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Texas: Jerry Patterson Supports Statewide Property Tax
Texas Tribune ^ | February 14, 2013 | Elena Schneide

Posted on 02/14/2013 1:41:38 PM PST by Sic Parvis Magna

Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, a declared candidate for the 2014 lieutenant governor's race, did not rule out supporting a statewide property tax to benefit public education funding, and he said that Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has lost his "ability to sell" the issues.

Patterson, who made his comments Thursday during a TribLive conversation, said a statewide property tax, rather than local property taxes, “might be the answer” to the financing inequities in different counties. Such a move would require that a constitutional prohibition against that tax to be repealed.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: propertytax; taxes; texas
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To: Jane Long
to the financing inequities in different counties.

Well somebody has to pay for all of those illegals.

41 posted on 02/14/2013 2:39:47 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Jane Long

“Inequities” is a cringe word


42 posted on 02/14/2013 2:45:02 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL
if local taxpayers in town A decide to raise their tax or bonds to spend a bit more, why does this disadvantage the people of town B who chose not to?

EXACTLY! If Town A thinks they need a $25 million dollar high school, then why in the HELL does Town B think they DESERVE a $25 million dollar high school? Even worse - why in the HELL do the Federal courts get to tell Town A to help pay for Town B's school!

It is ALL utter and complete BS! This is the same crap that Baghdad Beckel was spewing on O'Riely the other night: these people are trapped in these awful settings and we need to raid those who were smart enough to get out and start anew to support the people too STUPID to change or move! Eff em!
43 posted on 02/14/2013 2:47:46 PM PST by ExTxMarine (PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
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To: Sic Parvis Magna

Get a rope.


44 posted on 02/14/2013 2:47:58 PM PST by elkfersupper ( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
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To: Night Hides Not

“in great demand”

how many home games in a season? 4? 5?


45 posted on 02/14/2013 2:48:11 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: dfwgator

very true


46 posted on 02/14/2013 2:51:03 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: ExTxMarine

bump


47 posted on 02/14/2013 2:51:44 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

> I don’t like it. We’ll end up with an additional tax.

Exactly. The won’t replace the standard city, school, and county taxes; they’ll end up just adding it on top. You know I was thinking how about a politician carbon tax based upon how much they talk out of both sides of their mouth. Surely it has to be causing some serious damage to the environment and contributing to global warming...also a tax on any legislation they draft that doesn’t apply to them.../s


48 posted on 02/14/2013 2:57:18 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: Sic Parvis Magna

RH was nothing but redistribution...funny that. If we ‘removed’ the major obstacle (illegals) this might not be in the news.

The big question is whether it will cost more than RH.


49 posted on 02/14/2013 3:01:29 PM PST by WCH
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To: Sic Parvis Magna
Whomever his opponent is just got my vote.
50 posted on 02/14/2013 3:01:37 PM PST by bgill
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To: jsanders2001

bump


51 posted on 02/14/2013 3:11:11 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Sic Parvis Magna

Property taxes at 2.5% per $100 valuation is what ran me out of Texas!

I pay only 1.025% here in California thanks to Howard Jarvis and his fifteen year successful effort to pass Prop. 13.


52 posted on 02/14/2013 3:23:16 PM PST by CalTexan
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To: CalTexan

How about abolishing the TEA first? Then talk about how to fund education. The TEA is far left it make Joseph Stalin look like Thomas Jefferson. That is all the more weird in that Texas is a very conservative State. The TEA is one of the last hold overs from the bad old days when Texas was controlled by demonrats like Dolph Briscoe. I am getting ready to move back to the Houston area to retire early after years in Asia. I want the TEA gone then come to me and ask how to fund education.


53 posted on 02/14/2013 3:30:51 PM PST by Fai Mao
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To: Sic Parvis Magna

This might not be all about increasing revenue so much as trying to stop school districts from committing tax fraud.

A number of school districts have committed tax fraud and stolen peoples property, mine included.

The Texas Supreme Court in all their wisdom, has been covering up for the school districts with their rulings but in doing so they may have opened the door for the Federal Courts to step in to stop the fraud.


54 posted on 02/14/2013 3:31:21 PM PST by IMR 4350
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To: Sic Parvis Magna

We fixed all that school stuff when we ok’d gambling, remember?


55 posted on 02/14/2013 3:31:43 PM PST by Hattie
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To: GeronL

Vote Patterson out of office next election any others with same type lame brained ideas. The problem is spending not taxation. Why do high scoops really need a huge $250K + color LED scoreboard and a brand new laptop in school for each student every year? For the students? Wrong answer. It’s to line the contractor’s pockets so they have plenty left over to pay kickbacks to the deal brokers; politicians operate this way as well; it’s just one of many ways to steal from the public coffers.


56 posted on 02/14/2013 3:32:56 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: GeronL

Vote Patterson out of office next election any others with same type lame brained ideas. The problem is spending not taxation. Why do high scools really need huge $250K + color LED scoreboards and a brand new laptop for each student every year? For the students? Wrong answer. It’s to line the contractor’s pockets so they have plenty left over to pay kickbacks to the deal brokers; politicians operate this way as well; it’s just one of many ways to steal from the public coffers.


57 posted on 02/14/2013 3:33:30 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

bump


58 posted on 02/14/2013 3:39:58 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL
After doing a straw poll of responses on this thread, it looks like Patterson is going to step on his crank if he keeps pushing this. I'll include that in my next email to him.

He's really not a bad guy until he started making noises like this.

I am still waiting on his office to verify that he actually is for consolidating property taxes in Austin.

/johnny

59 posted on 02/14/2013 3:54:52 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Sic Parvis Magna

“No doubt, but you’d have to convince local voter they don’t need them, since they’re the ones voting on those bonds.”

In our area, they put a small notice about the vote in the local paper. Very few people showed up and most of them knew about it because they were the ones lobbying for it. It cost us millions and drove our taxes sky-high.

A year later, property owners were in for a shock.


60 posted on 02/14/2013 4:00:43 PM PST by Marie ("The last time Democrats gloated this hard after a health care victory, they lost 60 House seats.")
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