One of the biggest challenges for conservatives, going into next session, will be safeguarding the Economic Stabilization Fund from lawmakers anxious to spend money on new programs or expand existing ones-especially when today’s uncertain economy calls for caution and fiscal restraint.
Kudos, Tarrant County
Fiscal conservatism is alive-and-well in Texas’ 3rd largest county. As evidence, consider that Tarrant County officials last year approved a tax rate below the no-new-revenue (NNR) tax rate, resulting in an astonishing “13.17 percent” rate reduction. As impressive as that was though, county leaders took things one step further by creating a 10% local option...