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The Official Desk of Matt Cone · Harris County Voice
Restoring integrity to Spring Branch ISD — with sunlight, not spin.
I am Matthew T. Cone, a Spring Branch advocate, 2024 school board candidate, and publisher of The Desk. This is my official site — the record of the fight for honest elections, transparent governance, and schools that put kids first.
What I fight for
Four principles. No spin.
Honest elections
Campaign finance laws exist for a reason. Unregistered PACs, undisclosed texts, and smear sites corrupt local democracy.
Kids first
Board energy should go to classrooms, safety, and student outcomes — not insider politics and intimidation games.
Fiscal stewardship
Taxpayers fund bonds, budgets, and recapture. Families deserve straight talk on spending and real oversight.
The official record
Who was behind SaveSBISD.org
In 2024, an anonymous website launched a smear campaign against my school board candidacy. I filed suit, subpoenaed the records, and unmasked the operator: Brian Muecke — a district insider who was simultaneously co-chairing the SBISD School Finance Advocacy Team while funding an illegal PAC.
This site exists so people searching my name find documented facts, not anonymous garbage.
Full timeline & case factsCivil case
Matthew Cone v. John Doe
Cause No. 2024-52944 · 189th Judicial District · Harris County, Texas
Counsel
Scheef & Stone, LLP (unmasking)
Subpoenaed records used to identify the SaveSBISD.org operator
TEC matter
SC-32505243
Complaint concerning Brian Muecke and SaveSBISD campaign-finance issues
Trademark
SaveSBISD
Matthew Cone owns the SaveSBISD trademark and is pursuing unauthorized use of the brand
From The Desk
Recent commentary
AG Paxton files amicus brief for Spring Branch ISD
Attorney General Ken Paxton's office filed a detailed amicus brief supporting SBISD on appeal in Elizondo v. SBISD — addressing the race-based map and the lower court's separation of race from politics under the Callais standard.
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Budget advisory committee after admitted mismanagement
After budget mismanagement admissions in recent board meetings, SBISD recruited finance and real estate "experts" for a new Budget Advisory Committee — a process that deserves sunlight, not spin.
BudgetTaxesOversight
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Callais ruling strengthens SBISD's appellate position
The Supreme Court's narrowing of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais tightened the Gingles test — strengthening the district's position on appeal regarding at-large board elections.
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