Fuckery Meter
Today's score, every government
One number per body, recomputed every morning from the last 90 days of its own records. Every point links to the record it came from. The weights are below and the same for everyone: a city, a school board or the county.
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73Off the charts
Harris County Commissioners Court
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2026 tax rate $0.4175 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.38667
- +8 Closed sessions: 8 meetings with a closed session
- +30 Land control: 10 Fine Print items: land control
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
- +18 Strings attached: 9 Fine Print items: strings attached
- +4 Surveillance: 1 Fine Print item: surveillance
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48High
Houston ISD Board of Managers
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $0.8783 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.81177
- +10 Over voter-approval rate: and above its voter-approval rate of $0.8489
- +3 Buried on consent: 3 items of $1 million or more on the consent agenda
- +7 Closed sessions: 7 meetings with a closed session
- +42 New rules: 14 Fine Print items: new rules
- -24 Rollback: 8 Fine Print items: rollback
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36High
League City City Council
- +6 Buried on consent: 6 items of $1 million or more on the consent agenda
- +8 Closed sessions: 8 meetings with a closed session
- +18 New rules: 6 Fine Print items: new rules
- -6 Rollback: 2 Fine Print items: rollback
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
- +8 Surveillance: 2 Fine Print items: surveillance
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34High
City of Baytown
- +1 Buried on consent: 1 item of $1 million or more on the consent agenda
- +2 Closed sessions: 2 meetings with a closed session
- +24 Land control: 8 Fine Print items: land control
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
- +4 Strings attached: 2 Fine Print items: strings attached
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34High
City of Pearland
- +21 Land control: 7 Fine Print items: land control
- +9 New rules: 3 Fine Print items: new rules
- +4 Surveillance: 1 Fine Print item: surveillance
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32High
City of Tomball
- +5 Closed sessions: 5 meetings with a closed session
- +24 Land control: 8 Fine Print items: land control
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
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28High
La Porte ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.0641 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.9712
- +10 Over voter-approval rate: and above its voter-approval rate of $0.9441
- +3 Closed sessions: 3 meetings with a closed session
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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28High
Spring Branch ISD Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $1.0231 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +3 Closed sessions: 3 meetings with a closed session
- +21 New rules: 7 Fine Print items: new rules
- +4 Surveillance: 1 Fine Print item: surveillance
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27High
Galena Park ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.2499 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $1.15405
- +10 Over voter-approval rate: and above its voter-approval rate of $1.21191
- +1 Buried on consent: 1 item of $1 million or more on the consent agenda
- +6 Closed sessions: 6 meetings with a closed session
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27High
Klein ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.0119 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.9068
- +10 Over voter-approval rate: and above its voter-approval rate of $0.9819
- +7 Closed sessions: 7 meetings with a closed session
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26High
Cy-Fair ISD Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $1.0669 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +6 Closed sessions: 6 meetings with a closed session
- +18 New rules: 6 Fine Print items: new rules
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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25High
City of Seabrook
- +2 Closed sessions: 2 meetings with a closed session
- +12 Land control: 4 Fine Print items: land control
- +9 New rules: 3 Fine Print items: new rules
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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25High
City of Webster
- +12 Closed sessions: 12 meetings with a closed session
- +9 New rules: 3 Fine Print items: new rules
- +4 Strings attached: 2 Fine Print items: strings attached
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24Elevated
Huffman ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.0637 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.9801
- +10 Over voter-approval rate: and above its voter-approval rate of $1.0337
- +1 Closed sessions: 1 meeting with a closed session
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
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23Elevated
Goose Creek CISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.07 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $1.03962
- +5 Closed sessions: 5 meetings with a closed session
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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23Elevated
Waller ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.0626 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.63386
- +4 Closed sessions: 4 meetings with a closed session
- +6 Land control: 2 Fine Print items: land control
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
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22Elevated
Stafford MSD Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $1.00212 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +3 Closed sessions: 3 meetings with a closed session
- +5 Minutes with no votes: 6 sets of posted minutes read; none records a motion or a vote
- +12 New rules: 4 Fine Print items: new rules
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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22Elevated
Tomball ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.0629 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $1.05238
- +9 Closed sessions: 9 meetings with a closed session
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
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22Elevated
City of Waller
- +4 Closed sessions: 4 meetings with a closed session
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
- +12 Surveillance: 3 Fine Print items: surveillance
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21Elevated
Pasadena ISD Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $1.1722 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +5 Closed sessions: 5 meetings with a closed session
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
- +10 Strings attached: 5 Fine Print items: strings attached
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21Elevated
Houston City Council
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $0.51919 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +9 Land control: 3 Fine Print items: land control
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
- +6 Strings attached: 3 Fine Print items: strings attached
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21Elevated
City of Jersey Village
- +1 Closed sessions: 1 meeting with a closed session
- +12 Land control: 4 Fine Print items: land control
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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20Elevated
City of La Porte
- +12 Land control: 4 Fine Print items: land control
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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19Elevated
Clear Creek ISD Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $0.969 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +5 Closed sessions: 5 meetings with a closed session
- +3 Land control: 1 Fine Print item: land control
- +9 New rules: 3 Fine Print items: new rules
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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18Elevated
Crosby ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.2241 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $1.09761
- +1 Buried on consent: 1 item of $1 million or more on the consent agenda
- +4 Closed sessions: 4 meetings with a closed session
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
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18Elevated
City of Galena Park
- +18 New rules: 6 Fine Print items: new rules
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16Elevated
Alief ISD Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $1.0072 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +6 Closed sessions: 6 meetings with a closed session
