Citizen Engagement
Smith County/Tyler Area Government Issues
Continued taxpayer-funded salary and benefits payments to a convicted, incarcerated elected official?
Grassroots America questions constitutionality of continued taxpayer-funded salary & benefits to a convicted, incarcerated smith county clerk – Calls on district attorney Jacob Putman and the Smith County Commissioners Court to review the Texas Supreme Court’s definition of ‘gratuitous’ payments.
Salary and benefits payments to an incarcerated county elected official?
We raise a simple – yet vitally important – legal matter regarding the continuation of salary and benefits payments to an incarcerated county elected official…
Grassroots America: “Shockingly Unprofessional, Unacceptable, Embarrassing, and Disrespectful to Taxpayers”
“In 33 years, I have never witnessed such a shocking failure as this year’s budget process in Smith County. County Judge Neal Franklin and the Commissioners have never had one public discussion to set the spending boundaries for the 2026 budget nor have they ever attempted to cast a unified vision for what this budget should achieve for the taxpayers…
Who’s Accountable?
March 14, 2025After Smith County Commissioners Court Respondsto Our Questions on Road Bond Projects,Reasonable, Unanswered Questions Remain!On February 24, 2025, Grassroots America, called for a full public accounting of 2017 and 2021 Smith County Road Bond...
Who’s Accountable?
March 14, 2025After Smith County Commissioners Court Respondsto Our Questions on Road Bond Projects,Reasonable, Unanswered Questions Remain!On...
Smith County Commissioners Court Responds
Contacts: Tom Fabry, Board Member, Local Watchdog Committee Chair | (817) 721-6701JoAnn Fleming, Executive Director, former County Commissioner |...
Grassroots America Calls for Public Accounting of Smith County Road Bond Projects
Contacts: Tom Fabry, Board Member, Local Watchdog Committee Chair | (817) 721-6701JoAnn Fleming, Executive Director, former County Commissioner |...
Unaffordable | Do Something
2024 Local Gov't Budget Recommendations | Right-size Gov't Local gov'ts have started devising budgets for the upcoming fiscal year, which starts in...
Hot Update: Protect Kids | Tyler Library Smut
Thank you to all the volunteers who attended the October 18th library board meeting – the last one of this year! There were about 50 people in...
