After a supreme court ruling, long delay, and plenty of discussion, Houstonâs rain tax will be on the ballot again this November. Yet surprisingly, regardless of the electionâs outcome, the tax is going to stay. The tax was originally approved in 2010 by a slim...
Houstonâs long-litigated, but never forgotten rain tax seems like it may rear its head again this November if the mayor has his way. The drainage fee, or rain tax, barely passed in 2010 as a pay-as-you-go fee dedicated to streets and drainage. Though it seems...
On numerous occasions the Texas Supreme Court has struck down ballot language used by the City of Houston to mislead voters on a ballot proposition, but a recently filed bipartisan bill is hoping to end that local government game. State Sens. Paul Bettencourt...
Last week, Mayor Annise Parker revealed what she called her âlean and meanâ conservative $5.1 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2016. Although the city has increasingly faced financial issues throughout Parkerâs term, her latest budget, once again, offers no...
It is painfully apparent to Houstonians that their cityâs financial practices are less than prudent. With a strong-mayor system repeatedly run by far-left mayors whose official privilege includes writing the city budget, it comes as little surprise that Houston will...
