Travis County

Fundraiser for Cliff Brown

2010-02-04 17:30

Final Fundraiser for Cliff Brown for Judge!

Come show your support for Cliff & pick up a yard sign

Thursday, February 4th

5:30 – 7:30 pm

Nuevo Leon

Austinites: Watch your judicial candidates before you vote for them!

The East Austin Leadership Development Program by Southwest Key hosted Travis County Judicial Candidate Forums last month just before the filing deadline. The first forum featured every contested criminal court candidate, and the second forum featured every contested civil court candidate.  It was a wonderful opportunity for the public to meet the candidates in person during the Meet & Greet and to learn how they will decide cases on the bench in an informal relaxed setting.

Karen Sage, Mindy Montford & Eve Schatelowitz run for the 299th judicial district court

Watch felony court candidates Mindy Montford, Karen Sage and Eve Schatelowitz discuss alternatives to incarceration and why they each feel they are the best candidate for your vote.

Austin's Dirty Little Property Tax Secret

Brian Rodgers of ChangeAustin.org reveals how commercial property tax giveaways burden us with higher taxes at the same time that governments cut services and raise taxes for residential taxpayers.

Austin's Dirty Little Property Tax Secret

The Travis Central Appraisal District (T-CAD) is failing to charge commercial property owners for property tax on the full value of their property, according to two studies. At a time when tax rates are rising and services are being cut for the rest of us, we sat down with Brian Rodgers of ChangeAustin.org to find out how many hundreds of millions of dollars Travis County residents are missing from big business.