Bad timing
As people all over the city receive their tax appraisal notices, you can’t help but wonder about the timing with regard to the upcoming bond elections. In this situation, campaigning for property tax cuts is a no-brainer. Patrick McCurdy is promising a 10% property tax cut from, uhh, somewhere.
Well, as you look at your new appraised value, think about all the business property that is undertaxed because business property sales transactions are kept private. Wanna bet that a ten percent cut of homeowner taxes could easily be made up by adjusting business property appraisal values much closer to their actual market value? It’s call HB 3820 and it doesn’t look like it’s going to make it out of committee.
Funny, fair tax appraisals for businesses doesn’t seem to be part of Patrick McCurdy’s platform although it’s an obvious source of revenue to make up his proposed property tax cuts. So which candidate do you think is more likely to push for property sales transactions disclosures, “a small business-owner” or someone who was “a trial lawyer for 26 years?”
If you’re willing to vote for a candidate based on his feel good promises, shouldn’t you also ask how he intends to make good on them?
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