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Prop. 1 and the Nuances of Privacy
"...the waiver requirements in the OGO to open up tax giveaway discussions. The Chronicle repeated this idea in its..."

April 26, 2006 Postmarks

The Hightower Report
Don't Look Down at Immigrants, Look Up; and a New Horror From the IRS
"...this case, the change is titled: "Regulations to Safeguard Taxpayer Information." Uh-oh. This can't be good. Our friendly IRS..."

April 21, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

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Our readers talk back.
"...CTRMA spent our tax dollars creating and placing a two-page ad in The..."

April 14, 2006 Column

Doesn't Like CTRMA
"...Dear Editor, Austinites, and surrounding area, CTRMA spent our tax dollars creating and placing a two-page ad in The..."

April 6, 2006 Postmarks

Page Two
After the fall
"...Sadly, paying taxes has come to be regarded by almost all citizens..."

Sept. 30, 2005 Column by Louis Black

Naked City
Some provisions encourage renewables, but fossil fuels still reign
"...oil, gas, and coal industries with billions in far-reaching tax handouts – even as oil companies continue to break..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

On the Lege: Two Sessions, Two Failures
Lawmakers still can't salvage school finance
"...passing a school finance plan that would have provided tax breaks for the wealthy, turned failing schools over to..."

Aug. 19, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Lege or Circus?
A lack of democracy turns education 'reform' into an unfunny joke
"...session ending Aug. 19 and no sign of a tax bill coming from the House, SB 8 will go..."

Aug. 12, 2005 News Column by Amy Smith

Point Austin: Playing the Numbers
A farewell to faitful servants, and a preliminary look at the city's priorities
"..."We are seeing a slight rebound in our property tax and sales tax revenue, but at the same time..."

July 15, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Thoughts After Celebration
Beneath the rockets' red glare, the costs of our Iraq misadventure mount
"...if dispiriting running total of the costs (to U.S. taxpayers) of the U.S. war on Iraq. As of Tuesday,..."

July 8, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Playing the Numbers
A farewell to faithful servants, and a preliminary look at the city's priorities
"..."We are seeing a slight rebound in our property tax and sales tax revenue, but at the same time..."

June 10, 2005 News Column by Michael King

Lege Wrap-Up
Education
"...Schools or Tax Cuts? They're Still Thinking … This comes as no..."

June 3, 2005 News Feature

School Finance Bill Heads for the Floor
Republicans pass HB 2 out of committee over educator objections
"...HB 2 to be a bill that puts property tax relief, rather than school funding, first. Rep. Harold Dutton,..."

March 4, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Cut Property Taxes Dramatically Now!
"...fact that during the past five years home property taxes have skyrocketed up as high as 400% in Texas...."

Feb. 1, 2005 Postmarks

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Our readers talk back.
"...Austin taxpayers helped finance $15 billion Big Dig roads in Boston;..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Column

Put That in Your Big Box and ...
Activist groups beg to differ with the city's big-box report
"...cost their host communities more than they return in tax revenue. It took until June for the study, commissioned..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...increase in its fiscal 2005 plan, thanks to healthier-than-expected sales-tax collections and projected increases in fare and freight-rail revenue...."

Sept. 24, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Robin Hood Goes to Court
The Lege punts, and the judge catches the school-finance football
"...knowledge" but violating its prohibition of a statewide property tax. The Texas Attorney General's office, defending the current system,..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Column by Michael King

City, County Budgets Hold the (Bottom) Line
At both City Hall and the courthouse, it's all quiet on the fiscal front
"...city's General Fund, fed by your sales and property taxes and revenue transfers from the city-owned utilities, is budgeted..."

Aug. 6, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Robin Hood Goes To Court
The latest school-finance trial begins August 9
"...that Robin Hood – by capping school districts' maximum tax rate – amounts to an unconstitutional statewide property tax..."

July 30, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Austin @ Large: Free Money!
The city is broke, so why are we giving candy to corporate strangers?
"...both by transferred Austin Energy revenues and the property taxes the city wants to spot Home Depot. And broke..."

July 2, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

'It All Leads Back to Texas'
Robert Bryce on the Texas-Washington-international crony network
"...the natural gas industry, to George W. Bush providing tax breaks to independent oilmen in Texas while he was..."

June 18, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
"...– President Bush, back in April 2003, pumping his tax-cut plans at a Timken Co. steel plant in Canton,..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
And Texans hint they might not oppose an income tax after all
"...questions. Fully 69% oppose an increase in the sales tax rate – part of virtually every plan under consideration..."

May 21, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Passing the Buck
With the special session nearly gone, the goal continues to recede
"...of fairly funding public education while radically cutting property taxes, and then proceeded to undermine their more-or-less good faith..."

May 14, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Endorsements
May 15 Election
"...the issues – resolving the accreditation crisis, expanding the tax base by adding to the service area, building community..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature

Luv Doc Recommends: Eeyore’s 41st annual Birthday Party
Pease Park, Saturday, April 24, 2004
"...Living inside the loop means having a monthly property tax nut bigger than the average mortgage payment in a..."

April 23, 2004 Column by The Luv Doc

The Hightower Report
Cable television promised savings with deregulation … and we're still waiting; and, the "synfuels" loophole has just become a bad joke.
"...One such is a special tax break gouged into federal law back in 1980 by..."

Dec. 19, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

Page Two
If you want to cut government spending, legalize pot, plus more pearls on government spending (or lack thereof) and the Austin Film and Green festivals.
"...government can easily go into debt, but with massive tax cuts and steep spending increases (mostly related to security,..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Column by Louis Black

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large
Forget the little boxes -- it's the big boxes we need to knock down
"...regions of Generica. Now, Will Wynn is contemplating giving tax incentives to Wal-Mart...."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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