MO-CITY COUNCIL VOTES 5-1 IN FAVOR OF HIGHER TAXES, AGAIN!

During a relatively quiet council session last night the city council voted another tax increase. This in a city with some of the highest taxes in Fort Bend County already. The action did not go unchallenged when Kevin Tunstall approached the podium late in the evening to chastise the group for voting to raise taxes in a community with retirees and others living on fixed incomes. Tunstall stated, "that you should practice fiscal responsibility first and reduce spending before considering this option". He continued by quoting Nancy Reagan and the "just say no campaign" and asking council not to take the easy way out and "just say NO to more taxes".

Cynthia Lenton-Gary, city council representative for district B, was the lone dissenter on council which drew some applause. Professor Gary was elected as the reform candidate in a landslide victory over long-time incumbent Don Smith, heavily endorsed by special interest backed Allen Owen & Jerry Wyatt in the May run-off elections (Owen was not present for the vote). After Tunstall's statements several on council seemed visibly defensive.

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