University of North Texas President Advocates for Transportation Tax
Just when you think you’ve been around Austin and have seen it all – something surprises you.
That’s what happened when I learned of a letter the President of the University of North Texas wrote a letter to the bill sponsor supporting his new transportation tax.
As if they aren’t busy enough raising tuition and fees, now university presidents are in the business of raising transportation taxes and providing political cover for tax-raising elected officials.
Mind you, they are doing it on official state agency letterhead, and that is an inappropriate use of your tax dollars. It may even be illegal. State statute prohibits state agencies from lobbying.
AFP has been the lead organization opposing taxpayer-funded lobbying. (That’s when federal, state or local tax dollars are used to lobby – usually for more of our tax dollars.)
It appears a taxpayer-funded lobbyist asked the university president to chime in. No, that’s not helping her case any.
Thanks to the good investigative reporting of Will Lutz, with the Lone Star Report, that correspondence is now public.
To read the letter and the article (where I am quoted expressing appropriate outrage on behalf of all taxpayers), go to: http://tinyurl.com/ygc69a8
-- Peggy Venable
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