[Dog Gone]

"But you don't do that by capping our ability to raise resources."

Resources = my taxes. So kiss my grits, Mayor.

[sinkspur]

All these fat city and county officials are howling like scalded dogs, so you know that Perry's hit a home run with this appraisal cap.

Another smart move on Perry's part.

[Blue Screen of Death]

Corpus Christi Mayor Loyd Neal Jr.

Neal is a slime sucking piece of garbage. He decided to try to keep his lips firmly attached to the public teat by running for County Judge (he is term limited as Mayor). He choose to run as a Republican. He has never had a Repbulican thought in his head, but thought he could take out a long standing real Republican. He lost the primary and the real Republican lost the General. If you want to see how not to run a city, take a look at Corpus Christi.

[Dubya]

Fort Worth Mayor Mike Moncrief, who did not attend the Austin news conference, called Perry's plan "a terrible idea" and said homeowners typically have ready access to their mayors and council members and are not shy about sharing their opinions on city government.

Mayor Moncrief has never met a tax that he didn't like. He is a nice guy most of the time.

[Dubya]

Last week when he laid out his proposal to hold down property taxes, Perry said that total statewide property tax levies have increased an average of more than 10 percent a year since 1999, fueled largely by skyrocketing appraisal values.

I wonder if this applies to Real Estate Appraisers or just the amount the cities can raise a persons tax.

[Mini-14]

As a former Texan who had my doubts about Governor Perry, my faith is restored. Go Governor Perry!

[ThJ1800]

Two things I do not like about this plan:

1. When the state reduces its share of spending for various programs, but does not make any cuts to the program itself, it places local governments in a bind to fund the program. This has happened with education. There is a cap on M&O taxes, which many school are approaching, if they have not reached it already, and the state's share of education funding has decreased steadily over the years. Of course, there is also the issue of unfunded mandates, which some counties are trying make unconsitutional. By requiring local governments to perform certain duties and then reducing their ability to perform those duties by limiting their ability to tax, the state government hurts citizens who expected benefits from these programs.

2. It creates a new bureaucracy.

This is the type of thing which has me favoring Dewhurst's state property tax plan.

[goldstategop]

Texas liberals are whining about getting their wings clipped.