Transparency
Public business should be done in public. Open records, open meetings, and clear answers — not private side-channels.
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
Latest from The Desk
Full letters live on this site. Timely updates also on X.
Flock
SBISD
Public records
Who Is Searching the Cameras?
A civilian on a county commissioner’s staff ran 19 license-plate searches. SBISD is asking the AG to keep its own Flock search records from you.
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U.S. Senate
HD 133
HD 138
Dick Weekley Told Houston to Vote for Paxton
West Houston’s biggest Republican donor has picked Paxton for the U.S. Senate. Mano DeAyala and Lacey Hull just ran out of excuses.
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U.S. Senate
HD 133
HD 138
Paxton Isn’t the Drag in West Houston. The Silence Is.
The numbers in HD 133 and HD 138 say Ken Paxton wins here. So why are so many local Republicans still sitting on their hands?
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HD 133
SBISD
TEC
She Called Him a Racist
His people called John Perez a racist for Dunn’s money. Mano took the same money. $162,500 from Speaker Burrows. Hypocrite.
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