the Richardson City Council routinely violates the City Charter and State law?
Richardson's Mayor hid a conflict of interest from a regional board?
US News & World Report singled out Richardson as having "top heavy" government?
the golf pro at Richardson's Sherrill Park is paid a $900,000 annual salary?
Actually, each one of these statements is demonstrably false...but they are typical of the rumors and gossip that afflict the local political environment, now spread by the Internet at the speed of light.
Welcome to Rumorcheck.org! We are here to review, confirm, or debunk rumors in the local political arena. While excellent websites such as snopes.com address general rumors and factcheck.org research rumors about (and by) the major political players in the US, there is no specific venue for examining rumors about local political issues, on the city or county level.
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