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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:32:18 AM EDT
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3%-4% of house values per year. rest assured the tax collectors increase the values every year. 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:32:58 AM EDT
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One day there will be a Texas high school team playing hoe games under a retractable dome.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:33:15 AM EDT
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Priorities... Fail.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:34:38 AM EDT
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I knew it was in Texas before even reading the article.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:35:33 AM EDT
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I do, they are a distraction from the stated goal and suck resources from education. If kids want to play sports, they should do it on their time and dime. I loved sports as a kid. But my parents paid for it. We all Played baseball The league was supported By local business but parents made up the shortfall. Schools should have actual , rigorous physical ed programs and leave the sports competition to private sector and parents |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:35:47 AM EDT
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Oh God it's retarded.
They only get a few months use of it a year. Won't let tax payers walk the track for exercise. And they all try to keep up with the Joneses. The keep bring up 20M bond packages here to build a new stadium. Never mind we already have a 17M stadium at th older new high school that could be used. 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:37:33 AM EDT
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I grew up in South East PA in the 80's and football was huge, not on the level of Texas, but close and I couldn't imagine stadiums like this. Is it a Texas thing, the snowflake generation or both? I remember everyone freaking out in 1980 when Penn Hills HS got an AstroTurf field. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:38:47 AM EDT
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Funny how many HS in Alabama ( and other states) play on shitty fields with chain link fences and aluminum bleachers. They manage to produce good athletes anyway
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:40:59 AM EDT
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There should be no high school sports. You want to play games, get a monopoly board and do it after 3pm. Learn at the pace of the slowest learner, and they have enabled all the shit heads to cause constant distractions. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:41:40 AM EDT
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I knew it was in Texas before even reading the article.  
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:44:35 AM EDT
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8.25%? Come to Birmingham AL where the combined sales tax is 10%.  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Don't forget that sweet 8.25% sales tax Texans have too, despite no income tax. I don't live in that burg but if I did I would be trying to find a spot outside of that school district post haste. Property taxes are way too high. Oh and the equity thing? Whoopee do. All that means is even if you try to downsize the next house is going to have some inflated price and your money will be tied up there for the duration of ownership too....for which you get the privilege of being taxed on it. Income Tax? Yep. Sales Tax? Yep. 10% most everywhere Property Tax? Yep, got that too. And yet our budget is always fucked and theres always a desire to raise taxes even more. Meanwhile everything is dilapidated and shitty, except that new school they built, that serves as a minimum security prison for the inmates in the City of Birmingham until they can get sent to real prison. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:44:45 AM EDT
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Winning state football titles is a BIG deal, and brings lots of money into the district.
The Katy area is definitely not hurting for money. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:45:32 AM EDT
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In my area, in one meeting of the school board, a multi million $ indoor football practice field was approved, a new copy machine for the fine arts department was rejected.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:45:44 AM EDT
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I like football but education should come first. I live in a football small town and all parents care about is if their kids keep a 2.0 to play sports.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:47:47 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:47:49 AM EDT
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In my area, in one meeting of the school board, a multi million $ indoor football practice field was approved, a new copy machine for the fine arts department was rejected. Middle, High, or Collegiate. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:48:40 AM EDT
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6k taxes on a 200k valued house? Did I read that correctly ? Lulz 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:49:44 AM EDT
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I do, they are a distraction from the stated goal and suck resources from education. If kids want to play sports, they should do it on their time and dime. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:50:32 AM EDT
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They did have an education bond to rebuild 2 schools. They threw two turf fields in there and it was voted down. The butt hurt was epic. Waited a year and tried again without turf fields and it passed. They were laying off teachers at the time.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:51:16 AM EDT
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Yep, we get raped in Alabama. Income Tax? Yep. Sales Tax? Yep. 10% most everywhere Property Tax? Yep, got that too. And yet our budget is always fucked and theres always a desire to raise taxes even more. Meanwhile everything is dilapidated and shitty, except that new school they built, that serves as a minimum security prison for the inmates in the City of Birmingham until they can get sent to real prison. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:52:14 AM EDT
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but where does all the good football recruits come from usually? Floriduh, iirc?
