Commentary
Identity Politics Has Destroyed the Bonds of American Society
Urgent action is necessary now!
Y’All Answered: Abolish Austin?
Readers offer their insights and experiences.
Michael Berlanga: Love Thy Neighborhood and Protest Your Taxes
Berlanga travels the state highlighting systemic issues with the property tax system and needed reforms.
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Commentary Archive
How Many of These Tax-Funded Films Have You Seen?
Do you pay taxes in the state of Texas? Well then congratulations, you’re a film producer! In 2005, the Texas Legislature created the Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program, a scheme by which citizens’ tax dollars are doled out to film companies to subsidize...
Azle ISD’s “Penny Swap” Is a Backdoor Tax Increase
If voters approve Azle Independent School District’s proposed tax rate “Penny Swap” in the September 8 tax ratification election, the district will indeed get more money from the state — just know you are also voting for a backdoor tax increase that will raise your...
Middleton: No more politicians profiting off their position
Elected office is supposed to be about public service, not self-service--we are all fed up with politicians profiting off their position. Corruption is an egregious perversion of our constitutional republic and should be dealt with extremely harshly. People are...
Fake News Media Attacks the Father of Texas
The City of Austin made a mockery of itself last week after a report by city bureaucrats recommended the city rename itself as part of a liberal campaign to purge the city of confederate symbols. But one nationwide publication went even further in demonstrating the...
Cedar Hill ISD Property Tax “Swap-ortunity”
Cedar Hill Independent School District’s Board of Trustees voted on June 11 to set a new property tax rate, which will require approval from voters. The board chose to hold the election on a special date in September, rather than on the uniform election date in...
Taxpayer Rights to Dispute Excessive Taxation at Stake in Case Before Texas Supreme Court
Texas’ Legislature has provided taxpayers a powerful grassroots tool to fight excessive taxation. But taxpayers' right to petition for relief is in jeopardy unless the Texas Supreme Court acts. Before adopting a tax rate in a given year, taxing entities (like counties...
Who Is to Blame for High Summer Water Bills?
Every summer homeowner across Montgomery County is stunned at the high bills they receive from their water company. Many residents are confused by skyrocketing summer costs and focus their ire on their water company, since they are the ones who sent the bill. But is...
Texas Business Groups Oppose Texas Lawsuit to End DACA
A coalition of Texas business organizations including the Texas Association of Business and the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, have declared their opposition to a federal lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that seeks to end the Deferred...
Free the Market: No Taxpayer Subsidies, No Carbon Taxes
Since being sworn-in as our 45th President of the United States, President Donald Trump has implemented an America-First energy strategy that has de-fanged an overreaching EPA, ended the Clean Power Plan, and removed us from the one-sided Paris Climate Accord, which...