City Spending Your $ for Tax Advocacy

Have all the residents of Georgetown received the following flier in the mail advocating the continuation of the 0.25% sales tax dedicated for street maintenance? Notice this is a "Paid Advertisement by the City of Georgetown".

The question arising here is not whether or not this is a legal and appropriate tax, it is obviously allowed by Texas State law, but should the City use taxpayer funds to advocate for the continuation of the dedicated sales tax?

This is an ethical question and a cursory reading of the new Ethics Ordinance to be voted on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 by the Council, does not seem to cover such circumstances. It does seems unethical to use taxpayers money to lobby against their own interest of minimizing their total tax bill.

It is up to the reader to decide for themselves!