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:52:51 AM EDT
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You don't own a home or pay property taxes do you? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The guy crying about it has a household income of 150-200k, on a "valued" 200k home, said it increased by 60k, so he has a lot of free equity, and purchased a 140k home. Boo fucking hoo.  Attached FileMy property taxes are about 3000. I have a hard time feeling sorry for a guy with twice my household income over 3k, and he now has to move because of it
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:53:58 AM EDT
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Lol, I probably learned more helpful things to get me through life on the field, golf course, diamond, etc... than I did in our dumbed down classrooms. Learn at the pace of the slowest learner, and they have enabled all the shit heads to cause constant distractions. I am sure that you learned quite a bit. It is STILL beyond the scope of academic education. That's why it is called "extra-curricular." |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:55:03 AM EDT
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You think all education comes from a classroom? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I do, they are a distraction from the stated goal and suck resources from education. If kids want to play sports, they should do it on their time and dime. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:55:27 AM EDT
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8.25%? Come to Birmingham AL where the combined sales tax is 10%. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:57:23 AM EDT
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I am from Texas, born and raised. I played high school football in a pretty badass stadium with lots of booster support for nice stuff and 20k people on Friday nights... This is utterly ridiculous. The older I get the more I think we should remove sports from school and turn them over to the private sector for club leagues. At the NCAA level you can have schools sponsor club teams so they still can have COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!! but the kids are actually paid professionals hired by the school and it can be the farm league for the NFL. Hey, hopefully, they can actually use this stadium unlike the $60 million abortion in Allen. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This is utterly indefensible. Without reading the thread, I'm going to bet a bunch of Texans in the thread are defending it though, or just attacking people for where they live (ad hominem). This is utterly ridiculous. The older I get the more I think we should remove sports from school and turn them over to the private sector for club leagues. At the NCAA level you can have schools sponsor club teams so they still can have COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!! but the kids are actually paid professionals hired by the school and it can be the farm league for the NFL. Hey, hopefully, they can actually use this stadium unlike the $60 million abortion in Allen. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:58:09 AM EDT
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6k taxes on a 200k valued house? Did I read that correctly ? Lulz 
Hole Lee Shat! That's over 6 times the tax rate I pay. 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 8:59:11 AM EDT
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Does b'ham/Jeff co still have the occupational tax to punish those who drive in from other counties to work there? I lived in Talladega county but worked at UAB. Had to pay for the privilege Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yep, we get raped in Alabama. Income Tax? Yep. Sales Tax? Yep. 10% most everywhere Property Tax? Yep, got that too. And yet our budget is always fucked and theres always a desire to raise taxes even more. Meanwhile everything is dilapidated and shitty, except that new school they built, that serves as a minimum security prison for the inmates in the City of Birmingham until they can get sent to real prison. Jefferson County? No, somehow Unconstitutional. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:00:45 AM EDT
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8.25%? Come to Birmingham AL where the combined sales tax is 10%. Can of Spaghetti-O's is $1 on the shelf, it's $1 at checkout. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:02:22 AM EDT
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I'm sure you have an awesome reason why..... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There should be no high school sports. You want to play games, get a monopoly board and do it after 3pm. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:02:39 AM EDT
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We also don't pay sales tax on food and medications. Can of Spaghetti-O's is $1 on the shelf, it's $1 at checkout. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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8.25%? Come to Birmingham AL where the combined sales tax is 10%. Can of Spaghetti-O's is $1 on the shelf, it's $1 at checkout. Its almost as if Alabama is the king of corruption and graft, on a scale to give Chicago pause. ETA: We pay taxes on food of course, State of Alabama hasn't found a thing its not in favor of taxing yet. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:03:45 AM EDT
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Don't forget that sweet 8.25% sales tax Texans have too, despite no income tax. I don't live in that burg but if I did I would be trying to find a spot outside of that school district post haste. Property taxes are way too high. Oh and the equity thing? Whoopee do. All that means is even if you try to downsize the next house is going to have some inflated price and your money will be tied up there for the duration of ownership too....for which you get the privilege of being taxed on it. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:06:21 AM EDT
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Texas doesnt fuck around when it comes to high school football. Friday Night Lights. The irony is...they told their son after two seasons of football that he was done because of concussions. In ten years football will be done. Parents want their kids to be able to complete their education without dealing with brain injuries. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:06:36 AM EDT
