Hypocrisy Watch
Hypocrisy Watch: Week of May 19, 2026
One entry this week — but it arrives with 130 cities' worth of letterhead behind it.
Ken Paxton (Attorney General), the indicted-then-acquitted attorney general who keeps suing Austin and counting Then: Sent letters to 130 Texas cities asserting they had committed or were at risk of committing illegal tax increases under state law, implying his office had identified specific violations in each case.
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The New Texan staff · May 19