Preparing for a contentious legislative session when state lawmakers return to the Texas Capitol in January, Austin city leaders are defending the use of taxpayer-funded lobbyists to achieve and defend agenda goals while Republican leaders fight to end the practice.
“Everybody should have the ability, as effectively as they can, to advocate for their positions and make sure the legislators know what’s true and what’s not true,” Austin Mayor Steve Adler told KXAN.
Unsurprisingly, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott disagrees. Writing on Twitter, "Austin - don’t even try to defend taxpayer-funded lobbying. It is indefensible that you tax residents to get money that you use to hire lobbyists to support legislation to allow you to tax even more. "
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