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Can We Afford To Sustain The Austin Boom? The Numbers Say No | Austin Affordability
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Let's Put the Public's Ability to Pay Into Austin's Planning Process. Can We Afford To Sustain The Austin Boom? The Numbers Say No. By Bill Oakey – May 12, 2015. Was I actually about to witness a crash? Fortunately, I did not fall out of bed. The nightmare just jolted me awake. Our CTRMA toll road authority got a bond rating upgrade last fall…all the way up to BBB and BBB-. Their ambitious plans for both North MoPac and South MoPac call for adding express lanes with high-cost variable tolls tha...The she...
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Austin Toll Roads | Austin Affordability
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Let's Put the Public's Ability to Pay Into Austin's Planning Process. Tag Archives: Austin Toll Roads. Epic Highway Land Swindle Costs Taxpayers $13 Million. By Bill Oakey – April 17, 2016. The former property owners caught up in this web had faced excruciating wait times for their land to be condemned and purchased. Then, like a scene from an old western movie, the alleged outlaws galloped to their doorsteps with checks in hand. Not more than a few months later, they flipped the properties to Tx...Raise...
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Austin City Council | Austin Affordability
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Let's Put the Public's Ability to Pay Into Austin's Planning Process. Tag Archives: Austin City Council. Affordability Petition To The City Council – Let’s All Join In! By Bill Oakey – August 11, 2016. This Petition Needs To Move Quickly. You Can Print It and Distribute It To Your Friends. Or Just Share This Blog Link By Email And Social Media. Affordability Petition to the Austin City Council – August 2016. 2 Place all utility charge and utility bill add-on fee increases on hold. Ask the City Manage...
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Women Leading In Local Government. Austin Women Training | Austin Affordability
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Let's Put the Public's Ability to Pay Into Austin's Planning Process. Tag Archives: Women Leading In Local Government. Austin Women Training. Watch The Austin Training Video, “Women Leading In Local Government”. By Bill Oakey – May 14, 2015. Rather than repeat the details of the widely circulated news story, I will point you here to the full video of the training session. You can also watch the “Revenge of the Seven”. As they spoke to the news media about their frustration. Austin Women In Government.
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Holy Cow! Dallas Also Embroiled In Toll-Road-In-The-Park Battle | Austin Affordability
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Let's Put the Public's Ability to Pay Into Austin's Planning Process. Dallas Also Embroiled In Toll-Road-In-The-Park Battle. By Bill Oakey – May 8, 2015. Highlights from the meeting included Travis County Commissioner and SOS co-founder, Brigid Shea, reading a letter from Luci Baines Johnson. The crowd in the Council Chambers went wild! Take a Look At What’s Happening In Dallas! Poll finds Dallasites’ support for toll road within Trinity River levees tepid. Transportation Writer, Dallas Morning News.
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Austin Tax Protest | Austin Affordability
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Let's Put the Public's Ability to Pay Into Austin's Planning Process. Tag Archives: Austin Tax Protest. City Report On Tax Appraisal Inequities Draws Outrage. By Bill Oakey – May 21, 2015. On Tuesday May 19th, a blue ribbon panel of City and County officials and other top leaders addressed an emotional crowd at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Austin. The topic was property tax appraisals. The speaker lineup included:. City of Austin Mayor Pro Tem. Travis County Tax Assessor. On the inequity is...
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Austin To Consider Challenging Commercial Property Appraisals | Austin Affordability
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Let's Put the Public's Ability to Pay Into Austin's Planning Process. Austin To Consider Challenging Commercial Property Appraisals. By Bill Oakey – May 19, 2015. A Great Big Thank You to Mayor Pro-Tem Kathie Tovo and Council Members Ann Kitchen, Ellen Troxclair Don Zimmerman! One might ask, why doesn’t the Texas Legislature pass better laws to close the loopholes enjoyed by the rich and powerful? I’m not the least bit concerned about how tough the fight is. The fact that we have new people on ...At the ...
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Time For A Laugh – What Is Austin’s “Aquatic State?” | Austin Affordability
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Let's Put the Public's Ability to Pay Into Austin's Planning Process. Time For A Laugh – What Is Austin’s “Aquatic State? By Bill Oakey – May 7, 2015. There I sat at City Hall, trying to make some sense of it all…. Last week, The City Council’s Open Space Committee was discussing Austin’s “Aquatic State.” This is not the water crisis – well, not exactly. It’s all about swimming pools. But before going any further, let’s consider a few minor details:. THE TAXPAYERS ARE UNDERWATER! This is not to say that ...
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Watch The Austin Training Video, “Women Leading In Local Government” | Austin Affordability
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Let's Put the Public's Ability to Pay Into Austin's Planning Process. Watch The Austin Training Video, “Women Leading In Local Government”. By Bill Oakey – May 14, 2015. Rather than repeat the details of the widely circulated news story, I will point you here to the full video of the training session. You can also watch the “Revenge of the Seven”. As they spoke to the news media about their frustration. This entry was posted in General Affordability Updates. Austin Women In Government. May 14, 2015.
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Costs of Growth - League of Independent Voters of Texas
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Why join the League? If anyone knows about the costs of growth, it's Brian Rodgers. The story of Austin, is the urban side of the League's fight to rein in government. There are more enlightened cities that charge impact fees on new developments. However, thanks to our legislature's captivity by the real estate industry, Texas municipalities are limited to charging impact fees in only four areas (roads, water, wastewater and drainage fees.that's it! And the amount is capped. On the Domain ). This 30,000 ...