How would you feel about youths being cheered by … [Read more...]
Lubbock’s Mayor Pope says we can’t have property tax reform because he needs to spend more to pay for the debt he created
April 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
HB 3 screws Texas taxpayers; renders HB 2 near worthless
April 5, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The Texas House passed its bloated school finance … [Read more...]
Who does your legislator represent? HB 2 is a good test.
April 3, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In Austin this week, I asked state Rep. John … [Read more...]
HB 2 passes out of committee; reporter dishonest over its function
March 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Is there any part of the standard press corps that … [Read more...]
New version of property tax reform? Reps need to hear from you now.
March 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The House began debate on its version of the … [Read more...]
There will be no “fix once and for all” for Texas public school finance
March 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
It’s time to once again claim my listener-given … [Read more...]
Voters must contact lawmakers NOW in support of HB2 & SB2 or lose out to local gov’t pressure
March 14, 2019 by 1 Comment
Severe March winds have struck and KFYO reported … [Read more...]
Mayors call it a “burden” on you to give you a say in big property tax increases
March 12, 2019 by 3 Comments
A collection of fake conservative mayors have … [Read more...]
On the surface, not much reform obvious in HB3; the school finance reform bill
March 7, 2019 by Leave a Comment
House public education committee chairman Dan … [Read more...]
Expect grandiose claims on fixing Texas public school finance
March 5, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Today is the day chairman of the Texas House … [Read more...]
Poll: Overwhelming support of 2.5% trigger for local tax increase ratification elections; expect onslaught of negative claims to change opinion
February 28, 2019 by 1 Comment
Texans, get ready for an onslaught of … [Read more...]
Why you need to push legislators to pass HB2 and SB2 now
February 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
When appraised value goes up and local officials … [Read more...]
Rule of 72 and why any election-trigger property tax cap above 3% is a failure
February 26, 2019 by 2 Comments
Helpful to taxpayers as we discuss property tax … [Read more...]
Property tax reform: Reducing amount of tax increases is not funding cut
February 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
About proposed property tax reform, listener David … [Read more...]
Sad Sack Senator Seliger Wants to Kill Meaningful Property Tax Reform
February 19, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The Texas Legislative Session is off to a good … [Read more...]
Texas Governor Abbott names property tax reform legislative “emergency”
February 7, 2019 by Leave a Comment
On the Fifth of February, Governor Abbott gave the … [Read more...]
Legislative priority #3: Make school finance system simple and transparent
January 14, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In my list of priorities for the Texas Legislature … [Read more...]
Legislative priority #2: Meaningful local property tax reform with caps and votes
January 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Second in my legislative priorities list for 2019 … [Read more...]
Pratt’s Texas legislative priorities, in summary
January 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Among the thousands of bills that will be filed … [Read more...]
Pratt on Texas legislative priorities; the first four summarized
January 8, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The 86th Regular Session of the Texas Legislature … [Read more...]
Local reporting on new local property tax rates is mostly misleading or obscure
August 2, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Repetitive? Yes, but necessary. I’ve been at this … [Read more...]
Officeholder and media spin doesn’t lower your local property taxes
July 31, 2018 by Leave a Comment
I recently addressed the example of media coverage … [Read more...]
Abilene budget media coverage an example of the annual fraud on Texans
July 30, 2018 by 1 Comment
Suppose you go to a favorite barbecue restaurant … [Read more...]
If you want local growth, work to lower local property taxes
July 12, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Timothy Chipp of the Abilene Reporter-News … [Read more...]
All hope with meaningful property tax reform may rest with Governor Abbott
“According to sources inside the Texas Capitol, … [Read more...]