"But I do think that when adults are retired - which describes me - they should no longer have to pay the same tax rate toward their local school system. We've already paid to build the local system's infrastructure to its current state (which for my area is pretty darn good)"
Actually, TAM, we don't pay the same tax rate. Once one of you reach 65 you're eligible for the ov-65 exemption which freezes both the rate and the valuation of your property (at least for school taxes). So while everybody else's taxes increase, ours stay pretty much the same.
Which brings me to the current effort to "reduce" prop taxes. But what I read was that it would restrict the increases to some fixed percentage without a vote to increase it beyond that. THAT is not a decrease!
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- Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:33 pm
- Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
- Topic: 2017 Special Session called
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- Wed Aug 02, 2017 7:43 pm
- Forum: 2017 Texas Legislative Session
- Topic: 2017 Special Session called
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Re: 2017 Special Session called
My problem with isd bond issues is that they are approved with "special" elections -- single issue elections. These have minimal turnout, which means only those heavily invested in the results show up. Which overwhelmingly favors the passing of the bond. If it was rolled into a general election, few would pass. They're rigged to pass.