Georgetown City Official Working Against Taxpayers Interest

We knew back in May that the Texas Municipal League, which is funded by Georgetown, was actively working against property tax reform, Watchdog, but we did not know that employees on the city payroll were in Austin before the legislature lobbying against property tax reform. Empowertexans

Hundreds of city and county officials joined an anti-taxpayer coalition in Austin recently to oppose a critically important property tax reform bill. Among other important provisions, the Senate’s version of the bill (SB 2) would empower taxpayers to vote on excessive property tax hikes imposed by cities and counties.

On the list of officials testifying against SB2 is Georgetown's Fire Chief, John Sullivan.

I guess that makes it clear where Chief Sullivan's loyalty lies. It is not with the hard working citizen taxpayers of Georgetown.

City officials like to talk about keeping "local control" and by that they mean they are in control of all things they believe should be controlled by the city.

We need to change the mantra to "local liberty" where the individual is in control of most items/issues that affect their own lives. In other words, keep all government small and non-intrusive as possible.

The property tax reform issue is on the table in the Special Legislative Session that the Governor has called for next week.

Let your city council person know that the city should not be sending employees to Austin to lobby against property tax reform, or, any other issues that restrict the liberties of Georgetown citizens.