[concerned about politics]

Lower social spending, and you won't have high property taxes. Here, most of ours goes to public schools who waste it on teachers. The pie graph has about 80% going to the teachers union and their bennies, then the school property, then to the little extra things the school needs like the football field updated and swimming pools. Nowhere on the graph does it include the kids academic needs.
The kids get photo copies instead of text books. No joke.
You're hunting the wrong enemy.

[Arrowhead]

Actually, the costs to communities in the form of abatements and "tax credits" goes into the billions nation wide. this part of the formula for reform is as much our enemy as any social giveaways. While we conservatives may point out the social aspect of the problem, we are less than honest if we do not tackle the whole problem. I am not a one sided bigot. Both sides are WRONG! They are both liars. And they are both on the wrong side of the people. Perhaps an examination of the bigger picture is in order here if you are "concerned about politics."

Arrowhead---corporate welfare AND social welfare--->

[lonestar]

Are your municipal and school taxes collected by the same taxing entity? Our county, local governments and schools are totally separate.

We have idiots on county commisioners court, city council and school board.

People deserve what they get.