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Income taxes wouldn't go towards the local government anyway. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:07:29 AM EDT
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There should be no high school sports. You want to play games, get a monopoly board and do it after 3pm. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:07:33 AM EDT
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My son lives there and is real proud of this. The irony is...they told their son after two seasons of football that he was done because of concussions. In ten years football will be done. Parents want their kids to be able to complete their education without dealing with brain injuries. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Texas doesnt fuck around when it comes to high school football. Friday Night Lights. The irony is...they told their son after two seasons of football that he was done because of concussions. In ten years football will be done. Parents want their kids to be able to complete their education without dealing with brain injuries. One can only hope, and I say that as a recovering football fan. ETA: Sorry about the kid, not good about that, good about football being done for. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:08:38 AM EDT
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I do, they are a distraction from the stated goal and suck resources from education. If kids want to play sports, they should do it on their time and dime. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There should be no high school sports. You want to play games, get a monopoly board and do it after 3pm. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:09:33 AM EDT
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Lol, Texas. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:10:57 AM EDT
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Tell us where the coach touched you.. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There should be no high school sports. You want to play games, get a monopoly board and do it after 3pm. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:11:47 AM EDT
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6k taxes on a 200k valued house? Did I read that correctly ? Lulz |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:13:05 AM EDT
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There should be no high school sports. You want to play games, get a monopoly board and do it after 3pm. 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:13:26 AM EDT
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I do, they are a distraction from the stated goal and suck resources from education. If kids want to play sports, they should do it on their time and dime. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:13:43 AM EDT
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In my wallet. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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There should be no high school sports. You want to play games, get a monopoly board and do it after 3pm. 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:14:21 AM EDT
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And with that, the most dysfunctional area of Texas is more functional than all but the best areas of Alabama. Its almost as if Alabama is the king of corruption and graft, on a scale to give Chicago pause. ETA: We pay taxes on food of course, State of Alabama hasn't found a thing its not in favor of taxing yet. But damn. Sales tax and income tax I was born in Alabama and love it. But when I lived in Florida and Texas I could see the difference. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:16:37 AM EDT
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I agree with people who are saying sports should be extra-curricular. The schools should not be involved at all.
Schools should focus on education. If a student wants to play a sport, it should be after school in a private club or organization with no affiliation to any school. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:16:46 AM EDT
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"It's something that this community wanted," Katy ISD Superintendent Lance Hindt told KTRK. "I don't think the cost was anything that they really looked into." But that title might not last long because in Texas, high school football is taken seriously -- and serious money is spent on stadiums. Link That serious money would have been better spent on teachers and curriculum. Ridiculous. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:17:41 AM EDT
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All so that 1 kid every few years
might get drafted. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:18:42 AM EDT
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All so that 1 kid every few years might get drafted. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:19:22 AM EDT
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I remember property taxes being low But damn. Sales tax and income tax I was born in Alabama and love it. But when I lived in Florida and Texas I could see the difference. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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And with that, the most dysfunctional area of Texas is more functional than all but the best areas of Alabama. Its almost as if Alabama is the king of corruption and graft, on a scale to give Chicago pause. ETA: We pay taxes on food of course, State of Alabama hasn't found a thing its not in favor of taxing yet. But damn. Sales tax and income tax I was born in Alabama and love it. But when I lived in Florida and Texas I could see the difference. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 9:20:33 AM EDT
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Look at the countries that are kicking our asses when it comes to education. Sports are not part of school. They have private clubs for that. It's ridiculous how much time is taken away from education to promote sports during the school week. |
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