Latest Fact-checks in County Budget Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Robert Reich dicho el Noviembre 24, 2021 en a tweet: “Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell dicho el Agosto 21, 2020 en an ad: After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied. Kim Gray dicho el Marzo 3, 2020 en a radio interview.: “Even Fairfax County doesn’t pay the kind of (school administration) salaries that Richmond is paying right now.” Facebook posts dicho el Diciembre 31, 2019 en social media posts: "California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13." Steve Chabot dicho el Septiembre 6, 2018 en a campaign ad: Says Aftab Pureval is "lying" about his office’s "$400,000 projected deficit." Edward Cox dicho el Mayo 1, 2018 en an interview on The Capital Pressroom: Marc Molinaro "has cut taxes, his budget now is lower than it was six years ago" in Dutchess County Travis Forward dicho el Octubre 23, 2017 en a mailer advocating voter approval of Travis County bond propositions: "The Travis County propositions will not raise your taxes! If you are 65 or older, your property taxes are frozen." Scott Walker dicho el Junio 5, 2017 en an interview: When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year." Chris Abele dicho el Mayo 18, 2017 en an interview: Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something." Karen Handel dicho el Marzo 21, 2017 en an interview: "As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget." Bill de Blasio dicho el Noviembre 18, 2016 en a WNYC interview: On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand." Chris Malone dicho el Septiembre 28, 2016: Says Democratic challenger for his N.C. House seat "raised taxes on clothing, school supplies – even baby diapers!" Gerald Daugherty dicho el Octubre 17, 2016 en his campaign website: Says he’s "taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office." Chris Abele dicho el Marzo 3, 2016 en an interview: The Mitchell Park Domes "lose about $1 million-plus every year" and "the number of people going to the Domes has been going down." Jason Nassour dicho el Febrero 18, 2016 en a Facebook post: Says Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty "claims to have taken a pay cut, but for 2016, he voted to raise his salary by 19.6 percent." Wisconsin Working Families Party dicho el Enero 15, 2016 en a direct mail flier: Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele spent "$100,000 of taxpayer money on a new luxury SUV." Chris Larson dicho el Enero 7, 2016 en a Facebook post: Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele "once proposed a plan to end county funding to homeless shelters." Charlotte Nash dicho el Noviembre 17, 2015 en a statement: Since 2008, Gwinnett County’s population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent. Chris Abele dicho el Noviembre 2, 2015 en a TV ad: Says he balanced the Milwaukee County budget "without raising taxes five years in a row." Kenneth Block dicho el Agosto 23, 2015 en TV interview: "The cost of fire in Rhode Island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find." Tim Lee dicho el Junio 30, 2015 en mass email: Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium. Lee May dicho el Junio 2, 2015 en a press release: "Our reserves are now in much better shape than they were just a few years ago." Lee May dicho el Enero 22, 2015 en the 2015 State of the County address: DeKalb County has graduated five police academies and three fire academies to help reach its ambitious hiring goals in both departments. Mary Burke dicho el Octubre 17, 2014 en a debate: Says Scott Walker cut funding to local governments in Wisconsin, contributing to the "second-largest increase in violent crime" in the Midwest. Wisconsin Professional Police Association dicho el Septiembre 25, 2014 en a news conference: Data on violent crime shows Wisconsin "has become less safe than it was when Scott Walker took office." David A. Clarke Jr. dicho el Julio 27, 2014 en an interview: "I've either balanced every budget or we turned back a surplus." Charlotte Nash dicho el Julio 15, 2014 en at a commission meeting : Gwinnett County government has made "significant cutbacks in staffing." John Chisholm dicho el Junio 2, 2014 en a letter: Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work." ChangeAustin.org dicho el Febrero 26, 2014 en an email blast: Sarah Eckhardt "refused to take her own pay increases repeatedly." David A. Clarke Jr. dicho el Enero 31, 2014 en an interview: Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is responsible for the roughly $7,800 "I pay in property taxes per year."
