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Travis County Commissioner’s Court Hears Brian Rodgers on Under-valuation of Commercial Properties

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:17:20 +0000

Brian Rodgers addressed the Travis County Commissioner’s Court and Chief Appraiser Patrick Brown on Tuesday, July 21.

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Tax Protest at TCAD

admin — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:45:09 +0000

Dozens of angry citizens heeded the call of ChangeAustin.org for an old-fashioned tax protest.

Thursday, July 16, outside the offices of the Travis Central Appraisal District, people expressed their opposition to what they called high and inequitable taxation on their properties.

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Time for Commercial Property Owners to Carry Their End of the Tax Load

admin — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:55:43 +0000

“Either the city is overpaying for the property at $41.3 million – or has been collecting far too little taxes on it with a tax roll value of just $7.5 million.”

See story in the Dallas News.