[Impala64ssa]

FTA: "“It’s not because I don’t like paying taxes,” said Gardner, who attended both meetings. “I have voted for every park, every library, all the school improvements, for light rail, for anything that will make this city better. But now I can’t afford to live here anymore. I’ll protest my appraisal notice, but that’s not enough. Someone needs to step in and address the big picture.” Does Austin have a PINS program? Someone needs to step in and convince this ditzy artist to lay off the vegan diet, obviously she suffers from a B-12 deficiency. If needs to have the concept of cause and effect explained to her she will never understand. How is it that such stupid people have the means to afford to live in such artsy-fartsy communities?

[HMS Surprise]

Liberals by definition have a mental disorder. . Cognitive dissonance is the primary symptom: “Why can’t I have bigger government and lower taxes!?” Thank God they can’t point to a single government program that has worked. Can you imagine the lipsmacking enthusiam if they could? “See? Gubmint can work!” My son doesn’t like big government, but he’s convinced that anthropomorphic warming is real. The problem is obvious. You must have big government to force/administer a climate master plan.

[Rodamala]

Meanwhile, back at the ranch...

Woman who voted for every Austin, TX tax increase discovers that now she can’t afford to live there

I wonder if she was there, or if she was "down the well" with Timmy.

[Jack Hammer]

Guess the suburban Marxists don’t like it when Commissar Lenin sends the bill to THEM.

[NonValueAdded]

Gretchen could make that statement 10,000 times over and not catch what instantly jumps out at all of us. It’s a peek into the quintessential liberal mind. And it’s enough to make one run screaming into the night.

[Pontiac]

FTA: "“It’s not because I don’t like paying taxes,” said Gardner, who attended both meetings. “I have voted for every park, every library, all the school improvements, for light rail, for anything that will make this city better. But now I can’t afford to live here anymore.

Guess what Gretchen; I don’t like to pay taxes. Not one bit!

And I don’t like people like you that have never seen a proposal for a park they didn’t think was Great!

Guess what Gretchen; Parks don’t pay taxes. Every new government park, building and light rail line takes property off of the government tax rolls. That means you and I have to pay more just to keep the government revenues constant.

Another little tid bit you should know Gretchen is that every time the government opens a new park that means that there is another park the government has to maintain. That maintenance cost money.

So remember next time you see a proposal on the ballot for some new city improvement; that new improvement is just the tip of the camel’s nose, there will be more cost to follow and some tax payer (you) will have to pay for keeping it up.

[WayneLusvardi]

Zillow estimates Gardner’s 1-BR, 1-Bath, 1,008 square foot home built in 1934 on a 16,552 square foot lot is worth $525,000, or $520 per square foot!!! The median list price home in 78704 is $539,000.

Home prices dropped in the Bouldin neighborhood in 2011 from $385,000 to about $310,000, then they climbed back up to $385,000 level in 2012, and now are hovering around $415,000. Gentrification is the apparent reason for the upward price trend because the housing stock is old.

Gardner can sell her home and relocate and reap a windfall and she is appealing her tax assessment????

[ridesthemiles]

“I have voted for every park”.....

The core of the problem.

They seem to think that they can vote for all the social wonderful things & never have to contribute to paying for such.

Austin is a VERY Liberal place.

Payback is a bitch.