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Bill Bunch Testifies Against Water Rate Hikes
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Bill Bunch testifies to the Austin City Council on August 26, 2010 against water rate hikes and against Water Treatment Plant #4.
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Desmond D’Souza Testifies Against Water Rate Hikes
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Desmond D’Souza testifies to the Austin City Council on August 26, 2010 against water rate hikes and against Water Treatment Plant #4.
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Brian Rodgers Testifies Against Water Rate Hikes
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Brian Rodgers presents his research into the negative impacts of rate hikes for water treatment in Central Texas.
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No More Water Rate Hikes!
Mayor Leffingwell and three City Council Members (Shade, Martinez and Cole) want to raise water rates to pay for a water treatment plant that is ten times more expensive than alternatives, including conservation.
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Don’t waste our tax dollars and don’t waste our water!
The Austin City Council has [...]
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A Little Victory for Austin Taxpayers
Sweet! The Austin Community College Board of Trustees decided on Monday to opt-out of the City of Austin’s shameful historic property tax giveaway program to some of Austin’s wealthiest. (You might watch this video by respected preservationist Rick Harden, who blew the whistle on this a few weeks ago.)
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City Budget Charades
We recently attended the city’s only budget charade, uh we mean charrette. City staff must have outnumbered the audience 3 to 1. Just 2% of the budget was up for discussion to close the City’s $11 to $28 million shortfall.
ChangeAustin.org came up with an easy $14 million by having developers pay fees to process [...]
Activist Austin Attorney Ann del Llano tells City Council about Austin’s police history
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Activist Austin Attorney, Ann del Llano, gives a tough love history lesson on Austin’s police.
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CAMPO’s No-Growth Agenda
The future of Austin – 40% roadway congestion after spending $27 billion.
Monday night, in a stunning acceptance of a wholesale drop in Austin’s quality of life and economic vitality, the CAMPO transportation board, comprised of local elected officials, voted 17-2 to prolong a pretend transportation solution which strangles the region’s mobility.
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Those transportation planners at CAMPO have stepped in it again!
Now they want to bring 40,000 more cars on to MoPAC with another toll road (SH45 in southwest Austin) over the Edwards Aquifer! Why? Because big boy developers and land speculators want their roads paid for by…guess who…you and me. We can pay the tolls and still [...]
Free Workshops on Tax Appraisal Protest
[ May 1, 2010; 10:00 am to 11:00 am. ] View the slides from this workshop.
Last year, we told you about the big developers who are getting huge property tax under-valuations for buildings like the Austonian. Did ya hear about the one where Austin millionaires are getting huge property tax exemptions on their “historic” homes by the City of Austin?!
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