Murder Charges Filed In 2015 Texas Biker Shootout That Left 9 Dead (Waco)

dfw.cbslocal.com ^ | 5/9/2018

[PAR35]

None of this is covered by the state.

Not accurate. Gov. Abbott has given the county about $1 million in state taxpayer money to cover costs.

[raiderboy]

Of his own money? absurd. He doesn’t just write checks out of state funds. There is an actual legislative process for spending in Texas. I just don’t think that is true at all.

[PAR35]

Do your homework. Or I’ll do it for you.

County accepts $646,000 Twin Peaks reimbursement from state
“ which came from the County Essential Services program, part of the governor’s criminal justice division.” (Note: Abbott is the Governor).
“McLennan County received $268,527 in October 2016”
[April, 2018]
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/twin-peaks-biker-shooting/county-accepts-twin-peaks-reimbursement-from-state/article_651d066f-1694-5598-b8ee-f499750fa2bf.html

So non-Texans can share in the pain:
“the city has gotten an almost $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.”
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/twin-peaks-biker-shooting/city-county-get-more-than-to-cover-twin-peaks-shootout/article_345fab39-127e-51a1-81a6-7c469bb64180.html

The city may have gotten some separate funding. And I recall an early, smaller grant to the county which I can’t locate this evening.

In any event, just shy of $1 million at $914,527 from Abbott’s office, and another approximate quarter of a million from the federal taxpayers, bringing it up over $1.2 million from Abbott and Sessions.

[raiderboy]

Thanks. Didn’t know that. That is a drop of rain on that fiasco but you are right. Other cities will now line up