Legislator: Bonnen’s statements “were blatantly false.”
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Members of the Texas House continue to sound off about the meeting to which I was invited by House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, in which he made a quid pro quo offer of House media credentials in exchange for political activity. Bonnen’s proposal is now the subject of an investigation by the Texas Rangers, at the behest of the House General Investigating Committee.
Brandon Waltens reports [[link removed]] State Rep. Matt Schaefer (R-Tyler) is the latest to speak out after listening to the recording of the meeting. Schaefer, an attorney, wrote that “the offer made by Speaker Bonnen to Michael Quinn Sullivan regarding media credentials for the Texas House floor appears to be unethical.”
Schaefer, the former chairman of the Freedom Caucus, also noted that parts of Bonnen’s various statements about the meeting have been “misleading, while other parts were blatantly false.”
Meanwhile other lawmakers, including State Rep. Kyle Biedermann (R–Fredericksburg), are calling for Bonnen’s resignation [[link removed]] altogether.
Just hours after a Texas Ranger investigation into House Speaker Dennis Bonnen was officially announced, the speaker’s press secretary shared on social media [[link removed]] an op-ed entitled “Hardball politics isn’t a crime.” That piece was written by the former chairman of the Texas Ethics Commission, Ross Fischer, who now serves as general counsel to the State Bar of Texas’ board of directors.
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Keller Independent School District taxpayers will be asked this November to increase their debt burden by over $300 million, thanks to a unanimous vote of the school board. Robert Montoya reports [[link removed]] that if voters approve the bond in November, it would be added to the more than $1 billion already owed.
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On August 14, 1945, the Japanese government publicly announced its unconditional surrender to the Allied Forces, bringing World War II to an end.
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