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(🧵1/5) No one can have an honest conversation about #propertytax relief without also talking about reducing spending. Texas collectively does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem. #txlege lawmakers should consider curtailing local government spending
(🧵2/5) #txlege lawmakers should support #HB2258 by State Rep @BriscoeCain which would impose a spending cap on counties/cities based on population & #inflation, just like the new spending cap on the state level.
(🧵3/5) #txlege lawmakers should support #HB2220 by State Rep. @brianeharrison which would lower the voter-approval tax rate to that of the No-New-Revenue tax rate, meaning if local govs. want to raise taxes even one cent, they should go to the voters.
(🧵1/4) 🚨#txlege House Ways & Means Committee convening now where among several items they will be deliberating #HB2 or the #PropertyTax "Relief" Act, a priority of House Leadership. You can tune in here ⤵️
house.texas.gov/video-audio/
house.texas.gov/video-audio/
(🧵2/4) #HB2 aims to cut appraisal caps from 10% to 5% & give #propertytax relief through school M&O compression (which we support). We think more compression & adding a path to eliminating the tax altogether is not only possible but necessary for Texas Taxpayers! #txlege
(🧵3/4) For more on how all of the above can be done this #txlege session ⤵️
texastaxpayers.com/the-frozen-tex…
texastaxpayers.com/the-frozen-tex…
🧵Happening Now: TX Comptroller @Glenn_Hegar
will provide the #txlege with the 2024-25 Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE).
👀You can watch the event here:
comptroller.texas.gov/about/media-ce…
will provide the #txlege with the 2024-25 Biennial Revenue Estimate (BRE).
👀You can watch the event here:
comptroller.texas.gov/about/media-ce…
@Glenn_Hegar 🧵The Comptroller has already indicated that among the items discussed will be an updated budget surplus which will be higher than the estimated $27B surplus he had previously announced in July of 2022. #txlege
@Glenn_Hegar TX Comptroller @Glenn_Hegar indicates that in making their calculations they expect a 'MILD' recession.
I attended #WESELPA's Propaganda Fest at @CentralSD this past Thursday entitled: "Building Positive Relationships with Your School Community" - a training for parents led by Program Manager Anthony Farenga. It's was very troubling and just another way that the schools
think they own our children. I saw this in their core beliefs where Core Belief #1 was "teachers and parents have dreams for their students". I'm sorry but no teacher gets to dream about my child. They have no claim to their life and future. They need to focus on teaching them to
read, write and do math. Another Core Belief was "Families and Staff are equal partners". I at least wish this were true in the IEP meeting as it's supposed to be but it's not. School Admin bully parents and refuse to provide services that will actually benefit students with
