Property tax facts: -99% of people can<U+2019>t explain <U+201C>compression<U+201D> of M&O rate -Many understand homestead exemption -Most blame rising appraisals but few protest them -even fewer show up to public rate hearings -local officials brag about lowering <U+201C>rate<U+201D> while blaming appraisals<U+2026> https://t.co/j1BzJl1oK4
Matt Schaefer
@RepMattSchaefer · TX · H
Posts70
Engagement3,121
Voting-record position0.298
CoverageJan 10, 2020 to Jun 16, 2023
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| Housing | 0.4% | 1.4% | −1.0 pp | Under-indexed | 70 |
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For weeks the Tx House and Senate both yelled: <U+201C>RAISE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION!<U+201D> as a way to lower property taxes. Now you gotta do what you said you would do. Doing nothing won<U+2019>t fly back home. Debate the perfect plan all you want, but don<U+2019>t yank homeowners around. #txlege
RT @TxFreedomCaucus: Respectfully, @GovAbbott: We need to open #Texas Faster. Texans are ready. Hospitals are ready. Businesses are rea&
Pray for the people of Perryton. I<U+2019>m hearing awful reports. #txlege https://t.co/mI24wO2ShI
RT @TxFreedomCaucus: This is long past due. We must reform the Texas Disaster Act to stop overreach, empower deliberative bodies to respond<U+2026>
<U+201C>Porch pirates should be worried about Texas home owners.<U+201D> Fixed it. #txlege #BlackFriday https://t.co/Y7ExGwP7VE
Rent prices for houses and apartments in Texas - what are you seeing?
This is crap. Research article on biz closures running as a paid ad from @UTexasMcCombs on Tx Tribune. If a location provides a lot of benefits with few costs, then they should be the first to open up. But if they dont ... they should probably be opened up later. #txlege
Texas is the best long-term investment in the world! #txlege https://t.co/cOilB1FxIg
Rural Texas votes red. Spending my day in Troup across from the feed store at the public library. #txlege https://t.co/jp1AgEaIqn