Rate the Texas tax-and-spenders

TFR's Fiscal Responsibility Scorecard let's you check the fiscal responsibility rating of your local legislators. This judges the legislators on tax and spend issues. The bigger the tax-and-spender the lower the rating.

The Travis county legislators are all D's by party label and get Fs on fiscal responsibility:

• Dukes (D) district 46 33.33%
• Bolton(D) district 47 21.43%
• Howard, Donna(D) district 48 33.33%
  
• Naishtat (D) district 49 26.67%
  
• Strama (D) district 50 43.75%
  
• Rodriguez (D) district 51 28.57%

A sad case of fiscal irresponsibility, based on votes that included unraveling welfare reform, levying a 'granny tax' on nursing home residents, and choosing spending over tax relief, that may be spreading to Hays. Patrick Rose is better than the Travis contingent but is still flunking:

• Rose (D) district 45 46.67%
  

These guys in Williamson are looking better but not great:

• Krusee (R) 52 64.29%
  
• Gattis (R) 20 66.67%
  

The prize for fiscal responsibility in the area must go to Nathan Macias, who represents Comal county.

• Macias (R) 73 93.33%