http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/353 Random rants from a civil servant in Houston, TX Fri, 18 May 2012 03:29:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/353#comment-1400 Houblog » Blog Archive » City Of Houston Agenda, 6/13-14/06 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:57:16 +0000 http://houblog.com/wp/index.php/2006/353#comment-1400 [...] This is a difficult subject–if the residents of those districts cannot vote in city elections, how can the city tax sales there? And if they can vote, how is it not a full annexation? No property taxes, perhaps? If that’s the case, then the City is establishing a super-class of voter who has all the privileges of “ordinary” residents, while getting to skip one of the major responsibilities: paying property taxes. I’ve read articles in the Chronicle about these districts before, but they were remarkably uninformative. We definately need more information on just what goes into one of these “annexations for limited purposes.” For damn sure, the folks being annexed need it. Update: See this article for more info. Also, Clutterbuck tagged all of these, putting them back a week. [...] [...] This is a difficult subject–if the residents of those districts cannot vote in city elections, how can the city tax sales there? And if they can vote, how is it not a full annexation? No property taxes, perhaps? If that’s the case, then the City is establishing a super-class of voter who has all the privileges of “ordinary” residents, while getting to skip one of the major responsibilities: paying property taxes. I’ve read articles in the Chronicle about these districts before, but they were remarkably uninformative. We definately need more information on just what goes into one of these “annexations for limited purposes.” For damn sure, the folks being annexed need it. Update: See this article for more info. Also, Clutterbuck tagged all of these, putting them back a week. [...]

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