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
- +4 Surveillance: 1 Fine Print item: surveillance
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15Elevated
Dayton ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $0.9572 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.9052
- +2 Closed sessions: 2 meetings with a closed session
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
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15Elevated
City of Hunters Creek Village
- +15 Locks the public out: Its website does not answer this site's public-records reader, since Oct 23, 2026
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15Elevated
City of Taylor Lake Village
- +15 Locks the public out: Its website answers "forbidden" to this site's public-records reader, since Oct 23, 2026
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13Elevated
Channelview ISD Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $0.9617 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +5 Closed sessions: 5 meetings with a closed session
- +8 Surveillance: 2 Fine Print items: surveillance
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13Elevated
Houston Community College Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $0.0988 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.09348
- +1 Closed sessions: 1 meeting with a closed session
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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12Elevated
New Caney ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.2552 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $1.1538
- +2 Closed sessions: 2 meetings with a closed session
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12Elevated
Deer Park ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.1389 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $1.06548
- +2 Closed sessions: 2 meetings with a closed session
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11Elevated
Harris Health System Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2026 tax rate $0.19528 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.18692
- +1 Closed sessions: 1 meeting with a closed session
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11Elevated
Lone Star College Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $0.106 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +3 Closed sessions: 3 meetings with a closed session
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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11Elevated
Port Houston Commission
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2026 tax rate $0.00603 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.00592
- +1 Closed sessions: 1 meeting with a closed session
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10Elevated
Harris County Department of Education Board
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $0.0048 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $0.00473
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10Elevated
Pearland ISD Board of Trustees
- +10 Tax rate over no-new-revenue: 2025 tax rate $1.135 is above its no-new-revenue rate of $1.05965
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9Low
City of Katy
- +3 Land control: 1 Fine Print item: land control
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
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9Low
City of Pasadena
- +3 Closed sessions: 3 meetings with a closed session
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
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8Low
City of El Lago
- +4 Strings attached: 2 Fine Print items: strings attached
- +4 Surveillance: 1 Fine Print item: surveillance
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8Low
City of West University Place
- +2 Closed sessions: 2 meetings with a closed session
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
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7Low
Sheldon ISD Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $1.2552 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +5 Closed sessions: 5 meetings with a closed session
- +2 Strings attached: 1 Fine Print item: strings attached
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7Low
City of Stafford
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
- +4 Strings attached: 2 Fine Print items: strings attached
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6Low
City of Humble
- +6 New rules: 2 Fine Print items: new rules
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6Low
Katy ISD Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2026 tax rate $1.1171 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +3 Land control: 1 Fine Print item: land control
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
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5Low
Humble ISD Board of Trustees
- Tax rate: 2025 tax rate $1.1052 is at or below its no-new-revenue rate
- +1 Closed sessions: 1 meeting with a closed session
- +4 Surveillance: 1 Fine Print item: surveillance
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5Low
City of Missouri City
- +3 Buried on consent: 3 items of $1 million or more on the consent agenda
- +2 Closed sessions: 2 meetings with a closed session
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4Low
City of Bunker Hill Village
- +4 Surveillance: 1 Fine Print item: surveillance
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4Low
METRO Board of Directors
- +4 Surveillance: 1 Fine Print item: surveillance
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3Low
City of Bellaire
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
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3Low
City of Friendswood
- +3 New rules: 1 Fine Print item: new rules
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3Low
City of Morgan's Point
- +3 Closed sessions: 3 meetings with a closed session
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1Low
City of Nassau Bay
- +1 Closed sessions: 1 meeting with a closed session
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1Low
City of South Houston
- +1 Closed sessions: 1 meeting with a closed session
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1Low
City of Southside Place
- +1 Closed sessions: 1 meeting with a closed session
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1Low
City of Spring Valley Village
- +1 Closed sessions: 1 meeting with a closed session
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0Clean
City of Deer Park
- Nothing scored in the last 90 days of its records.
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0Clean
City of Hedwig Village
- Nothing scored in the last 90 days of its records.
Unseen
These bodies have no agenda the site could read in the last 90 days, so they have no score. Unseen doesn't mean clean.
- City of Piney Point Village · 3,128 residents (2020 Census)
- Jacinto City · 9,613 residents (2020 Census)
- City of Hilshire Village · 816 residents (2020 Census)
- Aldine ISD Board of Trustees
How the score is built
| From the record | Points | Where it comes from |
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| Tax rate adopted above the no-new-revenue rate | 10 | Harris County Tax Office Truth-in-Taxation table |
| …and above the voter-approval rate | +10 | Same table |
| Each item of $1 million or more on the consent agenda | 1 (max 20) | The body's agendas |
| Each meeting that went into closed session | 1 | The body's agendas |
| Each meeting with no agenda found inside the 72-hour notice window | 5 | The body's public meetings page, checked every 15 minutes |
| Each request to the Attorney General to withhold records | 2 | Attorney General open records rulings |
| Its website refuses this site's public-records reader (answers "forbidden" or never answers). A city, county or school district with a website must post its meeting notices there (Texas Government Code §551.056). | 15 | The site's own reader, tried on every run |
| Its posted minutes record no motion and no vote (three or more sets read). Minutes must "indicate each vote, order, decision, or other action taken" (Texas Government Code §551.021). | 5 | The body's posted minutes |
| Fine Print item: new rules (Ordinances, fines, bans, permits, code enforcement) | 3 | The Fine Print: Houston |
| Fine Print item: surveillance (Flock and other plate readers, cameras, drones, data sharing) | 4 | The Fine Print: Houston |
| Fine Print item: land control (Zoning-type rules, annexation, development limits, eminent domain) | 3 | The Fine Print: Houston |
| Fine Print item: strings attached (Grants and programs that come with conditions) | 2 | The Fine Print: Houston |
| Fine Print item: rollback (Cuts, repeals, votes against control) | −3 | The Fine Print: Houston |
The score counts what each body put on the record. It is not a judgment of whether any one decision was right.