County Commissioners: Blame County Property Tax Increase on Texas Legislature

regarding the automatic tax rollback election proposal hilarious. Either they are stupid or they think we all are.

First, they argue that it somehow violates the voters will to give the voters a say in whether tax rates should go up. Excuse me? Letting the voters vote on it and express their will, violates their will? How many of them ran on a platform promising to jack tax rates to the sky and won? That's what I thought.

Second, in many areas tax appraisals are increasing at the 10% maximum allowed every year. Anybody here seeing their wages increase 10% per year? On top of that elected officials feel they need the ability to raise tax rates an unlimited amount as well? That's ridiculous. With a 10% increase in appraisals and a 4% increase in the tax rate, they are bringing in 14.4% more revenue without having to get approval as it is. If your economy is growing at 2% and your government at 14.4%, you have a problem.

I'm pretty sure none of us voted for that.

Taxes with this tax increase this year have gotten out of hand. Last year unfortunately we were able to file a disability exemption of our taxes which decreased them around 450.00 per year. Now with the increase they are back up. Needless to say I don't see our income doing up. The people next door also filed a protest against the higher rate and lost that battle also. There house was appraised for more by the appraiser with the real estate agency than what they could even sell it for but they ended up selling it for the tax appraisal value of $175,000. Now that is after he paid 177,000 it and put in all new appliances, all new hardwood floor, new landscaping, new paint, a water softner and RO system and a alarm system. They lived there less than a year before they had to move. So no one can tell me the tax appraisal value are fair. He sold it for 175,000 and took a HUGE loss. I feel sure if I were to sell mine it would not appraise for what it did in 2015 nor would it appraise for the tax value. Land does not just jump up $10,000 in value when there are not lots in the area for sale to compare to. I wish I could get a 2% raise and wish I had medical insurance too. So for the County employes,count your blessings.

LOL..... As I have said before, get rid of al of them and put someone in there that will do the job correctly . Give them 90 days, if the public does not like what and how they are doing, give them the pink slip.
Demand a budget and publish what, who and where they spend the money, no working lunches, how many of us take a sandwitch? Get down to the basics. They use the taxpayers money too freely.

I know what your talking about. they are going to vote for an increase on their salaries!!!!! OMG! TOO MUCH! WAKE UP SAN ANGELO! We the people need to do something and not sit on our butts and gripe. This has gotten so out of hand. What ? 300,000 for travel and education? no way!!!! We need to stop some if not all the ""travel and education"" we have been lax in not paying attention .

Local Tax Assessors offices have Carte Blanc to set valuations based on sales in neighborhoods. Local taxing entities like school boards, county management boards, etc keep getting more money from rates assessed and that money is too often used for pay raises rather than road and bridge maintenance. Pay raises and administrative perks need to be shut down! These actions are in no way "conservative!"

Are you people kidding? $300,000 is for the ENTIRE county, not just the Commissioners from my understanding. The State mandates that training be done so you don't have idiots handling the County. Treasurer's Office, Indigent Health, Courts, DA, County Attorney, Adult and Juvenile Probation, Sheriff's Office, CASA, Jail. All require new materials every time laws, rules and regulations, etc change and those materials are not cheap. When a new system is installed to streamline, do you think that it's easy to convert to a new system without training? Get a grip.

Put a pencil to it, the tax increase for most will be less than $50 a year. If you only figure the County tax. County offices do many things that require more training as the laws change state and federal so the training is needed.

No, you need to get a grip . It does not take that much money, With any new system there is training, But the training comes online or someone comes to teach how its done.
Also, what about income tax? You can deduct travel, education, and such off, I do not know if you all do an income tax, but you should. Also who does the accounting /I think all of that is public intrest.
No, we are not stupid, but some others are if they think we believe all the stuff that's being told to us.

I just may run for office, because I sure as heck do not like the way things are being done. As for trainings- I do pay for training every year to keep current . also if you buy the software the training is provided and they will send someone to teach it to you for free. And for books and such, you buy 1 or 2 and copy off the rest . There is always a way to cut costs and keep the cost down. As for deducting the cost of education that would be the county at the end of the year and I am very certain they will get some of that back. I DO PAY TO KEEP CURRENT AND I DO DEDUCT IT AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND I DO WORK FOR SOMEONE ELSE. But then I guess I am the stupid one because I want to make sure what I tell clients is the truth , the whole truth and nothing but the truth.OH! by the way! there are online courses for free you just have to look for them.

You don't have enough money so you vote yourself a raise and increase taxes. You know what a business does, ask Mosiac, they were in a budget crunch and they cut salaries. I will not vote for my current commissioner or the judge.