I’m not voting for Abbott in the Primary. My property taxes have gone up 53% in the last five years and I protest Every year. He spends that tax money like a drunken sailor.
Ken Paxton is great but has too much baggage and the baggage is a distraction, so I’ve voting for Gohmert. Paxton will be fine in the private sector.
In all fairness, we have to remember that property taxes are LOCAL taxes. Specifically, the fund the county, the school districts, and the city or other local agencies (e.g. transit).
They are not state taxes. The state gets its funds from the sales tax and franchise taxes and a hodgepodge of other taxes.
The Governor doesn’t control your property taxes; those are controlled and assessed locally by each County and school district.