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“If the Legislature really wants to help local taxpayers, it should better fund education, because that’s most of the Austin property tax bill.”
– Mayor Steve Adler, attacking a plan by Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, to inflict a 4% property tax revenue cap on cities
This article appears in December 2 • 2016.
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