From Houston Chronicle By: Katherine Driessen State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, a Houston Republican who led the effort to sue the city over ReBuild, said the city jeopardized the fee by failing to be honest with voters. A state district judge …
Continue ReadingFrom the Houston Chronicle: By: Gabrielle Banks For the twentieth year in a row, officials essentially have opted not to raise the property tax rate in Harris County. However, their vote Friday does not mean tax bills will remain the same …
Continue ReadingHouston – Senator Paul Bettencourt, Texas State Senator for District 7, was honored by the MD Anderson Cancer for his work in passing the “Right to Try” legislation in the Texas Senate. The legislation, HB 21/SB 694, was passed unanimously (31-0) …
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Austin - The City of Austin has compiled a list of over 15,000 property owners that they expect to ‘serve’ as defendants in the lawsuit they filed on August 24th. Somewhat humorously, among the property owners listed to be served …
Continue ReadingJudge Tim Sulak, of the 126th District Court in Travis County, denied the City of Austin's effort to deny property owners due process in the City's lawsuit to increase property values. Despite a 30% increase in appraised value over the …
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From Fox 26 Houston News: In the race to be Houston's next mayor Bill King's persistent focus on the city's troubled finances appears to be paying dividends that could prove pivotal. "We do not have a revenue problem. We have …
Continue ReadingHOUSTON – Senator Paul Bettencourt has announced he has released 100,000 calls into the City of Houston in opposition to Houston Proposition 1 and 2. If enacted, Proposition 1 (the H.E.R.O. Ordinance) would prohibit veterans from receiving any preferential treatment …
Continue ReadingAustin - Today, the City of Austin filed a lawsuit appealing the local Appraisal Review Board's (ARB) June 2015 ruling denying the City's protest of the appraised values of commercial property in the county - a loss the City actually …
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