10:30 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday), Brian Rodgers will address the Travis County Commissioner’s Court along with Chief Appraiser, Patrick Brown.
Rodgers, ChangeAustin.org co-founder, founder of CostofGrowth.com and a longtime commercial real estate investor himself, will discuss the under-valuation of large commercial properties in Travis County. Brown will respond and Rodgers will have an opportunity to rebut.
Y’all come if you can tomorrow if you can.
Watch for a report of this meeting.
Meanwhile, here’s some of the coverage we received so far:
KXAN
KEYE
KUT
KVUE
Statesman
Chronicle
Our Own YouTube Video
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their property taxes…
16.8 acres Hwy 71/620 May 2007 $11.2 million $ 3.7 million
18.5 acres Comanche Trail April 2006 $ 5.5 million $ 840,000
Downtown 401 Guadalupe March 2007 $ 4.8 million $ 1.07 million
Downtown 68-74 Rainey October 2007 $ 3.2 million $ 753,600
389 acres Hwy 71@FM 973 June 2006 $28.5 million $ 6.6 million
*** and many, many more examples available upon request ***
While homeowners pay 100% of our property taxes, large commercial owners (largely out-of-state speculators and big developers) have been getting a 40% property tax break — for years!
Why are Austin homeowners fighting for scraps at the tax appraisal hearings when the big guys get off the hook?
“The Appraisal District actually threatened me that if I kept pressing my point to lower the appraisal on my home, they would raise it!” – an Anonymous Travis County citizen.
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Speakers available upon request.
512-383-8484 ***