Democrat challenger for Texas Senate raised taxes but often didn’t pay her share

Here’s a fun run-up to the election story out of the D/FW region involving a state senate seat (SD10) held by a strong conservative but with voter numbers that make a Democrat victory possible.

From Empower Texan’s Texas Scorecard:

State Sen. Konni Burton recently appeared alongside Beverly Powell, her Democrat opponent, for a brief debate on a local television station. During the exchange, Burton dropped the bombshell allegation that Powell was sued for failing to pay $7,000 in property taxes she owed in Johnson County.

Powell initially denied the accusation during the debate, calling the allegation “absolutely not true” and claiming “I have paid every dime of property taxes that I ever owed.”

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However, in a statement released shortly after the TV appearance, Powell admitted to settling the tax suit in order to avoid any appearance of impropriety before she was appointed to the Burleson ISD school board.

It now appears this suit wasn’t an isolated incident. Documents released by Burton’s campaign show that Powell has a well-documented history of failing to pay taxes. Since 2003, she has had eight different tax liens placed against her exhibiting a failure to pay nearly $23,000 in various state and federal taxes.

Senator Burton rightly pointed out the hypocrisy of Democrat Powell repeatedly voting to raise property taxes while on the school board but avoiding paying them herself.

Par for the political course, isn’t it?

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