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Robert Reich dicho el Noviembre 24, 2021 en a tweet: “Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell dicho el Agosto 21, 2020 en an ad: After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied. Kim Gray dicho el Marzo 3, 2020 en a radio interview.: “Even Fairfax County doesn’t pay the kind of (school administration) salaries that Richmond is paying right now.” Facebook posts dicho el Diciembre 31, 2019 en social media posts: "California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13." Steve Chabot dicho el Septiembre 6, 2018 en a campaign ad: Says Aftab Pureval is "lying" about his office’s "$400,000 projected deficit." Edward Cox dicho el Mayo 1, 2018 en an interview on The Capital Pressroom: Marc Molinaro "has cut taxes, his budget now is lower than it was six years ago" in Dutchess County Travis Forward dicho el Octubre 23, 2017 en a mailer advocating voter approval of Travis County bond propositions: "The Travis County propositions will not raise your taxes! If you are 65 or older, your property taxes are frozen." Scott Walker dicho el Junio 5, 2017 en an interview: When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year." Chris Abele dicho el Mayo 18, 2017 en an interview: Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something." Karen Handel dicho el Marzo 21, 2017 en an interview: "As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget." Bill de Blasio dicho el Noviembre 18, 2016 en a WNYC interview: On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand." Chris Malone dicho el Septiembre 28, 2016: Says Democratic challenger for his N.C. House seat "raised taxes on clothing, school supplies – even baby diapers!" Gerald Daugherty dicho el Octubre 17, 2016 en his campaign website: Says he’s "taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office." Chris Abele dicho el Marzo 3, 2016 en an interview: The Mitchell Park Domes "lose about $1 million-plus every year" and "the number of people going to the Domes has been going down." Jason Nassour dicho el Febrero 18, 2016 en a Facebook post: Says Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty "claims to have taken a pay cut, but for 2016, he voted to raise his salary by 19.6 percent." Wisconsin Working Families Party dicho el Enero 15, 2016 en a direct mail flier: Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele spent "$100,000 of taxpayer money on a new luxury SUV." Chris Larson dicho el Enero 7, 2016 en a Facebook post: Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele "once proposed a plan to end county funding to homeless shelters." Charlotte Nash dicho el Noviembre 17, 2015 en a statement: Since 2008, Gwinnett County’s population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent. Chris Abele dicho el Noviembre 2, 2015 en a TV ad: Says he balanced the Milwaukee County budget "without raising taxes five years in a row." Kenneth Block dicho el Agosto 23, 2015 en TV interview: "The cost of fire in Rhode Island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find." Tim Lee dicho el Junio 30, 2015 en mass email: Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium. Lee May dicho el Junio 2, 2015 en a press release: "Our reserves are now in much better shape than they were just a few years ago." Lee May dicho el Enero 22, 2015 en the 2015 State of the County address: DeKalb County has graduated five police academies and three fire academies to help reach its ambitious hiring goals in both departments. Mary Burke dicho el Octubre 17, 2014 en a debate: Says Scott Walker cut funding to local governments in Wisconsin, contributing to the "second-largest increase in violent crime" in the Midwest. Wisconsin Professional Police Association dicho el Septiembre 25, 2014 en a news conference: Data on violent crime shows Wisconsin "has become less safe than it was when Scott Walker took office." David A. Clarke Jr. dicho el Julio 27, 2014 en an interview: "I've either balanced every budget or we turned back a surplus." Charlotte Nash dicho el Julio 15, 2014 en at a commission meeting : Gwinnett County government has made "significant cutbacks in staffing." John Chisholm dicho el Junio 2, 2014 en a letter: Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work." ChangeAustin.org dicho el Febrero 26, 2014 en an email blast: Sarah Eckhardt "refused to take her own pay increases repeatedly." David A. Clarke Jr. dicho el Enero 31, 2014 en an interview: Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is responsible for the roughly $7,800 "I pay in property taxes per year."
Robert Reich dicho el Noviembre 24, 2021 en a tweet: “Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.
Debbie Mucarsel-Powell dicho el Agosto 21, 2020 en an ad: After a bridge collapse killed six people, Carlos Gimenez extended a $130 million contract to the construction company, where one of his sons worked and for which another lobbied.
