Making growth pay for itself!

Will Travis Co. Listen to the Little Guy & Gal?

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

What can you do?
GET ACTIVE!  Our next meeting is this Saturday, July 25, at 3 pm at our office. Join us!

PS  Make sure you sign up to keep informed.

Guess who’s not paying
their property taxes…
 Property Location Sales Date Sales Price Tax Appraisal
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.

Is this is why 95,000 Travis County residents are
protesting their property taxes?


Join us for an on-going organized protest during the months of July, August and September, 2009!


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