What Now After the Protest?
Thanks to all who protested with us last week at City Hall.
It took us a few days to think about our next steps.
Thanks to SouthernShift.com, you can watch this wonderful 5″ video on “Travis County’s Dirty Little Secret” on the residential property tax inequity that is driving Austinites out of their homes.
We love you KXAN! Scroll down this page to watch the 2.5 minute piece they did that helped us reach thousands.
Rope a Dope the Growth Lobby!
Does Austin need to spend $850 million for a third water treatment plant in the midst of one of the worst droughts and economic downturns of the century? Read the details here courtesy of CostofGrowth.com.
Guess who’s not paying their property taxes…
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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 Tr. 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 old-fashioned tax protest! Thursday, July 16th, High Noon
Travis Central Appraisal District Offices Outside 8314 Cross Park Drive, Austin, TX 78754 Bring your kids, your dogs, your pitch forks and don’t forget yourself!!! |
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