. His show is a piece of the Human Events platform today, keeping the spirit of Reagan's favorite paper alive.

If you like what we do here, then you'll be a fan of Jack. He shares our conservative vision and has a passion for victory. You won't want to miss this!

All attendees will receive a copy of Jack's new book, "Unhumans" which lays out the history of communist revolutions in the West and provides strategies for defeating them. It is a must-read for our times.

Be sure to get your tickets below!

Mansfield Soccer Stadium

You may remember our recent story on the City of Mansfield, in which we exposed the hiring of a recent City Councilman as the City's "Chief Sustainability Officer." We noted that the City Charter prohibits the hiring of former City Councilmen as City employees for a year after their term ends, which puts this action into question. While the former Councilman in question - Casey Lewis - was hired as a "contractor," according to his contract, we noted that he received many benefits that suggest he is not in fact a contractor. Well, we told you there would be more. Here it is!

In recent City Council subcommittee meeting minutes, Mr. Lewis is listed as the "Chief Sustainability Officer" under the "Staff" section. This calls even more into question whether or not Mr. Lewis would be considered a contractor by the proper authorities. Multiple times in these meeting minutes (found here), Mr. Lewis is not only listed as staff - but one time, he is even included in the middle of a list of staff members, none of which other than him were "contractors." This calls into question even more whether Mr. Lewis's hiring violates the Mansfield City Charter.

The hiring of Mr. Lewis isn't the only decision by the City Council that has concerned residents in recent weeks. The decision to begin construction of an $86 million soccer stadium has residents upset, who believe they were not properly informed or asked for permission regarding the project.

In 2023, an election was held to expand the approved uses of certain tax dollars collected for the Mansfield Economic Development Corporation. The City put out a voter information guide for the election, which you can read here.

While the propositions passed, they were somewhat vague. The election was also in 2023, though the decision to build a new stadium is just now being made. This has many local residents upset and some questioning the legality of the decision, considering they were not provided with an opportunity to consider this specific project, which will cost nearly $100 million. Some have noted that, in 2023 when the proposals were first considered, several council members noted that any project that would require the use of public funds would require a vote - a vote which, according to some concerned residents, didn't happen.

At their August 26th meeting just earlier this week, the City Council approved two agenda items, Item 24-6111 and Item 24-6154, which together issued both $75 million in debt, allegedly without voter approval. Reasonably, this has upset many Mansfield residents who feel the City Council has been approving large expenditures and issuing massive amounts of debt without their consent.

The concern seems to arise from a pattern of behavior coming from the City Council. While many residents are eagerly looking forward to the May 2025 elections, some worry that far too much damage could be done before then and that the actions of the City Council may be opening the City up to serious legal liability.

DEI Defeated at TCC

This week we've got an elected official to praise for her action defending conservative values here in Tarrant County. Laura Forkner Pritchett, District 4 Trustee for Tarrant County College, is in the news for exposing what appears to be non-compliance from TCC employees regarding SB17, the state's law banning DEI in public colleges and universities.

Trustee Pritchett first noticed the violation earlier this year and was assured at the time that the violation was dealt with, and that the college was in compliance with state law. However, she says that residents and elected officials recently brought to her attention that the DEI material was still being used. We are very thankful that she immediately took action!

You can read Laura's statement here.

If you would like to read the full story, you can do so here.

Mayor Parker in the News

This week, Mayor Mattie Parker has been in the news for two things.

First, she and the City Council sent a letter to the City Manager, David Cooke, in response to his proposed budget - asking him to send back a budget below the No New Revenue tax rate. The proposed budget included a budget increase.

The City Council is set for a public meeting on September 17th to take comments on whatever budget it proposed and then will adopt it for Fiscal Year 2025. We should all watch carefully to see if the City Manager meets this request, and we hope to see many of you at the public meeting!

Second, Mayor Parker spoke at the Fort Worth ISD Board meeting and sent a letter urging them to address the district's failing metrics. She noted that the district's performance was well below that of other comparably sized ISDs like Dallas and Houston.

These two events are telling. It shows that when conservatives apply pressure and expect results from our municipal leaders, they will listen. We must remember this as we head in to the May 2025 elections for Fort Worth, Mansfield, and several other elections.

You can read the Budget Letter here.

If you would like to read Mayor Parker's letter to FWISD, you can read that here.

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