Rolling Stones claim starts up Texas Truth-O-Meter

Barry Bone

Hearts of Stones

Says that when the Rolling Stones performed in an Austin park, they paid $25,000 to the nearby city of Rollingwood "for one night of inconvenience."

Doug Miller

Heat of debate

Says less than half of 1 percent of all the Texas legislators who ever served draw "a benefit" from pensions tied to the salaries of state district judges.

Rick Perry

Since poodle skirts were hip

Says Texas law requires state agencies to give preference to goods produced and grown in Texas.

Progress Texas

Repeating it doesn’t make it true

Says two-thirds of groups targeted for IRS scrutiny were not conservative.

Michael Sullivan

Fund to replenish, state forecasts

Says Texas lawmakers agreed to cut state's rainy day fund in half, spending "$4 billion from current $8 billion."

Ted Cruz

'Invaders' from Japan

Says Americans "invented ‘Pong,’ ‘Space Invaders’ and the iPhone."

Derek Ryan

Overall, Austin primary voters are 70% blue

Says first eight chosen to draw Austin City Council districts are seven Democratic primary voters and one Republican primary voter.

Karl Rove

High-water mark in 2000?

Says that in Texas, Republican nominees "get 40 percent of the Latino vote on average."

Rick Perry

Omits hoops and hurdles

Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree."

Promise: Fund state water plan

Update: Lawmakers revive Broken water-plan promise

Veronica Escobar

Caution advised

Says El Paso is the "safest city of our size in the nation."

Bill Ratliff

School closed in 2010

"We have one charter school that for seven years has been rated unacceptable."

Bill Hammond

Other indicators say 32% to 52%

Says only 25 percent of Texas high school students graduate prepared for college or careers.

Rick Perry

On eve of war, opposed secession, not slavery

Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery.

Robert Deuell

Rough estimate linked to NJ study

Says it's "estimated that 300 babies a year are sent home from the hospital with an unrecognized congenital heart defect; it is the most common birth defect in America."                   

Leticia Van de Putte

Test scores give an out

Says Texas high school graduates must pass Algebra II to be eligible for automatic admission to state's public universities.

Barack Obama

Study: 21 percent of region's economic oomph

Says that according to a report, "the tech sector now drives more than one-quarter of Austin’s economy."

Lee Leffingwell

Maybe if Austin sprawls across five counties

Says nearly 1 million people are "coming to town" in the next 20 years.

Barack Obama

Muddier than said

Says "we" have put more boots on the U.S.-Mexico border "than at any time in our history, and illegal crossings are down by nearly 80 percent from their peak in 2000."

Greg Abbott

Now up to 27

Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.