February 25, 2025
Grassroots America Calls for Public Accounting
of Smith County Road Bond Projects
“Behind Schedule, Over Budget, Evidence of Substandard Results”
Tyler, Texas – Grassroots America, a statewide conservative public policy and citizen action group based in Smith County, Texas, today called for a full public accounting of Smith County Road Bond Projects, saying “After receiving numerous complaints from Smith County citizens, we conducted an audit of Smith County Road Bond project documents. Our audit revealed that the Smith County Road Plan promised to the taxpayers is dramatically behind schedule and over budget.
There appear to be examples of “completed” road surfaces that differ from the improvements promised. Some completed projects are already showing signs of deterioration. The lack of financial and operational transparency in scheduling these road bond projects and reporting to taxpayers is just flat out unacceptable. Smith County taxpayers deserve better.
We call on the Smith County Commissioners Court to adopt a “business urgency” approach, work with the County Engineer to assemble all the facts and hold a public meeting in the next 30 days to properly inform citizens.”
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This citizen empowering accountability tool is something Executive Director and co-founder JoAnn Fleming has long wanted for the conservative grassroots. This is a self-governance tool that can help you verify what legislators and campaign consultants say!
After so many years working alongside many of you, JoAnn is very thankful that we can offer this amazing tool to you at no charge. Note that it isn’t behind a paywall, and no super-secret access code is required. We’ve made it easy to access and are now making it easy for you to learn how to use it!
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