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Sept. 22, 2003 Postmarks
The Budget Battles, Round 3
Will Wynn proposes permanently shuttering libraries, parks, and other facilities to devote scarce resources to the ones that are left.
"...been enough. This year Futrell has proposed a 7.2% property-tax hike (to 49.3 cents, the "effective rate" that theoretically..."
Aug. 29, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
After months of talking about it, City Manager Toby Futrell finally makes official her proposal to bridge the city's $57 million budget gap.
"...Tax hikes: Futrell has made all but official her intent..."
Aug. 1, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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Our readers talk back.
"...Report," published in The Austin Chronicle under the headline, "Tax Cheats Get Corporate Welfare." I also strongly object to..."
July 4, 2003 Column
King Fisher Creek: It's Back!
"...Dec. 31, the deadline to get $2.25 million in tax credits from the Texas Dept. of Housing and Community..."
June 20, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Naked City
Headlines
"...it's nearly impossible to balance Austin's books without major tax increases, and Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn has called for..."
May 23, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Beyond City Limits
"...whole week -- on Monday added a $1-a-pack cigarette tax to her list of proposals to save the state..."
May 23, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Naked City
Domain Gives Slusher Pain
"...to consider awarding $25 million in property and sales tax rebates -- based on a new economic policy the..."
May 9, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Endorsements
The Chronicle endorsements
"...to be made this summer, and that neither painful taxes nor more painful layoffs can be ruled off the..."
April 18, 2003 News Feature
A Lege Too Far
With Six Weeks to Go, the Legislative Future Looks Dark and Darker
"...The Republican leadership remains publicly committed to "no new taxes" (although with some waffling on expanding existing taxes where..."
April 11, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
Endorsements
The Chronicle endorsements
"...to be made this summer, and that neither painful taxes nor more painful layoffs can be ruled off the..."
April 11, 2003 News Feature
The Hightower Report
Corporations now charge you to pay them; and Calpers corrals big business deserters.
"...our laws that allow them to dodge paying the taxes they rightfully owe. The tax gimmick they're using is..."
Dec. 27, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Hightower Report
Corporations launder money to cheat the IRS; Homeland Security makes for good comedy.
"...Corporate Tax Cheats..."
Dec. 6, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower
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Our readers talk back.
"...$53 million judgement against him, he's behind on his taxes $1.3 million (the feds would have thrown me under..."
June 7, 2002 Column
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Our readers talk back.
"...deeper financial support from the state. And, until the taxpayers in this area are ready to shoulder more of..."
May 3, 2002 Column
The Hightower Lowdown
Kmart gives its CEO the blue light and workers the pink slip; corporate taxes disappear into the Bermuda Triangle; Vignette rewards failure.
"...The latest is a slick corporate tax hustle that would make a snake-oil salesman blush. It's..."
May 3, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower
May 4 Election
It's time to pick ACC Board members again.
"...for the three open places, support some kind of tax increase. The lone dissenter, Place 3 candidate Paul Geary,..."
April 26, 2002 News Feature by Cathy Vaughan
Governing Post-Boom Austin
Now that the lawsuits are over, we hope the council campaigns will turn to issues.
"...Likewise, Austin's tax base is getting crunched even as suburban communities start..."
April 12, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
Don't Lose Your Day Job
Texas unemployment insurance paints a dismal picture.
"...borrow $300 million, as well as raise its payroll tax on businesses by $1.4 billion. Now the bite will..."
March 22, 2002 News Column by Michael King
The Hightower Lowdown
Dubya lets polluters make messes, but we pay for the clean-up; the computer industry isn't as clean as it would like us to think; and the National Academy of Scientists calls for closer scrutiny of biotech.
"...to avoid their clean-up responsibilities. This law assessed a tax on corporations that contaminate our air, water, and communities,..."
March 8, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower
Questions for Tony and Dan
Gubernatorial debate promises much heat, less light
"...the other side. (Interest was sparked by Morales' just-released tax returns, which show a dramatic jump in income --..."
March 1, 2002 News Column by Michael King
Austin @ Large: The Dunkerley Solution
Betty Dunkerley's "pragmatic" challenge to Beverly Griffith's obstinancy
"...our annoying habit of calling for a serious property tax hike to bring Austin's rates in line with the..."
March 1, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison
The Hightower Lowdown
Linda Lay is a poor little rich girl; the WTO bites its own creators; Enron got what it paid for.
"...firms to hide profits in offshore subsidiaries, thus avoiding taxes...."
Feb. 8, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower
Doggett Smells a Scam
"...it's time to forgive and forget -- payment of taxes by corporations, that is. General Motors, Boeing, International Paper,..."
Nov. 23, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple
Naked City
Local news in Austin, Texas
"...Ken Armbrister's bill (SB 1812) to create a special taxing district for a hotel and golf resort on land..."
May 18, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett
Tinkering With the Machinery of Death
The Texas Legislature moves slowly to consider alternatives to the death penalty
"...how unfair the death penalty is -- the death tax is -- and we need to get rid of..."
March 9, 2001 News Column by Michael King
The Hightower Lowdown
Treasury Sec. Paul O'Neill pitches Bush tax breaks, Newt Gingrich is a business consultant, Congressional fundraising among freshman is out of control
"...the treasury department. He's the point man on Bush's tax cut for the rich. Even O'Neill concedes that nearly..."
March 2, 2001 News Column by Jim Hightower
Who You Gonna Call?
Small Texas towns look to Austin and Washington to jump-start economic development
"...of their path, and to approve regulatory exceptions and tax breaks for their industries when economic forces threatened to..."
Feb. 23, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton
Naked City
Capital Metro decides to send a quarter-cent of tax money back to Austin-area communities, where it will presumably be spent on roads now that light rail has failed. But the future of light rail, it seems, is still an open question.
"...on Dec. 10 to take the quarter-cent of sales tax it had been stowing aside for rail and, starting..."
Dec. 15, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison
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Readers' last gasps on light rail.
"...build. However, widening roads and building new highways costs taxpayers millions of dollars every year, while making driving even..."
Nov. 3, 2000 Column
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