A Matter of Priorities: Austin Water’s Disastrous Ad Campaign
Texas’ property tax burden is enormous. In 2015, more than 4,100 local taxing entities soaked taxpayers for $52.2 billion in property taxes. That’s enough to ding every man, woman, and child in Texas for $1,900 or cost a family of four about $8,000. Most agree that the burden is too high, but attempts at easing...