Jorge Borrego
@JBorregoTX
Education Policy Director @TPPF | K-12 & Higher Ed expert | Bringing Parent Empowerment to Texas | #txlege
They told us property tax relief was on the way. Instead, Texans are drowning in local debt. 💸 Billions approved in low-turnout elections. Massive obligations—tiny vote counts. And ISDs are just the beginning. Municipal debt is next. #txlege #txdebt texaspolicy.com/public-debt-pr…
Texas is drowning in local debt—and school districts are a big part of the problem. Billions in bond obligations. Stadiums over student outcomes. Tomorrow, we’re dropping new district-by-district debt profiles. You’ll want to see what your ISD owes. 👀 #txlege
🔎Want a sharper view of public debt across #txlege House districts? @JBorregoTX breaks it down with summaries, total school district debt, avg ISD expenditures, bond election turnout & vote breakdowns. Highly recommend: texaspolicy.com/public-debt-pr…
Nearly $500 billion in local debt. And 59% of city bonds passed with less than 10% turnout. Texas is being indentured by bonds that hardly anybody voted for. @GregAbbott_TX is right: No new taxes without a supermajority of voters signing off. #xlege
💸 Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying: Who Really Benefits? Why the focus on taxpayer-funded lobbying? Because your hard-earned dollars are being used to hire lobbyists—often to advocate against your best interests. 🚫 These lobbyists frequently push for policies that protect the power…
🔍📊 Texans are being taxed twice, once to fund local services, and again to fund political lobbying they may not support. 💸 In 2023, local governments spent nearly $100 MILLION (up from $75M in 2021) on contract lobbyists, using your tax dollars to influence legislation, and I…
I just filed SB 12 the Ban on taxpayer funded lobbying, let’s drain the swamp, defund the the deep state and get SB 12 passed! Thank you @GregAbbott_TX for putting the ban on taxpayer funded lobbying on the agenda and @DanPatrick for making this bill a priority of the Senate!
Local debt is exploding. Billions in bonds that hardly anyone votes in. You’re paying for it all. Texans are paying for projects they never approved. Next up: a closer look at city and county debt. #txlege #txdebt @TPPF texaspolicy.com/public-debt-pr…
Now- in most circumstances, yes. If my bill passes no. They would have to either restructure the bond or put it on ice for 2 years.
WOW. Eye-opening numbers here! #txlege
🚨@GregAbbott_TX is right for calling a special session on property tax reform. These local taxing entities have gone rogue. 🔻 $202 BILLION in ISD debt 🔻 $100+ million stadiums 🔻 1000s of Bonds passed with just 1 vote 🔻 Nearly HALF A TRILLION in total local debt Texans…
While families struggle to afford groceries, local officials are racking up billions in debt. In HD 65: 💸$87,182 in debt per student 💸 $11.3 BILLION in ISD debt 💸$430 MILLION passed with <1,000 votes This is what happens when taxpayer-funded lobbyists and profiteers run the…
Texans are footing the bill while hardly any votes. In HD 63: 💸$7.46B in total ISD debt 💸 $260M passed with <1,000 votes 💸 Debt per student: $79,244 Extravagant bonds are passing with shockingly little input. Taxpayers deserve better. #txlege @Bumgarner4HD63
Texans are being buried in debt while hardly anyone is voting for it. In HD 55: 🚨 $2.1B in total ISD debt 🚨 $199M passed with <1000 votes 🚨 $53M passed with <500 votes Guess who fights to keep this system? Taxpayer-funded lobbyists. @HicklandHillary is right to demand…
I’m working on a bill to Address this as we speak. #txlege
🚨@GregAbbott_TX is right for calling a special session on property tax reform. These local taxing entities have gone rogue. 🔻 $202 BILLION in ISD debt 🔻 $100+ million stadiums 🔻 1000s of Bonds passed with just 1 vote 🔻 Nearly HALF A TRILLION in total local debt Texans…
If we want to use humans to grade writing responses, that's fine with me. But we have to realize that humans are: 1. Expensive 2. Slow Constructed responses are hard but so needed. How many times have you heard an employer say their applicants can't write?
On the eve of the #TxLege special session, let's talk about the inaccuracy of STAAR Reading Language Arts AI scoring, and how these errors provide undergraded results to students, parents, and teachers, that then propagate through the state's Accountability System. A #TxEd 🧵.
3 years ago, Belton ISD passed a bond for electronic devices for 5 million and 5 years. I explained, at the time, that these devices would depreciate BEFORE the bond is paid off. This November, Belton ISD is asking for a bond for 9 million for... you guessed it, devices. We…
Hey Texas, we have a problem:
🚨@GregAbbott_TX is right for calling a special session on property tax reform. These local taxing entities have gone rogue. 🔻 $202 BILLION in ISD debt 🔻 $100+ million stadiums 🔻 1000s of Bonds passed with just 1 vote 🔻 Nearly HALF A TRILLION in total local debt Texans…
Rep. @AndyHopperTX is right for fighting for reform. 🚨 $9.4B in ISD debt across HD 64 🚨 $385M in bonds passed with just 1 vote 🚨 Avg. debt per student: $58,178 All while taxpayer-funded lobbyists fight to protect the status quo. Texans deserve better. #txlege
🚨$3.57 BILLION in ISD debt. 🚨$238 MILLION passed with just one vote. 🚨$29,800 owed per student. One person shouldn’t be able to saddle entire communities with hundreds of millions in debt. Glad Rep. Money is fighting to stop the madness. #txlege
My special session agenda: ✅ Abolish Abortion ✅ Eliminate Property Taxes ✅ Ban Taxpayer Funded Lobbying ✅ End STAAR Testing
🚨@GregAbbott_TX is right for calling a special session on property tax reform. These local taxing entities have gone rogue. 🔻 $202 BILLION in ISD debt 🔻 $100+ million stadiums 🔻 1000s of Bonds passed with just 1 vote 🔻 Nearly HALF A TRILLION in total local debt Texans…
