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Waller County opens, quickly closes public hearing on proposed tax rate after single resident comments
Summary
Waller County Commissioner's Court opened a statutorily required public hearing on a proposed property tax rate at 9:07 a.m. Sept. 17 and closed it two minutes later after one resident urged alternatives to raising property taxes.
Waller County Commissioner's Court opened a public hearing on its proposed property tax rate at 9:07 a.m. Wednesday at the court's meeting place, 425 FM 1488 in Hempstead, and concluded the hearing at 9:09 a.m. after one resident spoke.
Shanna Birkelbeck, who said she is running for county commissioner, told the court she opposed raising property taxes. "Raising it $370 is a lot for a lot of us," Birkelbeck said, adding that she has had to "save a thousand dollars a month on land that I own" to cover costs. She…
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