Kim Gray dicho el Marzo 3, 2020 en a radio interview.: “Even Fairfax County doesn’t pay the kind of (school administration) salaries that Richmond is paying right now.”
Facebook posts dicho el Diciembre 31, 2019 en social media posts: "California's Attorney General, Xavier Becerra is putting together plans to raise property tax revenue by eliminating the only thing keeping some people's property tax from sky rocketing, Prop 13."
Steve Chabot dicho el Septiembre 6, 2018 en a campaign ad: Says Aftab Pureval is "lying" about his office’s "$400,000 projected deficit."
Edward Cox dicho el Mayo 1, 2018 en an interview on The Capital Pressroom: Marc Molinaro "has cut taxes, his budget now is lower than it was six years ago" in Dutchess County
Travis Forward dicho el Octubre 23, 2017 en a mailer advocating voter approval of Travis County bond propositions: "The Travis County propositions will not raise your taxes! If you are 65 or older, your property taxes are frozen."
Scott Walker dicho el Junio 5, 2017 en an interview: When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year."
Chris Abele dicho el Mayo 18, 2017 en an interview: Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something."
Karen Handel dicho el Marzo 21, 2017 en an interview: "As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget."
Bill de Blasio dicho el Noviembre 18, 2016 en a WNYC interview: On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand."
Chris Malone dicho el Septiembre 28, 2016: Says Democratic challenger for his N.C. House seat "raised taxes on clothing, school supplies – even baby diapers!"
Gerald Daugherty dicho el Octubre 17, 2016 en his campaign website: Says he’s "taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office."
Chris Abele dicho el Marzo 3, 2016 en an interview: The Mitchell Park Domes "lose about $1 million-plus every year" and "the number of people going to the Domes has been going down."
Jason Nassour dicho el Febrero 18, 2016 en a Facebook post: Says Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty "claims to have taken a pay cut, but for 2016, he voted to raise his salary by 19.6 percent."
Wisconsin Working Families Party dicho el Enero 15, 2016 en a direct mail flier: Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele spent "$100,000 of taxpayer money on a new luxury SUV."
Chris Larson dicho el Enero 7, 2016 en a Facebook post: Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele "once proposed a plan to end county funding to homeless shelters."
Charlotte Nash dicho el Noviembre 17, 2015 en a statement: Since 2008, Gwinnett County’s population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.
Chris Abele dicho el Noviembre 2, 2015 en a TV ad: Says he balanced the Milwaukee County budget "without raising taxes five years in a row."
Kenneth Block dicho el Agosto 23, 2015 en TV interview: "The cost of fire in Rhode Island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find."
Tim Lee dicho el Junio 30, 2015 en mass email: Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium.
Lee May dicho el Junio 2, 2015 en a press release: "Our reserves are now in much better shape than they were just a few years ago."
Lee May dicho el Enero 22, 2015 en the 2015 State of the County address: DeKalb County has graduated five police academies and three fire academies to help reach its ambitious hiring goals in both departments.
Mary Burke dicho el Octubre 17, 2014 en a debate: Says Scott Walker cut funding to local governments in Wisconsin, contributing to the "second-largest increase in violent crime" in the Midwest.
Wisconsin Professional Police Association dicho el Septiembre 25, 2014 en a news conference: Data on violent crime shows Wisconsin "has become less safe than it was when Scott Walker took office."
David A. Clarke Jr. dicho el Julio 27, 2014 en an interview: "I've either balanced every budget or we turned back a surplus."
Charlotte Nash dicho el Julio 15, 2014 en at a commission meeting : Gwinnett County government has made "significant cutbacks in staffing."
John Chisholm dicho el Junio 2, 2014 en a letter: Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has "deputies collecting overtime while sitting passively in chairs watching courthouse security personnel work."
ChangeAustin.org dicho el Febrero 26, 2014 en an email blast: Sarah Eckhardt "refused to take her own pay increases repeatedly."
David A. Clarke Jr. dicho el Enero 31, 2014 en an interview: Says Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is responsible for the roughly $7,800 "I pay in property taxes per year."
