March Meeting - The Media: How Do We Know What to Believe?
Tue, Mar 22
|Dallas
In this age of information overload, how do we know what to believe in the media?? On March 22nd, join us for a discussion with Konni Burton (Former State Senator and Founder & CEO of The Texan) and Monty Bennett (CEO of the Dallas Express, and Founder, CEO, & Chairman of Ashford Inc.)
Time & Location
Mar 22, 2022, 6:00 PM
Dallas, 7500 Park Ln, Dallas, TX 75225, USA
About the Event
About Konni Burton:
Born in Kerrville, Texas, Konni was raised in the tiny South Texas town of Banquete. While serving in the Texas legislature, Konni took on the big fights to swing the pendulum of power from the government back to the people. Always an advocate for the taxpayer, Konni became the strongest proponent in the legislature for ending the practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying, which saw peoples’ hard-earned tax dollars used by local governments to hire lobbyists and many times work against their interests. Konni also led the charge against corporate welfare programs which dole out sweetheart deals to big business off the backs of taxpayers. Konni received the first committee hearing in the history of the Texas Senate on repealing 313 property tax abatements—the state’s largest and most abused corporate welfare scheme. While these fights made Konni unpopular amongst the ‘business-as-usual’ crowd in Austin, bringing attention to these issues…