{"id":186867,"date":"2012-05-08T14:37:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-08T19:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=186867"},"modified":"2012-05-09T14:09:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T19:09:40","slug":"grassroots-america-endorses-schaefer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=186867","title":{"rendered":"Grassroots America Endorses Schaefer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=187016\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-187016\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/05\/Matt-Schaefer3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Matt Schaefer3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-187016\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u2014 The conservative activist group Grassroots America \u2013 We the People endorses challenger Matt Schaefer for state House District 6 in the May 29 Republican Primary. Schaefer is running against longtime incumbent Leo Berman for the Tyler-area seat. Grassroots America says it respects several aspects of Berman\u2019s record. But the group says the state\u2019s fiscal house is not in order, and that Berman has worked against the financial transparency Grassroots America supports. The group says it believes Schaefer understands what it will take to resolve the state\u2019s fiscal woes. Grassroots America also cites Schaefer\u2019s service on the Texas Sunset Commission. <\/p>\n<p>Schaefer says the endorsement \u201cis proof positive that conservatives right here in Tyler and Smith County are ready for fresh leadership.\u201d Berman says he\u2019s not concerned about Grassroots America\u2019s endorsement, that he\u2019s been able to help thousands of voters, and that he stands on his conservative record. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u2014 The conservative activist group Grassroots America \u2013 We the People endorses challenger Matt Schaefer for state House District 6 in the May 29 Republican Primary. Schaefer is running against longtime incumbent Leo Berman for the Tyler-area seat. Grassroots America says it respects several aspects of Berman\u2019s record. But the group says the state\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=186867\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Grassroots America Endorses Schaefer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-02 06:24:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186867"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187173,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186867\/revisions\/187173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}