EL PASO POLICE OFFICERS FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY
We visited the Police Headquarters at 911 N Raynor Street this morning and were moved by the display honoring 34 officers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.…
ARE TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONES (TIRZs) GOOD OR BAD?
WHAT IS A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE? The Tax Increment Financing Act is in Chapter 311 of the Texas Tax Code. According to the Texas Comptroller, tax increment financing is…
HOUSTON CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE ON REGULATING TIRZS
Houston, like most major cities, has journalists with the requisite skills for investigating complex financial matters and the time and patience to conduct open records requests for key documents. As…
CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO KILL TIRZ 10A!
It happened on D-Day and slipped past all our local media without a single report. On June 6 our City Council voted 8-0 to eliminate Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone #10A…