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Smith County/Tyler Area Government Issues
FOUND: Smith County Justice of the Peace Prec. 2 Backlogged Cases Growing!
Smith County Justice of the Peace Prec. 2Backlogged Cases Growing! YOU BE THE JUDGE — LOOK AT THE RECORD:Data Source:Smith County FY 2026 Adopted Budget [09/09/25], page 123: Civil and Criminal Court Case Annual Reports (productivity reports for JP Courts) from...
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…
Just the Beginning – Kid Grooming Porn Must Go | Tyler Public Library
Metropolitan, self-anointed cultural elites preying on children by normalizing smut & pedophilia will not be tolerated. In response to many...
Our 2020 General Election Audit Report
Ever wonder what a real election audit would reveal? We did, so our local government watchdog committee got to work to organize and execute a...
Smith County Jail in the Spotlight – AGAIN
Grassroots America Seeks 4+ Years of Documents from/to Texas Commission on Jail Standards What Every Taxpayer in Texas Should Know about County Jail...
Want Your Tax Dollars Used for Covid-19 Bribes
by Tom Fabry, Chairman Grassroots America’s Local Gov’t Watchdog Committee Tyler ISD: $500 Reward for Employees Taking C-19 Shot On 8/23, the Tyler...
Grassroots America Opposes 2019 County Tax Increase & Hoarding Cash
Executive Director JoAnn Fleming said of the proposed tax increase, “Most elected officials begin budget planning with the tax rate from the...
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