Typical Local Liberalism...

[smitty]

From the article:  "

Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick called the "equal and uniform" section of Texas tax law a loophole that enables large commercial and industrial property owners to shift the tax burden from owners of high-value property to individual residential owners.  "They utilize a very unfair code of the Texas Tax Code to shift the burden onto homeowners," Branick said."  Mr Branick, not necessarily true.  What about controlling spending so that no one is burdened?  Never does enter the conversation.  It is my understanding, and correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't all Jefferson County employees get there health care 100% paid for?  Maybe have a pension plan that's 100% paid for?  Where does one find that in the local industry?   He calls it "unfair" when you abide by the laws.  But -- it's fair, I guess in his eyes, that one year they raise taxes and then one year our evaluations go up.  This way, on the second part, they get what they want and can tell everybody "I didn't raise taxes!"  This is been going on before Branick.  But he's done little to stop it...

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Edited October 8, 2015 by smitty