Truth About Taxpayer Funded Lobbying

The Texas Municipal League(TML), of which Georgetown is a member, engages in lobbying on behalf of cities and against the interests of taxpayers.

The Texas Municipal League, which consists of over 1,100 Texas cities, made the statement during a conference held in Austin this week. Corsicana City Councilman Chris Woolsey shared an image of the presentation from one of the conference’s sessions on Facebook; the presentation was titled “Shaking the Money Tree: A City Revenue Discussion” and was delivered by TML Legislative Counsel Bill Longley.

“Sadly, the ‘shaking the money tree’ reference wasn’t an offhanded comment, it was the TITLE of the presentation,” Woolsey said in his post. “While taxpayers across the state are being forced out of their homes by rising property taxes, Texas Municipal League, the leading advocate for taxpayer-funded lobbying and opponent of property tax reform, sees them as little more than a never-ending source of revenue to be shaken down even further.” 

Here is the title slide of his presentation:

Read the entire article. Shaking the Money Tree

Its time for Georgetown to get out of TML and put the interests of the taxpayer first!