Local Officials Continue to Mislead Taxpayers

Local officials continue to whine that the Texas Legislature is trying to take local control from municipalities by restricting their ability to raise property taxes without the consent of the property taxpayer.

The issue is not "local control", but, "local liberty". Individual taxpayers need the ability to directly vote on whether or not their property taxes should increase more that 4% per year. Taxpayers should not have to wait "x" years to vote officials out of office who continually raise taxes in excess of conservative values of inflation + population growth.

"Local officials in Texas continue to mislead the public regarding statewide property tax reform. While over two hundred government officials and employees traveled to Austin in 2017 to oppose taxpayers, it’s their false rhetoric that Texans should find most repugnant." property tax reform

"Texans should be wary of local officials who oppose tax reform and relief. Texas homeowners pay the fourth-highest property tax bills in the nation, and the second highest among those without a personal income tax. Taxpayers deserve real, structural tax reform from Republican lawmakers in the upcoming special session, which officially kicks off on July 18. But taxpayers must speak louder than the local government forces opposing them."

Tell your state senator and representative that you want them to support local, individual liberty, not local control! Pass legislation that puts the power to raise property taxes in the hands of the taxpayers, not local politicians who often have a different agenda than property owners.