The State of Texas spends too much and Texans pay skyrocketing tax bills. Texans can obtain lasting, meaningful property tax relief by slowing excessive state and local spending growth and using state surplus revenue to eliminate M&O school district property taxes.
Taxes & Spending
Assessing Tax Trends in El Paso County
Does history suggest that property taxes are too high in El Paso County? And, if so, have local decision-makers actively helped or hurt the situation? To help answer these questions, let’s review the county’s 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and gather four types of data—i.e., tax levies, local population, total tax rates, and taxable values—over a 10-year time...
March 10, 2026