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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.
Making growth pay for itself!
Tag Archives: Property Taxes
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 Tuesday. If not, just mail it on Tuesday and take your chances!
You can include with that the “Request for Information” form here for Travis County (for Bastrop scroll to the bottom of this message), which will help you in preparation for your informal and formal hearings.
Then, please consider reviewing our slides shows on the left hand menu of our front page at ChangeAustin.org.
We now have two mock hearings scheduled below: (Note: if you want to do your own, we will help you!)
Property Tax Appraisal Protest Mock Hearing
Bastrop – location to be announced
Thursday, June 3rd, 6:30 pm
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Property Tax Appraisal Protest Mock Hearing
Carver Library, 1161 Angelina, Austin
Thursday, June 17th, 6:30 pm
Come Ye Austinites to Opal’s! Sat, Mar 27, 3-4 pm
Come ye Austinites to fill out a survey by the City on YOUR vision for Austin!
Comprehensive Plan – Imagine Austin
Saturday, March 27th, 3:00 – 4:00 pm*
Opal Divine’s on South Congress
3601 S. Congress, just north of Ben White
Yes, it’s called the Comprehensive Plan (Imagine Austin). It will serve as a guide to area officials for the next 40 years!
Here are the City’s questions and our translation:
City Speak:
What are the best things about Austin that need to be protected and carried forward?
ChangeAustin translation:
What cherished Austin values can be threatened to extort more tax money from us to subsidize more public infrastructure on behalf of the growth lobby? (Remember they want to double our area population in 16 years!)
The Real News on Water Treatment Plant #4: From the Comical to the Real Estatesman
When big news stories broke in the good old days, Austin citizens relied on their one daily paper to get the details. Along came the Austin Chronicle as the new boss, the progressive alternative to challenge the old boss American-Statesman; a rivalry good for coverage of community issues. But a while back, the new boss Austin Chronicle (despite the good sensibilities of its publisher Nick Barbaro) decided to be damn nearly the same as the old boss Austin American-Statesman, and kowtow to the real estate growth lobby. Which maybe explains why some people call them the “Comical” and the “Real Estatesman”.
This issue will be coming back in May 2010 for a vote of the Austin City Council. So far, they are split 4 in favor (Leffingwell, Martinez, Cole and Shade) and 3 against (Spelman, Riley and Morrison).
Get the story the Statesman and Chronicle failed to report, watch the debate yourself and YOU decide a major decision on Austin’s critical future on water policy!