Watch Video Minutes Of Mo-City Council Breaking Another Promise (Raising Taxes Over 5%)--click the title link here--

Buried in the 9/17 Missouri City Council session agenda in item 8b was the first and only vote for a 5%+ tax increase in a city with the highest taxes already in Fort Bend County. For the last several years, through the media, city officials have been claiming they were about to "turn the corner" on taxes. Scroll into the video to the 45th minute to watch this segment and subsequent 5-1 vote. Professor Gary, reform council member, was the lone opposition vote (we applaud you for your independence). With so much of the cities tax dollars going to newer highway 6 development, via the reinvestment zones, should council be asking residents for more? Additionally this was apparently a banner year for revenue collection for the city. What happened to the money boys?

See related piece: http://www.fortbendnow.com/opinion/2801/the-politics-of-land-development-and-tax-breaks


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