Citizen Engagement
Smith County/Tyler Area Government Issues
BREAKING NEWS — Call for Forensic Audit of Smith County
Grassroots America says “Enough is enough! We are determined to get truth and justice for Smith County taxpayers”
Request for Cooperation Relating to Our Recommended Forensic and Compliance Audit of Smith County Financial Records and Associated Reports
County Judge Neal Franklin & Commissioners: Cooperate with Forensic & Compliance Audit, Put a Moratorium on New Streets, Prioritize Completing Road Bond Projects
Request for Forensic and Compliance Audit of Smith County Financial Records and Associated Reports
Smith County Council of District JudgesThe Honorable, Robert Wilson, Local Administrative District Judge; 321st District CourtThe Honorable Kerry L. Russell, Judge of the 7th District CourtThe Honorable Austin Reeve Jackson, Judge of the 114th District CourtThe...
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...
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 |...
