A North Texas city council, after apparently chasing one of their own into resigning his seat, voted unanimously to appoint his opponent—who has a criminal record—to finish the term, drawing an outcry from citizens. The councilman who resigned was the only one who...
Update 4/15/20: Watauga Councilman Scott Prescher contacted Texas Scorecard and provided the following statement: “…the most disturbing thing of all is that [city council] tried to hide this in the consent agenda so it would not be debated. Since I...
Local governments across Texas will adopt next year’s property tax rates over the next month. Taxpayers are left wondering which officials are funding bigger budgets off new growth, and which are simply asking taxpayers to pay more. Even cities that lower than tax...
Perhaps the most widely misunderstood concept in municipal governance is judging the size of the “property tax base.” When determining the appropriate tax rate, officials often err by considering only the median home values they tax instead of the total tax base,...
