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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.
Posted in Cost of growth, General, Property taxes
Tagged Water Rate Hikes, Water Treatment Plant 4
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Protests Due Tuesday, June 1!!
Reminder!
If you feel your home has been over-valued by your county Appraisal District, make sure you get your protest forms in the mail, preferably today or tomorrow by certified mail return receipt requested. If not, walk it in on Tuesday, and get a stamped copy. If not, mail it registered on [...]
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.
CAMPO [...]
Action Request-Do this before Monday 6 pm!
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 [...]
Workshop Slides on How to Protest Your Appraisal
See the slide presentation presented at the Change Austin free workshops about how to protest your residential property appraisal.
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Council Stiffs Reform Efforts – Mark Your Calendars!
Check and balance? “No thanks, trust city staff to give away your tax money. We don’t need no stinkin’ oversight!”
This was, in short, what citizens got from City Hall on the recent passage of a hollow economic incentive ordinance which dismissed the concerns of 123,000 Austin citizens who voted to stop the Domain Mall tax [...]
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Tagged Domain Mall, economic incentives, fiscal responsbility, independent review, subisidies, transparency
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On November 4, 2008, despite a $400,000 misleading ad bombing campaign fueled by one of the world’s largest corporations and a who’s who of Austin’s growth industry, 123,209 Austin voters (48%) voted for Proposition 2 to stop the Domain luxury mall subsidies. People had different reasons for voting for Prop 2 but the common refrain [...]
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Tagged Austin, City Council, Election, Mayor, Proposition 2, Stop Domain Subsidies
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