Nearly a third of a million dollars was “discovered” during the Austin city council’s budget process and what did the city council decide to do with the $300,000 that taxpayers had overpaid? Here’s a hint: they didn’t give it back to the rightful owners:
There wasn’t much left to debate in the budget as the council opened the meeting this morning. Council members opted to earmark $300,000 of additional property tax revenue that materialized when the appraisal rolls were certified for contracts with social service agencies. The proposed budget already included a 3.5 percent increase in funding for those social service contracts.
Get that last sentence? The budget already included a 3.5 percent increase for the social services. Hide your wallets the next time you’re near an Austin city councilman/woman. You drop a $20 near them and they won’t give it back to you.
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1 Matt Lundy // Sep 9, 2008 at
Hi I work for the Sam Adams Alliance and I was wondering if you could send me your contact info? I am putting together a list of bloggers in Texas but don’t have any other way of contacting you.
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