AM Show Hr 1 | Local ISDs Are Using Tax Loopholes To Take More Of Your Money
The Michael Berry Show
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🗓️ 15 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | It's that time. |
| 0:05.0 | lock and load. |
| 0:08.0 | The Michael Dairy Show is on the air. Oh, Well, Huffman I S. D. is trying to gouge their residents with a 25% property tax increase. There is a vote this morning at Huffman I. S. D. I'm told |
| 1:00.0 | there are TV cameras there. They did it. I'm told at a time that they thought people |
| 1:06.3 | wouldn't come out, but people are pissed. Absolutely pissed. The story from KPRC TV. |
| 1:15.0 | Residents are concerned. |
| 1:17.5 | Homeowners are concerned about this proposed tax increase and they say it'll all happen without voter approval. |
| 1:24.8 | That's according to the district and according to the district's tax rate notice. |
| 1:28.7 | That was posted last month. |
| 1:30.7 | It's proposing to raise property taxes by up to 25% over last year's |
| 1:35.1 | rate that means an average homeowners tax bill would increase by |
| 1:38.8 | $176. Also according to the district it would not exceed the maximum tax increase that |
| 1:45.7 | would require voter approval. This comes after residents already passed a |
| 1:50.0 | 91 million dollar bond last year. Huffman, I. |
| 1:53.0 | S.D. said was to address needs across the growing district. |
| 1:56.0 | We talked to Christie Keepers, who has lived here in this district for 20 years. |
| 2:01.0 | When you add in that our insurance rates have gone out, inflation is affecting a lot of people. |
| 2:11.0 | Community dues out here have also been raised. It's just a lot to take on when it just |
| 2:15.3 | keeps coming from everywhere. And this also comes as Huffman Istee has been under |
| 2:22.4 | investigation this year. |
| 2:24.2 | Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the district for using state resources to |
| 2:29.2 | influence political races through illegal electioneering. |
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