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...]
Valdez didn’t pay her taxes because they were so high but doesn’t rule out raising taxes if elected
May 31, 2018 by Leave a Comment
In a story headlined “Lupe Valdez sees Texas Gov. … [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
How would you feel about youths being cheered by … [Read more...]